Southern Sudan resolves to build first refinery at Akon

摘要

Dubai-The government of Southern Sudan has passed a resolution to build the region's first oil refinery at Akon in the northwestern Gogrial area of Warrap state. To facilitate the project, which is expected to take three years to complete once construction begins, the government is looking to establish a $10 million joint-venture company with interested parties, as well as securing financiers, Southern Sudan Information and Broadcasting Ministry spokesman Paul Mayom Akech said, according to a report in the Sudan Tribune October 4.