The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), on Monday, reportedly seized Balila oilfield in western Sudan’s Kordofan State, 55 km from the regional capital Al-Fula.
Al-Obied: Altaghyeer
Eyewitnesses told Altaghyeer that the RSF has controlled the oil services main centre in Belila oilfield after troops securing it withdrew from the premises.
Belila oilfield is the main heavy crude supplier of Khartoum oil refinery. Its daily production reached once more than 70,000 bpd.
The seized oilfield is the most productive site that has been subjected to many attacks, as the area where it is situated witnessed many incidents in recent years.
Sudan has lost two third of its oil revenues with secession of South Sudan in 2011.
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