Minister of Energy: Major Efforts to Meet the Country’s Petroleum Needs

Khartoum – Sudanhorizon

The Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Al-Mu’tasim Ibrahim Ahmed, said that despite significant damage to the oil sector’s infrastructure and supply chains—including fields, storage depots, and the Khartoum refinery—the ministry has continued to make major efforts to ensure the availability of petroleum products across the country.

While chairing a meeting of senior department directors at the Sudanese Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday, the minister explained that the next phase requires rebuilding what was destroyed by the war in the oil sector, in order to strengthen its role in achieving sustainable development goals.

He noted that the ministry is working to encourage initiatives and innovations that serve the energy sector by leveraging qualified personnel and enhancing integration among different units, ensuring faster progress and efficient achievement of results.

Al-Mu’tasim stressed the importance of the oil and gas sector as a key pillar of the national economy and one of the government’s top priorities, underscoring the need to restore the sector’s position within the national economy. He reviewed strategic issues, development visions, and ways to address challenges to achieve national objectives, particularly as the sector serves as a driver of economic, productive, and service activities through oil extraction, securing fuel supplies, and contributing financial resources to the state treasury.

For his part, the head of the Steering Committee for the Undersecretary’s Office, Engineer Mohammed Salih Othman, stated that despite major challenges following the shutdown of the Khartoum refinery and the country’s shift to fully importing its petroleum needs, the ministry has succeeded in maintaining a steady flow of petroleum products to meet national demand and support operational requirements. He also outlined plans to rehabilitate oil facilities and explore options for securing the necessary financing.

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