The two countries should be able to raise crude oil output from a combined 230 000 bpd today to approximately 300 000 bpd in 2019. Relatively quick production gains will be possible at South Sudan’s license areas 1, 2 and 4 in Unity state, near the border with Sudan. These Indian- and Chinese-operated areas were shut in during the civil war and have a combined capacity of 120 000 bpd. Meanwhile, Sudan hopes to raise output at its only producing area, also on the border with the South, after years of underinvestment before US sanctions were lifted in 2017.
