{"id":10420,"date":"2012-05-02T20:30:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/05\/wrapup-1-sudan-says-it-pumping-oil-from-heglig-field\/"},"modified":"2012-05-02T20:30:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T18:30:44","slug":"wrapup-1-sudan-says-it-pumping-oil-from-heglig-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wrapup-1-sudan-says-it-pumping-oil-from-heglig-field\/","title":{"rendered":"WRAPUP 1-Sudan says it pumping oil from Heglig field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Adds U.N. sanctions threat, Sudan backing AU road map)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* South Sudan seized oilfield briefly last month<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Sudan says oil started pumping on Monday<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Khartoum accuses foreigners of taking part in oil field<br \/>\ndestruction<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>El-Tayeb Siddig<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>HEGLIG, Sudan, May 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Sudan said on Wednesday the<br \/>\nHeglig oilfield, scene of intense fighting with South Sudan last<br \/>\nmonth, has been repaired and has started pumping the oil that is<br \/>\nthe lifeblood of the north&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The two countries have been embroiled in weeks of fighting<br \/>\nalong their 1,800 km (1,200 mile) border, threatening to tip the<br \/>\nregion, which sits on one of Africa&#8217;s most significant oil<br \/>\ndeposits, into a full-blown conflict.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution<br \/>\nthat threatens both countries with sanctions if they do not stop<br \/>\nfighting and resume negotiations within two weeks, as demanded<br \/>\nby the African Union.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>China, which has close trade relations with both countries,<br \/>\nand Russia supported the resolution after several days of<br \/>\nnegotiations with council members during which they resisted the<br \/>\nWestern push for a threat of sanctions.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Adds U.N. sanctions threat, Sudan backing AU road map) * South Sudan seized oilfield briefly last month * Sudan says oil started pumping on Monday * Khartoum accuses foreigners of taking part in oil field destruction El-Tayeb Siddig HEGLIG, Sudan, May 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Sudan said on Wednesday the Heglig oilfield, scene of intense fighting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-10420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}