JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan has started legal steps to track down oil seized and sold by Sudan in a row between the two countries over oil payments, a government spokesman said on Friday.
The landlocked African nation needs to export its crude through Sudan but both nations have failed to agree on a transit fee, prompting Khartoum to seize some southern oil. Sudan has sold at least one oil cargo, industry sources have told Reuters.
"The ministry of petroleum has notified the ministry of justice and has issued a legal notice internationally through our legal international consultants to track down this oil and has reported that this is stolen oil," government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin told reporters after a cabinet meeting.
He also said the government was investigating whether Chinese oil firms operating in South Sudan have helped Khartoum to seize oil.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/sudan-begins-legal-steps-track-oil-sold-sudan-145358183.html
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