South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea seal oil, gas deal

Workers reconstruct an oil pipeline in Abyei area of South Sudan in 2013. The country hopes to more than double its oil output to 290,000 barrels per day in the fiscal 2017/2018. FILE PHOTO | AFP

South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea have unveiled an oil and gas partnership.

The deal was announced in Juba on March 20, following a visit by the Equatorial Guinea oil minister, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima.