Satellite Images Show Oil Pipeline Damage in Heglig
April 23, 2012
Satellite images of Heglig in February and April 2012. Right hand image reportedly shows extensive damage to key oil pipeline component called oil collection manifold.
New satellite imagery indicates recent clashes between Sudanese and South Sudanese forces have severely damaged a key oil pipeline. The Satellite Sentinel Project focused its cameras on the disputed border town of Heglig.
Heglig sits on the disputed border between Southern Kordofan State in Sudan and Unity State in South Sudan. The recent fighting caused many to fear a resumption of full-scale war was in the making.
South Sudan forces reportedly entered Heglig in retaliation for an attack by northern forces on the town of Teshwin earlier this month. While Southern Sudanese forces have withdrawn from Heglig, tensions between the two countries remain very high.
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Nathanial Raymond is director of operations for the Harvard Humanitarian Project, which analyzes the satellite imagery.
“We have seen evidence that the main collection manifold, which is the point where several pipes come together in an oil field at Heglig, has been destroyed. We do not know who destroyed it or when it was destroyed, but we do know that there was some form of explosion on or around the collection manifold in the Heglig oil field,” he said.
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