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Natural Resource Management – 2006

The oil revenue dispute continued into 2006. For 2005, the south believed that the production amounted to as much as 450,000 barrels per day, while the north claimed that the production was at 330,000 barrel per day. The South received US$544 million in oil revenue which was deemed as insufficient by the southern authorities.¹ Nevertheless, oil revenues for the remainder of 2006 increased. The total oil revenue of southern Sudan amounted to $865 million in September 2006, which increased by $73.5 million in the month of October 2006.² The Joint Commission for Supervision of oil pricing and oil revenue had stressed that oil revenue accounts and shared distribution had been transparent and open.

The proposed National Land Commission was not established in 2006. The Southern Sudan Land Commission was established. The commission had five members who were appointed by the president of Southern Sudan.³

1. “Disputes in Sudan over Oil Revenues,” World Markets Analysis, February 3, 2006.
2. “Southern Sudan Government share in oil revenues,” Suna News Agency, December 10, 2006; “Southern Sudan Oil Revenue Up to $865 Mln Sept 2006,” See News Middle East & Africa, November 3, 2006.
3. “The CPA Monitor-Monthly report on the Implementation of the CPA,” UNMIS, February 2009.