Block 5A, South Sudan

Block 5A
Oil concessions in Sudan & South Sudan as of 2004. Block 5A in the center of the fields.
Block 5A, South Sudan is located in South Sudan
Block 5A, South Sudan
Location of Block 5A
CountrySouth Sudan
RegionUnity State
Block5A
Offshore/onshoreOnshore
Coordinates8°44′38″N 30°08′25″E / 8.743947°N 30.140401°E / 8.743947; 30.140401
OperatorsPetronas, ONGC Videsh, Nilepet
Field history
Discovery.
Production
Producing formations.

Block 5A is an oil concession in South Sudan. After oil field development began during the Second Sudanese Civil War, Block 5A was the scene of extensive fighting as rival militias struggled for control.[1] Out of an original population of 240,000, an estimated 12,000 were killed or died of starvation and 160,000 were displaced by force.[2] Production started in 2006.[3] There is evidence that the environmentally sensitive marshlands beside the Nile are becoming polluted.[4]