The oil minister in the Government of National Unity (GoNU) described as uneconomical a proposed pipeline to take oil from Southern Sudan to world markets through Kenya.
Dr. Lual Deng told the independent Khartoum-based Al-Akhbar Al Yom that the initiative would not benefit the Sudan.
Dr. Lual said Sudan would continue to use existing facilities of Port Sudan in case the South becomes independent.
Though most of oil reserves are in the South, downstream facilities like pipelines, storage and refinery are in the North.
The Japanese company Toyota has been floating an idea of constructing a pipeline from Southern Sudan to Kenya with an estimated cost of 1.5 billion dollar.