The Minster of Petroleum says the government has invited more foreign oil companies to invest in South Sudan.
As Radio Bakhita reports, Ezikiel Lol Gatkouth says the government seeks to increase oil production by opening up new blocks.
He says they are in talks with several oil companies that have expressed interest in South Sudan’s oil sector.
South Sudan depends only on oil revenue, but production has been affected by the civil war and the fall in global oil prices.
Oil production has reduced from over 300 thousand barrels, to less than 130 thousand barrels per day after December 2013 violence.