The Palogue oil field is an

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located in

Melut Basin The Melut Basin is a rift basin in South Sudan, extending into Ethiopia, where it is called the Gambella basin. Melut is situated in the Upper Nile and Jonglei, south of the capital of Sudan, Khartoum and east of the river Nile. Some parts of th ...

near the settlement Palogue also known as Paloich. It was discovered in 2003 and developed by

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. It began production in 2003 and produces

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. The total

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of the Palogue oil field are around 2.9 billion barrels (389 million tonnes), and production is centered on . Paloich Airport and Palouge Power Plant are located in the area to serve oil production needs. In course of the

South Sudanese Civil War The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan fought from 2013 to 2020, between forces of the government and opposition forces. The civil war caused rampant human rights abuses, including forced displacement, ethnic mas ...

, the oil installations at Palogue remained under government control but repeatedly came under attacks from

SPLM-IO The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (abbreviated SPLM-IO), also known as the anti-governmental forces (AGF), is a mainly South Sudanese political party and rebel group that split from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in 2 ...

rebels loyal to Riek Machar. In course of the Pagak offensive in 2017, however, the SPLA claimed to have driven all insurgents from the oil fields and fully secured them.

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Oil fields in South Sudan Melut County {{Upper Nile the oil was not discovery in 2003 but was in 1984 by Cheveron company and dug in 1996