RSF controls Sudan's biggest oil facility

Published December 8th, 2025 - 10:12 GMT
Heglig oil facility
Sudanese repair crew work at the Heglig oil facility, after Sudan started pumping oil again from the war-damaged oil field on May 2, 2012, 12 days after occupying South Sudanese troops left the area. (Photo by AFP)

ALBAWABA - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the country's largest oil field, the Heglig oil facility. 

According to Alarabiya, the RSF forces controlled the Heglig oil facility located in the Kordofan region on the country’s southern border, forcing the evacuation of its staff.

"This morning, the RSF took control of the field. Our technical teams shut it down and halted production, and the workers were evacuated to South Sudan," the engineer told AFP by phone from across the border.

 

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