Production Resumes at South Sudan Oil Field
![South Sudan's Minister for Petroleum and Mining Stephen Dhieu Dau (L) prepares to press button to resume oil production May 5, 2013, Paloch, South Sudan](https://gdb.voanews.com/15ead0d2-e780-46ad-9cca-65b4158c7f3c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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South Sudan's Minister for Petroleum and Mining Stephen Dhieu Dau (L) prepares to press button to resume oil production May 5, 2013, Paloch, South Sudan
![A South Sudanese man beams during a celebration to mark the resumption, after a 16-month break, of oil production at Paloch oil field on Sunday, May 5, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6646ae3f-3e63-4e25-a805-d8680a708b95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A South Sudanese man beams during a celebration to mark the resumption, after a 16-month break, of oil production at Paloch oil field on Sunday, May 5, 2013.
![Pipelines criss-cross at the Paloch oil field in South Sudan on Sunday, May 5, 2013, when production resumed at the facility after a 16-month break.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1430ffb1-c26e-4ad9-b9ba-a3be4bd5245f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pipelines criss-cross at the Paloch oil field in South Sudan on Sunday, May 5, 2013, when production resumed at the facility after a 16-month break.
![South Sudanese Minister for Petroleum and Mining Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau pushes a button Sunday, May 5, 2013, to resume production at the Paloch oil field in Upper Nile state, after a 16-month hiatus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b43aba6e-43e9-4ebb-a888-7c15873d4803_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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South Sudanese Minister for Petroleum and Mining Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau pushes a button Sunday, May 5, 2013, to resume production at the Paloch oil field in Upper Nile state, after a 16-month hiatus.