Production Resumes at South Sudan Oil Field

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.