Sudan is to delay the cutoff for blocking oil flowing from neighbouring South Sudan following mediation efforts from the African Union.
Sudan was due to close two cross-border pipelines this month in response to claims its neighbour had been supporting rebel operations in the country.
South Sudan had denied the allegations and has been reducing its oil output in response ahead of the planned pipe closure.
But now Sudan is to give South Sudan two extra weeks after the African Union stepped in to mediate the dispute.
“There will be an extension to the flow of South Sudan oil for two extra weeks until Sept. 6,” Sudan’s state news agency said.
The landlocked South needs to export its oil through its neighbour to the coast.
Oil flow from the country only resumed in April, after disputes between Sudan and the South, which seceded in 2011, sparked a 16-month shutdown.