Muglad

Muglad
Town
Muglad Location in Sudan
Coordinates: 11°2′2″N 27°44′24″E
Country	Sudan
State	West Kurdufan

Muglad is a town in West Kurdufan State in the south of Sudan. It is the center town of the Misseriya tribe, sometimes also transliterated as "Messeria" tribe.

In the late seventies, early eighties, Muglad was used as a staging area for oilfield operations, mainly by California-based Chevron. At the Muglad airstrip, air operations were conducted in DC-3, Convair and also leased Hercules from Transamerica to link the South with the capital Khartoum, for personnel transportation and materials, supplies and fuel. Twin-otter DHC-6s were used for single-pilot flights to the drilling-rig wellsites at jungle / desert sites, and the STOL characteristics were put the test at every mission. In these pre-GPS days, navigation was aided by the Omega-VLF system receivers mounted on the DHC-6.

Transport

It is served by a railway station on the Waw branch of Sudan Railways.

It is the junction for a branch line to the oil fields at Abu Jabra.

In late 70's and early 80's the Muglad airfield was very active owing to the Chevron Aviation department operations to support oil exploration logistics. The type of aircraft included Twin Otter DHC6, DC3, Convair and Hercules.

See also

• Railway stations in Sudan

References

Muglad in front of ICRC office 2011

An oil service company manager waiting for equipment arrival at the Muglad airfield

Transamerica Hercules manoeuvring on the Muglad airstrip in 1981. Leased to Chevron, it operated daily from Khartoum transporting critical supplies and personnel to the area

At the Muglad airstrip, Chevron company and contractor personnel arrive or depart, and materials are transferred. A company jeep is in the foreground.