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| Country | South Sudan |
| State | Jonglei State |
Adok is a port on the White Nile in Jonglei State, South Sudan. In the early 1980's Chevron Corporation found oil in Adok.[1]
Adok had strategic value during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005). Between October and December 1991 the town was the scene of fighting between the Nasir and Torit factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).[2] In the late 1990s the Austrian company OMV began explorations in the Leer-Adok area.[3] Between December 2002 and early February 2003 the government made a renewed push to clear the road south from Bentiu to the port of Adok.[4]