The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC) is a petroleum exploration and production company operating in Sudan. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. It was incorporated on 18 June 1997 and undertook construction of the Greater Nile Oil Pipeline which links Sudan's inland oil fields with refineries at Khartoum and Port Sudan. The Greater Nile Oil Pipeline is an important oil export pipeline in Sudan Khartoum ( الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm) is the Capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. Port Sudan (بورتسودان is the capital of Red Sea State, Sudan and has 489725 residents (2007
The GNPOC concession in the Western Upper Nile area includes the large Unity and Heglig oil fields plus smaller fields at El Toor, El Noor, Toma South, Bamboo, Munga and Diffra. Unity (الوحدة transliterated: al-Wahda is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. Unity (الوحدة transliterated: al-Wahda is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. Heglig (also spelled Heglieg) is a small town in South Kurdufan state in central Sudan, near the border with Southern Sudan. An oil field is a region with an abundance of Oil wells extracting Petroleum (crude oil from below ground [1]
Civilian displacement started in the mid-1980s.
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Stakeholders
GNPOC is a joint operating company owned by:
- China National Petroleum Corporation: 40%
- Petronas Carigall Overseas of Malaysia: 30%
- ONGC Videsh (the overseas arm of ONGC) of India: 25%
- Sudapet of Sudan: 5%
Both Gulf Petroleum and Al Thani Corporation formerly owned a 5% share each. The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC ( Simplified Chinese: 中国石油天然气集团公司 Traditional Chinese: 中國石油天然氣集團公司 Petronas, short for Petroliam Nasional Berhad, is a Malaysian owned oil and gas company that was founded on August 17 1974. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited ( ONGC) (incorporated on June 23, 1993) is an Indian Public sector petroleum company India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Sudan National Petroleum Corporation, also known as Sudapet, is a state-owned oil company based in Sudan. Canadian company Talisman Energy (previously known as Arakis) was an original stakeholder. Talisman Energy Inc ( is one of Canada's largest Petroleum SB companies Its share was sold to ONGC Videsh in 2003. [2][3]
See also
References
- ^ GNPOC no date, 'Project overview', www. Macro-economic trend Sudan 's primary resources are agricultural, but oil production and export are taking on greater importance since October 2000 The Greater Nile Oil Pipeline is an important oil export pipeline in Sudan gnpoc. com. Retrieved on 6 March 2008.
- ^ Anon 2005, 'Focus on diplomacy and Sudan', APS Diplomat News Service, 15 August. Retrieved on 6 March 2008.
- ^ APS Review Downstream Trends 2007, 'SUDAN: The oil sector', www. entrepreneur. com, 29 October. Retrieved on 5 March 2008.
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