Sudapet

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The Sudan National Petroleum Corporation, also known as Sudapet, is a state-owned oil company based in Sudan. It was founded in 1997 and is 100% owned by the Ministry for Energy and Mining (later the Ministry of Petroleum and Gas).

As a NOC, Sudapet has equities varying from 5% to 70% in the licensed petroleum concessions in Sudan with other foreign shareholders, in addition to a large range of petroleum associated services subsidiaries.

From 2006 to 2015, Sudapet is not active in oil exploitation, but rather serves to manage revenues the Sudanese government receives from its concessions to foreign operators. At the same time there have been efforts within the government and among the company's principles to develop the resources and know-how to transform Sudapet into a fully self-sufficient enterprise in the oil exploitation space.{{Cite web|url=http://www.summitreports.com/sudan/sudapet.htm|title=Summit Communications - Sudan|website=www.summitreports.com|access-date=2017-09-03}}

History

Sudapet was founded in 1997, and operated in the north of Sudan, while another state company, Nilepet, operated out of southern Sudan.{{Citation

| last =Fuchs

| first =Martina

| date =July 15, 2009

| title =INTERVIEW-Sudan's Sudapet wants majority oil stakes by 2011

| publisher =Reuters

| url =https://www.reuters.com/article/oil-sudan-idAFLF31873020090715

| access-date =April 14, 2023

}}

In 2011, the Sudanese government raised complaints that president of south Sudan had seized shares of Sudapet amounting to $2 billion. According to Sudapet, Salva Kiir ordered the shares be transferred to Nilepet.{{Citation

| date =November 17, 2011

| title =Sudan accuses south of seizing Sudapet's shares

| publisher =Sudan Tribune

| url =https://sudantribune.com/article40231/

| access-date =April 14, 2023

}}

In response to the military overthrow of the government, in 2021, workers at Sudapet said they would join a civil disobedience movement called by trade unions.{{Citation

| date =October 27, 2021

| title =Sudan petroleum company staff to join anti-coup protests

| publisher =Middle East Monitor

| url =https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211027-sudan-petroleum-company-staff-to-join-anti-coup-protests/

| access-date =April 14, 2023

}}

In November 1997, the United States imposed sanctions against Sudan on the basis that profits from oil were being used to fuel the civil war. In February 2000, the US government extended its sanctions to include Sudapet and the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC). This was a contentious move in that Canadian international Talisman Energy was a 25% shareholder in GNPOC.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mbendi.com/indy/oilg/af/su/p0005.htm#10|title=Oil and Gas in Sudan - Overview|work=MBendi.com|access-date=2017-09-03|language=en}}

Later in September 2017, the United States lifted long-standing economic sanctions against Sudan.

Projects

The company is a minority stakeholder in all of its exploitation and development projects. Its activities break down as follows:

class="wikitable" !align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" \| Year started	bgcolor="lightblue" \| partner	bgcolor="lightblue" \| project	bgcolor="lightblue" \| Block	bgcolor="lightblue" \| Activity
1995	CNPCIS	5%	6	New contract 2003, construction of a pipeline from Al-Fulah to Khartoum with a capacity of {{convert\|200000\|oilbbl/d\|m3/d}}, in production since 2004
1996	GNPOC	5%	1,2,4	building of a pipeline from Heglig to Port Sudan, exploration, producing {{convert\|50000\|oilbbl/d\|m3/d}} since 1999, 290,000 per day since July 2004, planned production of 500,000 per day by 2006 (delayed due to technical difficulties)
1996/1997	WNPOC	7%	5A	exploration since 1999
2000	PDOC	8%	3,7
2001	WNPOC	11%	5B	exploration since 2006
2003	WNPOC	15%	8	seismic exploration as of July, 2004
2003	Sudapak	15%	9	exploration 2004
2003	APCO	17%	C	seismic exploration since 2004