SUDAN

Ministry of Energy and Nines Denies Liquidation of WNPC 

On 12 September, the Sudanese Ministry of Energy and Mines issued an official statement denying that the joint venture firm the White Nile Petroleum Company (WNPC) has been liquidated and that the contracts awarded by WNPC in 1983 for the construction of a crude oil export pipeline system have been cancelled. The official denial was made following the publication on 8 September by news agencies of a statement attributed to...