Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 1/2

2/9-January-2006

Sudan

Lundin Petroleum To Resume Operations In Block 5B

Swedens Lundin Petroleum announced on 7 December that it would resume operations in Block 5B in Sudans Muglad basin in the south of the country. Ashley Heppenstall, President and CEO of Lundin Petroleum said that the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the formation of the National Petroleum Commission has provided the necessary framework to explore the large potential...