VOL. XLIV

No. 11

12-March-2001

SUDAN

As GNPOC Plans To Spend $360Mn For Exploration And Development In 2001

Meanwhile, the four-member GNPOC consortium comprising China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC 40%), Petronas Carigali (30%), Talisman Energy (25%) and Sudapet (5%) has announced plans to spend a total of $360mn in 2001 to drill 17 exploration wells and 25 development wells on its four blocks in southern Sudan. Production from the six Heglig and Unity fields averaged 180,000 b/d in...