VOL. XLIV

No 41

8-October-2001

SUDAN

SudansProduction To Reach Over 450,000 B/D By 2005 Says Al-Jazz

SudansMinister of Energy and Mining, Dr 'AwadAhmad al-Jazz, told MEES that his countrys crude oil production isprojected to increase from the current level of around 227,000 b/d to over450,000 b/d by 2005. Sudan currently consumes 70,000 b/d of crude oil andexports the rest, mainly to the Far East.

Sudansnew production capacity is expected to come mainly from Heglig and three otherfields in the...