VOL. XLII

No. 23

7-June-1999

SUDAN

Sudan Inaugurates Mechanical Completion Of Export Pipeline

Sudanese President 'Umar Hasan al-Bashir on 1 Juneinaugurated the mechanical completion of the country痴 first crude oil exportpipeline, which extends from the Heglig field in western Kordofan to Marsaal-Bashaiyr (15 kms. south of Port Sudan) on the Red Sea. MEES soundingsindicate that actual exports of the Nile Blend crude (34ーAPI, 0.0251% sulfur)will not start before late summer when the pipeline will...