VOL. XLII

No. 36

6-September-1999

SUDAN

Sudan Begins First Oil Exports From Red Sea Terminal

Sudan began loading its first shipment of crude oil exportsfrom the Red Sea terminal at Marsa al-Bashaiyr on 30 August. Sudanese President'Umar al-Bashir presided over the inaugural ceremony which was attended byprominent Sudanese officials, including the speaker of the parliament Mr. Hasanal-Turabi. A Panamanian tanker bound for Singapore began loading 600,000barrels of Nile Blend crude, priced on an FOB...