VOL. XXXIX

No. 40

1-July-1996

SUDAN

Sudan Concludes Agreement With Russian Firm For Crude Oil Pipeline

The Sudanese Minister of Finance, Mr. 'Abd al-Wahhab 'Uthman, stated in Khartoum on 25 June that the Sudan has signed an agreement with the Russian firm Zangas for the construction of a 300-km. crude oil pipeline linking the Heglig oilfield in central Sudan to the small topping plant which has recently been constructed at the nearby town of El Obeid in the Kordofan province (for...