2005

Mr. Annan says a long-term commitment by the international community is essential to help make secure and to reconstruct the southern part of

Sudan wants to build the sixth refinery mainly for export of petroleum products to south and east African countries

ONGC will set up the refinery at Port au Sudan with a capacity to process 100,000 million barrels a day

China’s intervention in the Yukos affair is part of a sustained campaign in Beijing to secure improved access to Russian oil reserves.

The company is laying a 741 kilometre pipeline to transport a variety of petroleum products to Port Sudan on the Red Sea

China National Petroleum Corporation turned out 30.1 million tons of crude oil and 3.55 billion cu. m. of gas in its overseas cooperative oilfields in 2004, up 20 percent and 84.6 percent from 2003.

Two Indian oil giants have jointly won an agreement for oil exploration and production sharing in Libya

China and India are increasingly competing with the United States to secure oil exploration rights in Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Latin America.

India Saturday assured Sudan of timely completion of the 714-km petroleum products pipeline from the Khartoum refinery here to Port Sudan on Red Sea by August-end

The European Union restored ties with Sudan on Monday and offered 50 million euros in aid to help boost a peace agreement.