2009

CNPC has signed three oil and gas cooperation agreements with the government of Sudan.

Sudan and CNPC signed three new oil and gas cooperation agreements.

Civilians in New Rier, Unity State, are suffering from water which is contaminated by WNPOC's industry. A German NGO found alarming water contamination by salts and heavy metals.

German NGO Sign of Hope has led a
fact-finding mission which revealed alarming pollution levels. Water contaminated with heavy metals affects 4,000 square kilometers with 300,000 inhabitants

The average of Sudan's actual oil production in 2008/2009 is 470,000 barrels per day according to the minister of energy.

* Sudan output falls short of estimates
* Plans for new oil refinery Port Sudan shelved indefinitely

India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has sold via tender a 600,000 barrel-cargo of heavy sweet Nile Blend crude for December, to Mitsubishi.

The Sudan’s state minister of Energy and Mining, stresses the importance of conducting a proper feasibility study in pursuit of building a less costly oil refinery in Southern Sudan.

Sudan has issued a new tender to sell 1.8 million barrels of heavy sweet Nile Blend crude for December.

In many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, businesses aren't owned by the local people but by Europeans and Asians. This results in a new kind of apartheid, according to Glenn Hubbard. He calls for a new movement against it.