African union highlevel implementation panel on sudan bpd. Together with our block 6 partners, we also donated humanitarian aid amounting to usd 500,000 to the darfur area. Cnpc is committed to reducing the environmental impact of its operations. In sudan, we focus on reducing emissions in our production process, and actively apply technology in an effort to achieve clean production and become an environmentally friendly enterprise. Cnpc research institute of science and technology, langfang branch langfang, hebei cnpc research institute of science and technology, jianghan mechanics research institute jingzhou, hubei cnpc research institute of science and technology, jianghan logging research institute qianjiang, hubei. Chevron, total, agip, sun oil, cnpc,petrons,ongc etc. Cnpcs sudanese petroleum projects 6 pushing forward petroleum exploration 7 construction and operation of the khartoum refinery 10 safety and environment management 14 safe operation 15 environmental protection 16 employee policy 20 employee localization 20 training and incentives 22 caring for health and safety 23 supporting education 26. Corporate social responsibility, a recovery scheme in peripheries. The republic of south sudan attained independence on july 9, 2011 following a referendum in which 98. In order to implement the strategy of cultivating oil skills, we established long term and systematic training programs with a special focus on the promotion of employee professionalism and capability.
Earlier this year, cnpc unveiled a plan to cut its investments and production in a number of countries except sudan due to falling oil prices. Cnpc press publications country reports cnpc in sudan cnpc in iraq. Cnpc s sudanese petroleum projects 6 pushing forward petroleum exploration 7 construction and operation of the khartoum refinery 10 safety and environment management 14 safe operation 15 environmental protection 16 employee policy 20 employee localization 20 training and incentives 22 caring for health and safety 23 supporting education 26. By 2009, cnpc s operations in sudan had no serious pollution accidents. The petrodar operating company ltd is a consortium of oil exploration and production companies operating in sudan with its headquarters in khartoum. Sudan has battled with economic instability for a long time, partly caused by us financial sanctions that were imposed in 1997 in response to severe human rights violations and continuous government support for international terrorism bbc 3012017.
Professional training for the oil industry of sudan. The rapid development of cnpc s businesses in sudan is a direct result of diligence, wisdom and sincere partnership of all chinese and sudanese employees, in which we take great pride. The petronas and cnpc enterprises in sudan, journal of academic research in economics, spiru haret university, faculty of accounting and financial management constanta, vol. Ultimately, the 90 percentcnpcowned subsidiary petrochina, with a firewall to prevent any of the new capital from going to the sudanese operations. Given the difficult circumstances of chinas own foreign relations after 1989, and like africa more generally, it viewed sudan as a political ally. Cnpc is a major investor in south sudan s oil sector. Petrodar is composed of the china national petroleum corporation cnpc 41% share, petronas of malaysia 40%, sudapet of sudan 8%, sinopec of china 6%, and egypt. Khartoum proclaimed the friendship between the peoples of sudan and china. South sudan economic update public disclosure authorized.
Understanding overseas investment choices made by chinese nocs. In march 1997, the stateowned china national petroleum corporation cnpc and a consortium of mostly asian oil companies signed an oil development deal with the government. Together with its partners, cnpc has participated in and witnessed the entire process of constructing a modern, integrated oil industry in sudan. Sudan president omar al bashir said the success of cooperation in the countrys petroleum industry has had a great impact on sudan.
Although the china national petroleum company cnpc had escaped the public relations hammering that talisman was receiving, it was drawn into the controversy through the efforts of sudan activists to bar the use of u. Located in the northeastern part of sudan, block 15 covers an area of 24,377 square kilometers, most of which is located in the red sea. Furthermore, as the largest country in africa, sudan was seen as a resourcerich state with. Since most of sudan s oil wealth is found in the south, billions of dollars in revenues could be torn away from the very same hands in khartoum that orchestrated the violent extraction of oil during the long. On june 1, 2009, cnpc donated 200,000 sudanese pounds for an infrastructure construction project at the refugee camp in darfur. It is expected that south sudanese refugees will continue to arrive in sudan in smaller numbers in 2020, with an estimated 20,000 new arrivals anticipated. Professional training for the oil industry of sudan cnpc takes it as a long development strategy and a social responsibility to provide training for local employees in the host countries. History of oil exploration in sudan goes back to1959 when agip oil company licensed the red sea coast of sudan. Growing political tensions recognised the new state and upgraded its consulate in south sudan s capital of juba to an embassy. Cnpc conducts its business operations in strict compliance with the laws and regulations of the host country, and international standards. As the planned 2011 referendum for southern secession in sudan approaches, fears remain high that the north and south may return to civil war in a struggle to capture oil resources.
Chinas presence in africas oil industry was confined to just sudan where thestate owned china national petroleum corporation cnpc has been a major stakeholderin the greater nile oil project company gnopc alongside sudan s sudapet. Chinas foreign policy experiment in south sudan crisis. Sudans foreign relations with asia page 3 paper 158 february 2008 african continent and beyond. Conflict in south sudan and the challenges ahead congressional research service summary south sudan, which separated from sudan in 2011 after almost 40 years of civil war, was drawn into a devastating new conflict in late 20, when a political dispute that overlapped with preexisting ethnic and political fault lines turned violent. On august 30, 2005, cnpc, petronas, nigerian express, sudapet and the hitech group sign a productionsharing contract with the sudanese government to explore and develop oil and gas in sudan s block 15. The chinas national petroleum corporation cnpc unveiled a plan to cut its oil investments and production in other countries except sudan for the specificity of the relationship between the. Providing humanitarianism aid the first lady of sudan handing a memorial plaque to cnpc. Many international oil companies had worked in sudan e.
He said that no cnpc, no oil industry in sudan, not to mention. Corporate social responsibility, a recovery scheme in. The company is major stockholder in petrodar consortiums. This book analyses the factors that influence environmental management in the cnpc when operating outside of china, in the outer margins of the world oil system, specifically in chad, a least developed country. South sudan and china seminar and workshop report may 20 south sudan has been marred by a history of colonisation, exploitation, sectarianism, and war.
The economy is estimated to have contracted by about 6. The detrimental presence of petrochinacnpc in sudan sudan divestment task force 5 it is clear from this checklist that petrochinas subsidiary form would not hold in us courts, leaving the company as the mere instrumentality or alter ego of parent cnpc. Oil production and projections for consortia in sudan and. File photo in the mid1990s, the china national petroleum corporation cnpc or petrochina started doing business in.
Sudan account for approximately 78 per cent of all reported refugees in sudan. Petroleum intelligence weekly in 2001, based on indices of oil and gas reserves, production, crude processing capacity, and sales of refined oil products. Cnpcinternational sudan operates the largest stakes in the countrystwo. China, india, and the global struggle for oil in sudan and south sudan. South sudan is one of the worlds most underdeveloped countries. Your suggestions will contribute to our continued sustainable development in sudan, and help to improve our future reports. National petroleum corporation cnpc, indias oil and natural gas corporation ongc, and. China national petroleum corporation is also called cnpc, the company, we and us in this report. Chinas energy footprint in africa china in africa age african growing enterprises file. The republic of south sudan, born on july 9, 2011, has two almost entirely separate economies. The consortium was incorporated in the virgin islands on 31 october 2001.
From 19561972 sudan played host to africas longest civil war, ending with the addis ababa peace accord. The detrimental presence of petrochinacnpc in sudan. Sudan and south sudan produce three crude oil blends. Cnpc, ongc may leave sudan s oil industry by irina slav aug 02, 2019, 2.
As of april 1, 2020 issuer name issuer isin iransudan. Cnpc ranked tenth among the worlds top 50 petroleum companies by u. Pdf this paper offers a case study of beijings involvement with south sudan, illustrating the absence of chinese presence at the community level. May 2012 page 4 sudan and south sudan s oil industries. While the revitalized agreement for the resolution of the conflict in south sudan rarcss was signed in. Fy2018, with output contracting, and inflation and parallel exchange market premium soaring. The informal sector, in which a large majority of south sudans 8 million to 9 million citizens live, is dominated by subsistence agriculture. According to usip, the chinese national petroleum corporation cnpc was the first. The chinese oil giant began its business in sudan in. The country has little infrastructure with just a few kilometres. Pdf china has developed a more consequential role in sudan over the past two.
China and the sudansouth sudan oil fee impasse implications of chinese foreign aid, diplomacy, and military relations caroline francis, pratheepan madasamy, sharif sokkary and sokunpanha you. Two interrelated political trajectories of chinas sudan engagement are. Since the revolution of national salvation in sudan in 1989, sinosudanese relations have developed and china is today one of sudan s closest allies throughout the international society. To ensure the sustainable development of sudan s petroleum industry, and the health and safety.
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