Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company

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The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC), incorporated June 18, 1997, is the largest petroleum exploration, refinement and distribution company operating in Sudan. GNPOC is a joint operating company owned by CNPC of China (40%), PETRONAS of Malaysia (30%), ONGC of India (25%) and SUDAPET of Sudan (5%). Currently (2006) GNPOC production exceeds 300,000 barrels of oil per day.

The GNPOC concession in Western Upper Nile includes the Unity and Heglig oilfields, the oldest producing oilfields in southern Sudan. It also includes El Toor, Toma South, El Nar, Talih, and Munga oil fields, and the more recently explored Timsa and Bamboo oilfields in Block 4. Civilian displacement started in the mid-1980s.

[edit] Shareholders

  • China National Petroleum Corporation (40%)
  • Petronas, a subsidiary of Malaysia's National Petroleum Company (30%)
  • Sudapet (Sudan National Petroleum Corporation) (5%), Sudan (since 1996)
  • Talisman Energy of Calgary (25%) until 2002, when it sold its subsidiary, Talisman Greater Nile BV to ONGC Videsh, which it now operatates via its Amsterdam-based subsidiary, ONGC Nile Ganga BV.

[edit] Management Team

  • Zhu Junfeng, President
  • Mohamed Khalifa, Vice President
  • Kamarshah Harun, GM E & P Division
  • Chen Xinrong, GM A & S Division
  • Abdul Mahmoud Suliman, DGM A & S Division
  • Suresh Kumar Batra, GM Pipeline Division

[edit] Contact Information

Head Office P.O.Box 12527 - Khartoum Tower Gamhoria Street, Khartoum, Sudan Telephone: + 249 (0) 18 703-7000 Email: info AT gnpoc.com Website: http://www.gnpoc.com/