Sudan Signs Six-Year Oil Exploration Agreement With China

29 January 2015

Khartoum — The Sudanese government announced on Thursday that it signed a six-year agreement with the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) to increase oil production in fields north of Heglig and parts of the disputed border area of Abyei.

Yu Zhengsheng (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with the deputy chairman of Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) Ibrahim Ghandour, who is also assistant to the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 28, 2015 (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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