Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company

Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC) was incorporated June 18, 1997, "to operate as a petroleum company 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 GNPOC produces more than 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." 

Shareholders

 * China National Petroleum Corporation (40%), Sudan (since 1996)
 * Petronas, a subsidiary of Malaysia's National Petroleum Company) (30%), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (since 1996)
 * Sudapet (Sudan National Petroleum Corporation) (5%), Sudan (since 1996)
 * Talisman Energy Inc. (25%), Calgary, Canada (from 1998 until 2002, when it sold its interest to ONGC Videsh Ltd.)

Senior 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

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/

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