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

Oil and gas engineering company CPECC, a full-owned subsidiary of CNPC, has won contracts worth 260 million dollar for seven Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects located in Sudan’s Oil Block 6.

A delegation from Nairobi is in Khartoum to fine-tune last year's agreement for oil importation of 500,000 barrels of crude per month.

Southern Sudan offered Total SA land to build a base and start operating in the North African country

A US private investment company claiming rights over oil concessions in southern Sudan said that the Vice-President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) will endorse an agreement it had signed in 2004.

Sudapet has issued its regular monthly tender, offering 4 million barrels of Nile Blend crude for January loading, double the amount it offered for December

Ranhill has won contracts worth $210.8 million for oilfield expansion and upgrades from Sudan’s Petrodar Operating Co

After more than 8 years of production, the foreign companies are biggest beneficiary from oil contracts
with the producing companies. Thus, Dr. Luka Biong calls NCP for the necessity of revision.

Japan’s largest refiner, Nippon Oil, is holding talks with Sudan to see if it can get additional supplies of Sudanese Nile Blend

British/South African New Kush Exploration and Mining Company and the UK-listed Brinkley Mining Plc paid $5,000 for one-year exploration licenses in the area bordering Kenya.