2007

China opposes "politicizing" and playing up normal cooperation in the energy field.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have united to boost peace efforts in Darfur, warning Khartoum of sanctions if it got in the way.

Total oil revenues in November 2007 was $449.18 million while the revenues of the crude oil processed at local refineries reached $134,53 million

Sixteen ministers from Sudan's former southern rebels took the oath of office before President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, rejoining the national government and formally ending a crippling political crisis

Scottish engineering firm Weir Group has confirmed it will withdraw from operating in Sudan at the end of the year

The Southern Sudan Liberation Movement may be set to end its boycott of the Government of National Unity after talks between SPLM leader Mr Salva Kiir and President Omar Bashir but the issue of the contested, oil-rich Abyei region remains unsolved.

SPLM has agreed to rejoin the national coalition government, raising hopes of an end to the political crisis in the country

China calls for the safety of its citizens in Sudan to be guaranteed a day after rebels there attacked an oilfield being run by a Chinese company for the second time in as many months

The increase of the revenues is attributed to the rise of the Dar Field production alongside receiving of three shipments of last August exports revenues

Local authorities in Upper Nile state arrested thirty-two workers of the Petrodar Oil Company operating in Malut County after a protest they organised against what they described "mistreatment" by the multinational oil firm.