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Sudan - The Background.
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Petroleum exploration in Sudan began in the early 1960s. The activity was originally concentrated offshore in the Red Sea. The only significant offshore discovery was Chevron's Suakin gas find in 1976. Chevron's exploration in the 1960s and 1970s led to several oil finds in southern Sudan near the towns of Bentiu, Malakal and Muglad.
Chevron abandoned its concessions in Sudan in 1985, due to their location in an area where fighting was taking place between government and rebel forces. Total of France also suspended its onshore exploration activities, but retained the rights to its concessions and has recently taken measures to reclaim them.
Khartoum sub-divided Chevron's concessions into smaller exploration blocks, and Canadian independent oil company Arakis Energy (Arakis) acquired the portion of Chevron's concession north of the town of Bentiu in 1993. Greater Nile Oil Project Arakis began development of Heglig and Unity fields (Blocks 1, 2, and 4) within its concessions, and started production on a small scale (some 2,000 b/d) in 1996. This oil was processed and consumed within Sudan....
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