Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company

Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company
Company typeJoint venture
IndustryOil and gas industry
Founded18 June 1997 (1997-06-18)
Headquarters15°36′18″N 32°30′5″E / 15.60500°N 32.50139°E / 15.60500; 32.50139, ,
Key people
Zhang Pinxian (President)
Fadul (VP)
ProductsPetroleum
Websitewww.gnpoc.com Edit this on Wikidata

The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC) is a petroleum exploration and production company operating in Sudan. It was incorporated on 18 June 1997 and undertook construction of the Greater Nile Oil Pipeline which links Sudan's inland oil fields with refineries at Khartoum and Port Sudan.

The GNPOC concession in the Western Upper Nile area includes the large Unity and Heglig oil fields plus smaller fields at El Toor, El Noor, Toma South, Bamboo, Munga and Diffra.[1]

  1. ^ GNPOC no date, 'Project overview' Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, www.gnpoc.com. Retrieved on 6 March 2008.