PetroDar

PetroDar Operating Company Ltd (PDOC)
Company typeJoint venture
IndustryOil & Gas
Founded31 October 2001
Headquarters,
Key people
Azhan Ali (President)
ProductsOil

The PetroDar Operating Company Ltd is a consortium of oil exploration and production companies operating in Sudan with its headquarters in Khartoum. The consortium was incorporated in the Virgin Islands on 31 October 2001. PetroDar is composed of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) (41% share), Petronas of Malaysia (40%), Sudapet of Sudan (8%), SINOPEC of China (6%), and Egypt Kuwait Holding Company through its subsidiary Tri-Ocean Energy of Kuwait (5%).[1]

In 2008, PetroDar was engaged in oil exploration and production in blocks 3 and 7, which are oil concession areas located in the Melut Basin in Southern Sudan.[2] The company's production in this area reportedly accounted for almost half of Sudan's total crude oil output in late 2006.[3]

  1. ^ PetroDar Operating Company (no date), 'Shareholders', www.petrodar.com. Retrieved on 1 October 2014
  2. ^ Energy Information Administration 2007, 'Country analysis brief: Sudan' Archived 2008-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, www.eia.doe.gov, April. Retrieved on 6 March 2008.
  3. ^ APS Review Downstream Trends 2007, 'SUDAN: The oil sector', www.entrepreneur.com, 29 October. Retrieved on 5 March 2008.