PetroDar

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{{Infobox Company
|name = PetroDar Operating Company Ltd (PDOC)
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|type = [[Joint venture]]
|foundation = 31 October 2001
|location_city = [[Khartoum]]
|location_country = [[Sudan]]
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|key_people = [[Azhan Ali]] <small>(President)</small>
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|industry = [[Hydrocarbons|Oil & Gas]]
|products = [[petroleum|Oil]]
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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%).<ref>PetroDar Operating Company (no date), [http://petrodar.com/content.php?GL=1&PL=5 'Shareholders'], ''www.petrodar.com''. Retrieved on 01 October 2014</ref>

In 2008, PetroDar was engaged in [[oil exploration]] and [[Extraction_of_petroleum|production]] in blocks 3 and 7, which are oil concession areas located in the [[Melut Basin]] in [[Southern Sudan]].<ref>Energy Information Administration 2007, [http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Sudan/Full.html 'Country analysis brief: Sudan'], ''www.eia.doe.gov'', April. Retrieved on 6 March 2008.</ref> The company's production in this area reportedly accounted for almost half of Sudan's total crude oil output in late 2006.<ref>APS Review Downstream Trends 2007, [http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/170592332.html 'SUDAN: The oil sector'], ''www.entrepreneur.com'', 29 October. Retrieved on 5 March 2008.</ref>

==The Melut oil export pipeline==

PetroDar operates the Melut oil export [[Pipeline_transport|pipeline]], also known as the '''PetroDar Pipeline'''. The pipeline connects the [[Oil_field|oil fields]] of the [[Melut Basin]] with the refinery and export terminal located at [[Port Sudan]] on the [[Red Sea]].<ref>Reuters 2006, [http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article14900 'Sudan to open new oil pipeline'], ''Sudan Tribune'', 5 April. Retrieved on 6 March 2008.</ref>

PetroDar pipeline starts from [[Palogue oil field|Palouge]] in the south of the Sudan and continues almost 1600km to the city of Portsudan. The pipeline took four years to complete with six pumping stations; Palouge, Algabaleen, Wad-shalaai, Alaylafon, Jebel Umm Ali and Musmar. All of the pumping stations are equipped with the latest in oil and gas technology to facilitate the crude oil temperature and flow until it reaches Portsudan.

==See also==

* [[Economy of Sudan]]
* [[SPPHC]]
* [[PDOC Headquarters|PDOC Headquarters Building]]

==References==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.petronas.com.my/ '''PETRODAR''' company website]

[[Category:Oil and gas companies of Sudan]]
[[Category:Economy of Sudan]]
[[Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 2001]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Sudan]]

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