The Sennar State’s locality of Senja held yesterday a conference on the development of Dindir National Park under the auspices of First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, and the supervision of the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, in collaboration with Sennar, Blue Nile and Gedarif states, under the theme 'Protection, Development and Promotion.'

The conference debated work papers prepared by federal and states’ ministries on good polices on the management of Dindir Reserve, director general of tourism in Sennar State, Mohamed Abdallah said. A number of experts and specialists...

A British Court has ruled that an oil tanker carrying oil, which South Sudan claims was exported illegally by North Sudan, should be unloaded in Japan, shipping sources have told the Reuters news agency.

Since seceding from Sudan in July last year South Sudan has been unable to agree a new oil deal with Khartoum and last month stopped all production, accusing the north of siphoning off oil and seizing its oil in Port Sudan.

Landlocked South Sudan has threatened to sue any company who buys it’s oil from north Sudan.

The tanker, which has yet to be given permission to dock...

The cost of a massive a transportation corridor project aimed to link Kenya to South Sudan and Ethiopia will be shared among the three east African countries, according to a report.

The $22billion dollar Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project is expected to be launched next month.

To cope up financial constraints, the LAPSSET master plan report has proposed that the subjects - Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia should share part of the project cost, although the countries are seeking an external finance source.

The groundbreaking ceremony will be held...

Larsen & Toubro – the India-based $11.7 billion technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services conglomerate – is looking to leverage Kuwait’s favorable economic climate to enhance participation in infrastructure and hydrocarbon sectors. The company plans to build on its reputation in the region as a dependable partner with an impressive track record in Kuwait and the Middle East.

L&T is currently engaged in multiple projects straddling several sectors. It is building 132/11 KV substation for the Ministry of Electricity & Water, and...

Bahrain is due to start importing liquid gas from Russia by 2014-2015, it emerged yesterday.

It follows the cancellation of a deal to import liquid gas from Iran due to a breakdown in relations, amid allegations that Tehran was interfering in Bahrain's internal affairs.

"Qatar and Iran have stopped exporting gas and we wanted a deal with the Iranians, which was originally suspended over rates, but it has now stopped definitely due to the political circumstances and contacts have ended," Energy Minister and National Oil and Gas Authority (Noga) chairman Dr Abdulhussain Mirza told...

Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy, Awad Abdul Fatah, expressed optimism that the upcoming round of talks with South Sudan will achieve breakthrough to settle the oil dispute.

According to Abdul Fatah, five new oil discoveries are expected to increase the country’s oil production from 115,000 to 180,000 barrels and to 200,000 b/d by the end of the current year.

He said the former round of talks with the South in Addis Ababa focused on legal and technical aspects, adding Khartoum’s position has never changed.

Abdul Fatah revealed that during the talks, China...

Ethiopia has completed a power transmission line that links its power grid with neighbouring Sudan, state Electric and Power Corporation (EEPCO) announced.

Funded by the World Bank, the $41 million dollar power project, will now enable Ethiopia to export an initial 100 MW of electricity to Sudan making Khartoum the second beneficiary next to Djibouti which imports 35 MW of electricity and in return pays Ethiopia up to $1.5 million every month.

The 230KV and 296KM long transmission line stretches between the Ethiopian towns of Bahir-Dar and Metema and connects with a transmission...

Increasing Cotton Cultivation Areas and Realization of Self-Sufficiency in Sorghum
Millet and Oil Seeds are the most Essential Priorities of the Ministry of Agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture emphasizes during the upcoming period on increasing the productivity of a number of nutritional crops to compensate for oil loss, according to official spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture, Eisa Alrashid Mudawi, who also highlighted the upcoming ministry's plan that concentrates on four basic crops namely cotton, peanuts, wheat and corn.

The plan was synchronized with the directives...

Chinese-Malaysian oil firm Petrodar, the main oil operator in South Sudan, denied on Sunday it had helped Sudan seize any southern oil, after Juba accused Chinese firms of cooperating with Khartoum in a row between the two countries.

Petrodar is a consortium of mainly Chinese state firms Sinpoec, Chinese National Petroleum Corp and Malaysia's Petronas. It runs oil fields in South Sudan and also an export pipeline through Sudan.

South Sudan is locked in a conflict with Sudan over oil payments.

The landlocked nation took three-quarters of Sudan's oil production when it became...

National Gas Company is planning to expand its LPG marketing business in South East Asia. The company is at an advanced stage of acquiring controlling interest in an LPG bottling and distribution business from an international petroleum company in the region.

Speaking to Muscat Daily, Goutam Sen, chief executive officer of National Gas, said that the company will set up its subsidiaries in two South East Asian countries through which the expansion and acquisition will take place.

We are in negotiations in two-three countries and are at the final stage of setting up two subsidiaries....