Specifications - Melut Basin Oil Project, Sudan

Key Data
Order Year	2003
Construction Started	2004
Project Type	New oil field development
Location	Melut Basin, Sudan
Estimated Investment	$100m (previous investment estimated at $1.5bn)
Completion	2009
Key Players
Sponsors	PetroDar: China National Petroleum Co International (Nile) (41 % stake), Petronas Carigali Overseas (40 %), Sudapet (8 %), Gulf Oil Petroleum (6 %) and Al Thani (5 %)
Lead Contractors and Designers	Mott MacDonald, Higleig Petroleum Services, Peremba Construction, Intec Engineering (SEA), Sudan Piles, PJSC Stroytransgaz, STG International GmbH, MMC Corporation Berhad (MMC), Sinopec Group, Oman Construction Company LLC, NF Energy, Bentini
Production	500,000bpd but increasing to over 800,000bpd in the future
Financial	PetroDar