Sudan’s Sudapet has taken over Block 25 in the Melut Basin in White Nile State, acquiring the 30% owned by two Nigerian companies. Express Petroleum & Gas and Mensana each signed up for a 15% share in the block on 26 March 2015, with Sudapet retaining 70%. The block is now “fully Sudanese”, according to a late April statement by the state-run Sudan News Agency (Suna) citing government officials.According to oil minister Abdul-Rahman Osman, Block 25 will produce at least 5,000 b/d by the end of 2018, rising to 10,000-15,000 b/d by end-2019.
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