| President |
Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (since 1993) |
| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea |
| Independence |
1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK) |
| Population (2006E) |
41,236,378 |
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| Minister of Finance |
Zubeir Mohammed Hassan |
| Currency/Exchange Rate (4/13/07) |
1 Sudanese Dinar (SDD) = 0.0043 USD |
| Inflation Rate |
(2005E):8.5% (2006E): 7.2% |
| Gross Domestic Product (2006E) |
$36.5 Billion |
| Real GDP Growth Rate |
(2005E): 7.9% (2006E): 9.0% |
| External Debt (2006E) |
$29.7 Billion |
| Exports (2006E) |
$5.9 Billion |
| Exports |
oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar |
| Exports - Partners (2005E) |
China 71.1%, Japan 12%, Saudi Arabia 2.8% |
| Imports (2006E) |
$7.6 Billion |
| Imports |
foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat |
| Imports - Partners (2005E) |
China 20.7%, Saudi Arabia 9.4%, UAE 5.9%, Egypt 5.5%, Japan 5.1%, India 4.8% |
| Current Account Balance (2006E) |
-$3.9 Billion |
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| Minister of Energy and Mining |
Awad Ahmed al-Jaz |
| Proven Oil Reserves (January 1, 2007E) |
5 billion barrels |
| Oil Production (2006E) |
414 thousand barrels per day |
| Oil Consumption (2006E) |
94 thousand barrels per day |
| Crude Oil Refining Capacity (2007E) |
121.7 thousand barrels per day |
| Proven Natural Gas Reserves (January 1, 2007E) |
3 trillion cubic feet |
| Natural Gas Production (2004E) |
None |
| Natural Gas Consumption (2004E) |
None |
| Recoverable Coal Reserves (2003E) |
None |
| Coal Production (2004E) |
None |
| Coal Consumption (2004E) |
None |
| Electricity Installed Capacity (2004E) |
0.8 gigawatts |
| Electricity Production (2004E) |
3.8 billion kilowatt hours |
| Electricity Consumption (2004E) |
3.6 billion kilowatt hours |
| Total Energy Consumption (2004E) |
0.1 quadrillion Btus*, of which Oil (93%), Hydroelectricity (7%), Natural Gas (0%), Coal (0%), Nuclear (0%), Other Renewables (0%) |
| Total Per Capita Energy Consumption ((Million Btu)E) |
3.8 million Btus |
| Energy Intensity (2004E) |
2,651.4 Btu per $2000-PPP** |
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| Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions (2004E) |
9.8 million metric tons, of which Oil (100%), Natural Gas (0%), Coal (0%) |
| Per-Capita, Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions ((Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)E) |
0.3 metric tons |
| Carbon Dioxide Intensity (2004E) |
0.2 Metric tons per thousand $2000-PPP** |
| Environmental Issues |
inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion; desertification; periodic drought |
| Major Environmental Agreements |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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| Major Oil Ports |
Port Sudan |
| Foreign Company Involvement |
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Malaysia’s Petronas, Total SA, Marathon Oil Corporation, and the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Company |
| Major Oil Fields |
Adar Yale, Fula, Heglig, Mala, Palogue, Thar Jath, and Unity |
| Major Pipelines |
994-mile pipeline from Heglig and Unity fields to the Suakin oil terminal – 870-mile pipeline linking Melut Basin to oil export terminal near Port Sudan and a 110-mile pipeline linking the Thar Jath and Mala fields to Port Sudan. |
| Major Refineries |
Khartoum (100,000 bbl/d), Port Sudan Refinery (21,700) |
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* The total energy consumption statistic includes petroleum, dry natural gas, coal, net hydro, nuclear, geothermal, solar, wind, wood and waste electric power. The renewable energy consumption statistic is based on International Energy Agency (IEA) data and includes hydropower, solar, wind, tide, geothermal, solid biomass and animal products, biomass gas and liquids, industrial and municipal wastes. Sectoral shares of energy consumption and carbon emissions are also based on IEA data.
**GDP figures from OECD estimates based on purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates.
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