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Founded by politics of Sudan in 1997.1
Sudapet was founded in 1997, and operated in the north of Sudan, while another state company, Nilepet, operated out of southern Sudan.
In 2011, the Sudanese government raised complaints that president of south Sudan had seized shares of Sudapet amounting to $2 billion. According to Sudapet, Salva Kiir ordered the shares be transferred to Nilepet.
In response to the military overthrow of the government, in 2021, workers at Sudapet said they would join a civil disobedience movement called by trade unions.
In November 1997, the United States imposed sanctions against Sudan on the basis that profits from oil were being used to fuel the civil war. In February 2000, the US government extended its sanctions to include Sudapet and the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC). This was a contentious move in that Canadian international Talisman Energy was a 25% shareholder in GNPOC.
Later in September 2017, the United States lifted long-standing economic sanctions against Sudan.
From Wikipedia’s article on Sudapet, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4