Sudan Basin
Melut Basin
The Melut Basin is a rift basin in South Sudan. It is situated in the states of Upper Nile and Jonglei, south of the capital Khartoum and east of the river Nile. The Basin contains several hydrocarbon accumulations, although oil exploration, as elsewhere in Sudan, has been hindered by conflict. The largest oil field in the Basin is the Great Palogue Field with estimated reserves of 900 million barrels. The Melut oil export pipeline travels 1,380 km from Palogue to Port Sudan on the Red Sea, and has been on stream since June 2006.
The export pipeline is also known as the PetroDar Pipeline after the name of the consortium which operates it. Crude oil from the Melut Basin is known as “Dar Blend” and is refined at Port Sudan
Muglad Basin
The Muglad Basin is a large rift basin in Northern Africa. The basin is situated within southern Sudan and South Sudan, and it covers an area of approximately 120,000 km2 across the two nations. It contains a number of hydrocarbon accumulations of various sizes, the largest of which are the Heglig and Unity oil fields. During the 1960s and 1970s, Chevron made the first oil discoveries in the basin near the towns of Bentiu, Malakal, and Muglad.Taken together, the Muglad and Melut rift basins account for the majority of Sudan’s known oil reserves.
The oil fields of the Muglad Basin are connected to Port Sudan on the Red Sea by the Greater Nile Oil Pipeline which begins at the Unity oil field. Oil extracted in Muglad is known as “Nile Blend” crude. It is refined at Khartoum for export and domestic consumption. Further oil exploration in the Muglad Basin commenced in February 2008