Sudan woos Russia and US firms to build bigger oil refinery

An oil field in South Sudan. The young state took 70 percent of the reserves when it seceded from Sudan. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A year after the US removed a decade-long economic sanctions on Sudan, the country is in talks with American and Russian firms to build a bigger oil refinery at its main port on the Red Sea.

Sudan government officials Tuesday revealed that TK Ural Trade of Russia had proposed to build a refinery with the capacity to process 200,000 barrels per day, while Energy Link International from the US offered to build one with 100,000 barrels per day capacity.