Sudan's Largest Oil Refinery Ablaze in Fighting

 The Associated Press published on 25 January 2025 an article titled "Fighting in Sudan's Civil War Sets Ablaze the Country's Largest Oil Refinery, Satellite Photos Show."

Sudan's largest oil refinery, located 40 miles north of Khartoum and owned by Sudan's government and the China National Petroleum Corporation, was set ablaze during fighting on 22 January between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).  The SAF blamed the RSF for deliberately setting the fire and the RSF claimed the SAF dropped "barrel bombs" on the facility.  

Ugandan Refinery: American/Italian Consortium Wins Over Chinese Consortium

The Observer (Kampala, Uganda) published a story on 9 August 2017 titled "$4bn Oil Refinery Deal Takes New Twist as Chinese Protest" by Baker Batte Lule and Alon Mwesigwa.

An American/Italian consortium has apparently won the bid to build a $4 billion oil refinery in Uganda, beating out a consortium of Chinese companies. This is a rare occasion where Western companies have outbid Chinese companies for infrastructure projects in Africa. In a formal complaint to the government of Uganda, the Chinese consortium said the decision is unfair.

Chinese Company Pulls Out of Ugandan Refinery Deal

The Independent (Kampala, Uganda) published on 31 July 2017 a detailed account titled "Chinese Quit Museveni's Refinery Deal" by Haggai Matsiko.

This is a well documented account of a $4 billion refinery project in Uganda won by a Chinese consortium that outbid American and Russian companies, among others. An important part of the consortium, China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC), has pulled out of the deal, which appears to have collapsed. In-fighting and intrigue is cited as the reason why CPECC pulled out.