Complicit Dossier

State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · foreign state-owned company · China

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)

  • Context only
  • Grade C: Single sourceStrongest record: single source

Also recorded as: CNPC

None documented in wartime. CNPC declared force majeure (June 2025) and on 19 Nov 2025 asked to terminate the Block 6 (Balila, West Kordofan) production-sharing and pipeline agreements by 31 Dec 2025, citing destroyed facilities and 'zero revenue'. Production there has been shut since 30 Oct 2023.

Response

No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.

Records

1

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Grade C: Single source

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)

1995 to 2025

None documented in wartime. CNPC declared force majeure (June 2025) and on 19 Nov 2025 asked to terminate the Block 6 (Balila, West Kordofan) production-sharing and pipeline agreements by 31 Dec 2025, citing destroyed facilities and 'zero revenue'. Production there has been shut since 30 Oct 2023.

Response
No response located in the sources reviewed.
Sanctions
None found in OFAC SDN / EU / UK lists checked 2026-10-03
  1. 1Sudan Tribune, 'China's CNPC seeks to exit Sudan oil venture, citing war damage' · sudantribune.com · 7 Dec 2025
  2. 2Sudan Tribune, 'China's exit from Sudan oil fields deepens crisis for war-ravaged economy' · sudantribune.com · Dec 2025

NamesChina

1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Relationships

1

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Other recorded relations · 1

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more relationship at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Geography

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Based in
China

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

No relationship with another organisation or person is recorded for this actor.