Project Profile
Investment: US$12 million
Location: Melut Basin in South Sudan
Reserves: 43,900,000 m3
Discovery: 1981
Start-up Year: 1997
The Adar oilfield, also known as the Adar Yale, Adar Yeil or Adaril field, is an oilfield situated in the Melut Basin in South Sudan estimated to contain about 276 million barrels (43,900,000 m3) of oil. The Chevron Corporation discovered the Adar Yale field in 1981, shortly before the start of the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005). Chevron suspended operations in 1984, and their concession was later divided into smaller units. In 1992 Gulf Petroleum Corporation-Sudan (GPC) was awarded the Melut Basin - Blocks 3 and 7. GPC was owned 60% by Qatar’s Gulf Petroleum Corporation, 20% by Sudapet and 20% by a company owned by the National Islamic Front (NIF) financier Mohamed Abdullah Jar al-Nabi. The GPC consortium was reported to have invested US$12m in developing the Adar Yale field. In October 1996 GPC began to drill and reopen Chevron\'s wells and to build an all-weather road connecting Adar Yale to the garrison town of Melut. Chevron left Sudan in 1990 and as of 2011 Adar field was operated by the consortium Petrodar.
Operators:
Petrodar Operating Co: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Dodsal: EPC contract