Sudan in talks with Malaysia to build oil refinery

Sudanese government officials are scheduled to hold a meeting with their Malaysian counterparts to discuss plans for an oil refinery project. The refinery project has been delayed by the Malaysian company Petronas due to the US$1 billion-US$2 billion spike in costs from when it was originally planned. Petronas signed a deal in August 2005 to invest in the refinery, which would process some of the hard-to-sell, high acidic Dar Blend crude produced in Sudan. (January 14, 2009)