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Companies that do business with Sudan Based on research by staffers of Assemblyman William Payne in New Jersey and the Genocide Intervention Fund ABB Ltd Switzerland's (NYSE listed), ABCO Alcatel SA Alcatel SA France Alcatel, France Asea Brown Bover, Swiss-based engineering firm BP PLC BNP Paribas Cliveden China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) China's PetroChina - oil ENI SPA France's Alcatel - telecommunications Germany's Siemens AG - electric generation Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC) Gulf Petroleum Company (GPC) Hyundai Heavy Inds, Mobis, Motor Co Lundin Petroleum Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Limited - India OMV of Austria PetroChina Petronas - Malaysia’s (corpwathc.org) Royal Dutch Petrol Russia's Tatneft - oil Siemens AG, presently building outside Khartoum the world's largest diesel-powered electrical generating plan; Sinopec Statoil ASA Stolt Nielsen Sudapet Limited Switzerland's ABB Ltd - electrical, oil production Talisman Energy Inc Tatneft Technip Coflexip Total SA TotalFinaElf The Netherlands’ Trafigura Beheer BV UBS AG ________________________________________ Highlights of 5 Companies that Do Business with Sudan: 1. ABB Ltd. (Swiss) - announced the commencement of a $16 million project in May 2004, to strengthen Sudan's national power grid at the Merowe hydroelectric power station, north of Khartoum. Revenues: Despite global condemnation of Khartoum's ongoing war against its own citizens and the determination by the U.S. government that the atrocities in Sudan constitute a "genocide," ABB has signed contracts totaling more than $36 million in that country. Such contracts spur economic growth that benefits the government and contribute to Khartoum's ability to increase the lethality and scope of its campaign. 2. Alcatel SA (France) - led a massive project in Sudan to install a fiber optic cable network under the Red Sea linking Port Sudan to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The total value of the company's operations in Sudan for the undersea fiber optic cable project is valued at $15 million. - Advanced Technology: As a world leader in the telecommunications sector, Alcatel is undertaking technologically-advanced projects in Sudan. These types of projects have the potential to introduce technology that enhances military operations. The likelihood that dual-use technology is diverted to nefarious purposes is increased when a company, as is the case with Alcatel, conducts business in a country where the government has been deemed to be genocidal. Revenues: Despite global condemnation of the government's ongoing war against its own citizens and the determination by the U.S. government that Sudan's government is "genocidal," Alcatel has signed contracts totaling more than $15 million in that country. Such contracts spur economic growth that benefits only the government and contributes to the coffers of the Khartoum regime. 3. China National Petroleum Company - China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is one of the largest foreign investors in the war-torn and ravaged country of Sudan via its subsidiary, PetroChina. - In May 2004, CNPC announced two new oil production projects valued at $500 million. - CNPC is also planning to double oil production in Sudan's Block 6 in 2004, reaching 180,000 barrels per day and increasing the country's overall oil production by 20 percent. In 2005, a CNPC-led consortium is expected to start oil production on Blocks 3 and 7, creating an additional 170,000 barrels per day with production eventually reaching 300,000 barrels per day. Revenues : PetroChina is involved in several large-scale projects in Sudan totaling well over $500 million. Not only does this create revenues for the terrorist-sponsoring country of Sudan, but it also serves as an engine for broader economic growth in a country that has been recently denounced by the U.S. Congress as genocidal. Put simply, the Khartoum regime's ability to prosecute its genocide would be greatly reduced without the revenues provided via CNPC's operations. 4. Siemens AG (Germany) - One of the world's leading telecommunications companies, has substantial operations, projects and infrastructure in the country of Sudan, totaling well over $180 million. Revenues: Despite global condemnation of the government's ongoing war its own citizens and the determination by the U.S. government that Sudan's government is "genocidal," Siemens has signed contracts totaling more than $180 million in that country. Such contracts spur economic growth that benefits the government and contribute to the coffers of the Khartoum regime. 5. Tatneft (Russian Oil Giant) - Engaged in business activities in the country of Sudan for several years that have ranged from hydrocarbon-mining (1) to oil exploration projects. Tatneft signed onto a joint oil production project in 2001 with the Sudanese oil company, Gulf Petroleum, to explore and develop existing Sudan oil fields. - Works with the Russian government to advance weapons sales in Sudan and elsewhere in exchange for energy-related contracts and resources. Revenues: Despite global condemnation of the government's ongoing war against its own citizens and the determination by the U.S. government that Sudan's government is "genocidal," Tatneft continues oil exploration and similar projects that create revenues for the government. Such contracts not only spur economic growth but may also be tied to weapons sales that allow the government to prosecute its genocide more vigorously.