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China Eximbank provides $81 million seller's credit to CMEC for 340 km Rabak-El-Obeid Transmission Line Construction Project (Linked to Record ID#67168)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$151,997,804
Commitment Year•2006Country of Activity•SudanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Multiple JurisdictionsSector•EnergyFlow Type•Loan

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 11, 2006
Start (actual)
Jun 1, 2006
End (actual)
Dec 31, 2009

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved the construction of a 340km, 220kV electricity transmission line from Rabak (ربك), a city in southeastern Sudan, to city of El-Obeid (in central Sudan within North Kordofan State). More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6653165#map=14/12.9222/31.2197, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6653148#map=10/12.9397/31.6454, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6653147#map=11/13.1219/32.3516.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% host country ownershipAt least 25% Chinese ownership

Funding agencies

State-owned Policy Banks

  • Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank)

Receiving agencies

State-owned companies

  • China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation (CMC)
  • Sudan National Electricity Corporation (NEC Sudan)

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation (CMC)
  • Sudan National Electricity Corporation (NEC Sudan)

Loan desecription

China Eximbank provides $81 million seller's credit to CMEC for 340 km Rabak-El-Obeid Transmission Line Construction Project

Interest type•Unknown

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2006, China Eximbank agreed to provide $81 million export seller's credit to China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) for the 340 km Rabak-El-Obeid Transmission Line Construction Project. The proceeds of the loan of the loan were to be use to cover 100% of the cost of a commercial contract signed on May 11, 2006 by China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) and the Sudan National Electricity Corporation (NEC). The borrowing terms of the loan are unknown. The project involved the construction of a 340km, 220kV electricity transmission line from Rabak (ربك), a city in southeastern Sudan, to the city of El-Obeid in central Sudan within North Kordofan State. It also involved the installation of a 220/33/11kv transformer station in El-Obeid. Construction began in 2006 and ended in 2009; however, a 2011 publication by Dr. Samai Satti Osman Mohamed Nour describes the project as '95% complete.'

Staff comments

1. This project is also called the Rabak-Obeid Third Circuit Elroseires-Khartoum Electricity Project or National Electricity Corporation Transition Line Project. The Chinese project title is 苏丹拉巴克至奥拜易德输变电线路项目. 2. This project is part of a larger initiative called the White Nile Grid Project (captured via Record ID#67168).