SAPET (a CNPC subsidiary) signed a service contract with the government of Peru to operate Block VII in the Talara basin.
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As of 2011, CNPC is undertaking development of Iran's age-old Masjed Soleyman Oil Field, (the oldest oil field of the Middle East) in collaboration with Iranian counterpart NIOC in a deal worth 200 million dollars.
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In December 2011, Afghanistan signed a deal with CNPC for the development of oil blocks in the Amu Darya basin, a project expected to earn billions of dollars over two decades; the deal covers drilling and a refinery in the northern provinces of Sar-e Pol and Faryab and is the first international oil production agreement entered into by the Afghan government for several decades.
According to Transparency International, companies operating in Sudan (based on reporting in 2009) included four national companies: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC, the Indian NOC) and Petronas (Petroliam Nasional Berhad).