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US imposes sanctions on oil consortium

Meanwhile, the US Department of the Treasury announced on 16 February that the GNPOC would be added to its list of companies considered to be owned or controlled by the Sudan government, and to which US sanctions are applied. It did not place sanctions on Talisman directly, or de-list it from the New York Stock Exchange - as had been demanded by human rights groups in the US.


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