http://acgpublishing.com/index.php/CCB <h1>About Chelonian Research Foundation</h1> <p align="justify">Chelonian Research Foundation, established in 1992 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, is a non-profit IRS-designated 501(c)(3) tax-exempt private operating foundation established for the purposes of producing and publishing scientific research on turtles and tortoises of the world, as well as supporting worldwide turtle and tortoise research through charitable distributions to associated independent scientific investigators or research organizations that produce specific research consistent with the stated objectives of the Foundation. The Foundation was established partly in response to the rapidly deteriorating natural environment and its deleterious effects on populations of turtles and tortoises of the world as well as the threatening effects of direct human exploitation on turtles and tortoises around the world, and partly in response to the global need for systematic scientific investigations and documentation of the diversity of these animals. The broad purpose of the Foundation is to become involved where the energies of concerned and talented individuals and the application of resources may reasonably be anticipated to provide a scientific basis to allow for potential improvement in conditions or increased understanding of turtles and tortoises.</p> <p align="justify"> </p> Chelonian Research Foundation en-US Chelonian Research Foundation 1071-8443 http://acgpublishing.com/index.php/CCB/article/view/949 <p>The expansion of Sudan’s oil sector coincides with rising Asian interest in the oil fields of Africa that is located in the extended supply zone of the present world oil regime. Asian powers have over the years acquired extensive knowledge and experience in domestic oil production; yet that failed to meet their constantly rising energy demands triggered by economic globalsiation. The increasing external dependence pushed these countries to enter into transnational oil ventures. The 9/11 terrorist attack has further propelled the oil-seeking countries to diversify their supply lines by drifting away from West Asia and getting closer to Africa. Asian quest for African equity oil has consequently concretised the Afro-Asian interdependence that has evolved in the post cold war economic world order in terms of trade and investment partnership. As an extension of such economic complemtarity, the current regime in Sudan has diversified the pattern of its transnational production linkage through consolidation of multiple Asian participations in its oil sector. The shift that Sudan’s foreign oil policy behavior has undergone is due to the withdrawal of major Western oil firms, which have initiated the exploration and production activity in its oil field. The underlying rationale for such approach, therefore, lies in the intents to ensure that Sudan’s oil production remains less dependent on the partnership with West, and at the same time to avoid a situation where any single Asian player does monopolise its oil sector. As a result, Asian orientation has become the hallmark of the transnational partnership that Sudan is currently forging for its oil production. This article looks at Sudan’s partnership with India in the broader perspective of Indian interest in African oil. Firstly it taken into account India Presence in Sudan Oil field. Then it explore India Interestent in African Oil field.. Then it examines Sino-Indian Engagement in Sudan’s Oil Sector</p> Dr. Sandipani Dash Copyright (c) 2025 Chelonian Research Foundation https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2025-02-01 2025-02-01 1 20