Towards the Development of Sudapet Geospatial Information System

Sudapet is Sudan's national petroleum company with a vision of being a pioneer in the petroleum industry. Sudapet acts as the commercial and technical arm of the Ministry of Petroleum in Sudan. It has several subsidiaries that perform contractual and technical activities and is a partner in all petroleum operating companies in Sudan. The main aim of the article is to outline the general approach for the development of the Sudapet geospatial information system and to oversee the GIS and geospatial data available within the oil industry community of Sudan, as well as related government departments, and how it will be integrated with the Sudan basemap. The authors stated the necessity that the Sudapet geospatial team has to work with a clear understanding to collect the oil industry information, develop spatial and GIS standards and specifications, make awareness to the oil industry sector staff about the importance of having a unified reference frame, unified standards, symbology, and data models, which are vital for data sharing, data exchange, and data integration. Then, Sudapet has to focus on and prioritize, the development of its geospatial system and to be organized into the five tracks and 29 working packages. The five main tracks are Sector Policy & Governance, Organizational, Data, Information Technology, and Awareness & Capacity. The purpose of this article is to outline the way forward and provide spatial data and information on the establishment of a Sudanese oil production spatial information system to be included in the national geospatial database of Sudan and the exchange of development space between the Ministry of Energy. and gas, Sudapt, and oil companies in Sudan. This paper also emphasizes that the implementation and integration of geospatial data can change oil industry investments by providing valuable insights to investors and the decision-making process