In the past decade, the need for oil in Asia's new industrial powers, China and India, has grown dramatically. The New Kings of Crude takes the reader from the dusty streets of an African capital to Asia's glistening corporate towers to provide a first look at how the world's rising economies
established new international oil empires in Sudan, amid one of Africa's longest-running and deadliest civil wars.

For over a decade, Sudan fuelled the international rise of Chinese and Indian national oil companies. But the political turmoil surrounding the historic division of Africa's largest country, with the birth of South Sudan, challenged Asia's oil giants to chart a new course. Luke Patey weaves together
the stories of hardened oilmen, powerful politicians, rebel fighters, and human rights activists to show how the lure of oil brought China and India into Sudan--only later to ensnare both in the messy politics of a divided country. His book also introduces the reader to the Chinese and Indian oilmen
and politicians who were willing to become entangled in an African civil war in the pursuit of the world's most coveted resource. It offers a portrait of the challenges China and India are increasingly facing as emerging powers in the world.

Part I : SUDAN 1. American Dreaming 2. The Long Goodbye 3. Boardrooms and Battlefields Part II : CHINA 4. Oil for the Party 5. A Chinese Miracle Part III : INDIA 6. Keeping the Lights On 7. An Oil Titan Reincarnated Part IV : DARFUR 8. The Rise and Fall of an Activist Campaign 9. War in Peace Part V : TWO SUDANS 10. New Country, Old Problems 11. The Reform Years Conclusion : The Sudanese Factor