The workers were seized near a small oil field in the state of South Kordofan, which borders Darfur, where they were working under contract for a Chinese-led oil consortium.

• 被绑票的工人是在南科尔多凡州靠近达尔富尔地区的小型油田附近遭绑架的，他们在那里为一个中国国际石油财团工作。