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Exhibit 3.1
 YUKON
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
 
 1.
    
    Name of Corporation:
 IVANHOE ENERGY INC.
 
 2.
    
    The Articles of the above-named Corporation were amended pursuant to a Court order:
 Yes     o
    

No     þ
 
 3.
    
    The Articles of the above named corporation are amended as follows:
 4. Number (or minimum and maximum number) of Directors: 
Not
less than three (3), nor more than eleven (11).
 
 4.
    
    Date: September 22/05
 Signature:
    
    /s/     R. Edward Flood
    
    Title: DirectorR. Edward Flood
 
 FILED   SEP 28 2005
 
DEPUTY REGISTRAR
OF CORPORATIONS




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YUKON
 BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT  Sections 27 or 171
 Form 5-01
 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
 
 1.
    
    Name of Corporation:
 BLACK SEA ENERGY LTD.
 
 2.
    
    THE ARTICLES OF THE ABOVE-NAMED CORPORATION WERE AMENDED PURSUANT TO A COURT ORDER:
 Yes     o
    
    No     þ
 
 3.
    
    THE ARTICLES OF THE ABOVE-NAMED CORPORATION WERE AMENDED PURSUANT TO A COURT ORDER:
 Name of Corporation changed
to:          Ivanhoe Energy Inc.
 
 4.
 June 22, 1999
    
    /s/ Beverly Downing
    
    Corporate SecretaryDATE
    
    SIGNATURE
    
    TITLE
 
 FILED   JUN 24 1999
 
DEPUTY REGISTRAR
OF CORPORATIONS




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YUKON
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
 
 1.
    
    Name of Corporation:
 BLACK SEA ENERGY LTD. 
 
 2.
    
    The Articles of the above-named Corporation were amended pursuant to a Court order:
 Yes     o
    

No     þ
 
 3.
    
    The Articles of the above named corporation are amended as follows:
 1.
    
    Restrictions in the Articles of Amendment, dated May
31, 1996 and filed June 30, 1996 are deleted and there shall be no
restrictions on share transfers.
 2.
    
    Schedule B of the Articles of Incorporation, dated
February 20, 1995, filed February 21, 1995 are amended by deleting the
provisions contained in the said Schedule B and substituting the
following:
 A meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation may, in
the Directors unfettered discretion, be held at any location
in North America, Asia or Europe specified by the Directors
in the Notice of such meeting.
 
 4.
    
    Date: April 15, 1997
 Signature:
    

/s/   Peter
Meredith
Peter Meredith
    
    Title: Assistant Secretary
 
 FILED   APR 16 1997
 
DEPUTY REGISTRAR
OF CORPORATIONS




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YUKON
 BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT  (Section 27 or 171)
 FORM 5-01
 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
 
 1.
    
    NAME OF CORPORATION
 888 CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED
Corporate Access Number 24316
 
 2.
    
    THE ARTICLES OF THE ABOVE-NAMED CORPORATION ARE AMENDED
PURSUANT TO A COURT ORDER:
 YES     o
    
    NO     þ
 
 3.
    
    THE ARTICLES OF THE ABOVE-NAMED CORPORATION ARE AMENDED AS
FOLLOWS:
 1.
    
    Name of Corporation:     BLACK SEA ENERGY LTD.
 3.
    
    Restrictions, if any, on share transfers:
 If, and for so long as, the Corporation is not a distributing corporation, no shares may
be transferred without the consent of the Board of Directors, who will not be required to
give any reason for refusing to consent to any proposed transfer.
 6.
    
    Other provisions, if any:
 The Directors may, between annual general meetings, appoint one or more additional Directors
of the Corporation to serve until the next annual general meeting, but the number of
additional Directors shall not at any time exceed one third of the number of Directors who
held office at the expiration of the last annual general meeting of the Corporation,
provided that the total number of directors shall not exceed the maximum number of directors
fixed pursuant to the Articles.
 4.
 May 31, 1996
    
    /s/ D. Huberman
    
    DirectorDATE
    
    David Huberman
    
    TITLESIGNATURE
 FILED   Jun 03 1996
 REGISTRAROF CORPORATIONS




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YUKON
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
(Section 8)
 Form 1-01
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 
 1.
    
    Name of Corporation:     888 CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED
 
 2.
    
    The classes and any maximum number of shares that the Corporation is authorized to issue:
 The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares without nominal or par
value and the authorized capital of the Corporation is to be divided into Common and
Preferred shares. The attached Schedule A setting out the rights, privileges,
restrictions and conditions attached to the Common and Preferred shares is incorporated into
and forms part of these Articles of Incorporation.
 
 3.
    
    Restrictions, if any, on share transfers:     None.
 
 4.
    
    Number (or minimum and maximum number) of Directors:
 Not less than three (3), nor more than nine (9).
 
 5.
    
    Restrictions, if any, on business the Corporation may carry on:
 Pursuant to the Yukon Act, the Corporation is restricted from carrying on the
business of a railway, steamship, air transport, canal, telegraph, telephone or irrigation
company.
 
 6.
    
    Other provisions, if any:
 The attached Schedule B is incorporated into and forms part of these Articles of
Incorporation.
 
 7.
    
    Incorporator:
    
    Date: February 20, 1995
 Leslie McRae, Legal Assistant
Preston, Willis & Lackowitcz
Barristers & Solicitors
2093 Second Avenue
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 1B5 
Signature:     /s/
Leslie McRae
 FILED   Feb 21 1995
 
REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS




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SCHEDULE A
 TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
888 CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED
 PROVISIONS ATTACHING TO THE COMMON SHARES
  Dividends
  Dissolution
  Voting Rights
  PROVISIONS ATTACHING TO THE PREFERRED SHARES
  Directors Authority to Issue in One or More Series




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Ranking of Preferred Shares
  Voting Rights




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Approval of Holders of Preferred Shares




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SCHEDULE B
 TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
888 CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED