However, the Sedigi project was uncoupled from the Doba project following the reorganization of the Doba consortium in April 2000. The following month, Concorp International Limited, headed by Sudanese businessman Mohamed Abdallah Jar al Nabi, took control of the Sedigi project. Downstream Chad's downstream oil sector currently is totally dependent on petroleum product imports from neighboring Nigeria and Cameroon. Nearly all commercial energy requirements, including power generation, are provided by petroleum. If undertaken, the Sedigi project will be able to supply nearly all of Chad's petroleum requirements, and reduce its reliance on imported petroleum.
Electricity production depends solely on the availability of imported petroleum products.
The power supply crisis Chad experienced in 1998 was due to disruption in the supply of petroleum from Nigeria and Cameroon. Under terms of the IMF-sponsored structural adjustment plan, STEE is slated for privatization. The project is designed to provide affordable and sustainable supply of energy to Chadian households. Wood is the primary source of total energy in Chad, and the project hopes to establish a sustainable wood fuel and charcoal supply in nearly 100 villages located near N'Djamena. Not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol.