Hey, these luxury cars are popular in Gaalkacyo, I'm sure Bosaso can import Porsches no problem.

The second one, belonging to Iftin Bank, will be 3 floors - a simple office really. The first one, belonging to Golis Telecom, will be 7 floors initially with expansion room up to 10 floors - it will have an escalator, shopping areas, and a bank inside. This is not skyscraper-level by any means but its a start and these buildings will match the qualities of some of the smaller ones posted by the topic starter. Below is an approved building from Tawakal Express for Bosaso. Look carefully at the image, the logo on the building is the authentic Tawakal logo, its a very serious project. The other two I posted have been under construction since the summer.

Its already taking shape. Some of the buildings you showed after the first one are very simple and already exist in Somalia. These two are under works in Bosaso right now.

Only time will tell. Oil exploration these days, especially in Africa, is done by companies with low reputation and shady background, but they definitely do the job they set out to do. A much smaller company discovered the billion barrels in Lake Albert, Uganda, and in Ghana as well.

http://www.somaliareport.com/index.php/post/1560/Puntland_Oil_Drilling_to_Begin_Soon Africa Oil Corp. is expected to begin drilling its first oil well in Puntland, where there are believed to be billions of barrels of recoverable oil, either this month or in October, senior Puntland government officials told Somalia Report. Insiders say the plan was to spud the first well in July, but the deadline was pushed back. “The Puntland government and Africa Oil have reached a comprehensive agreement to start oil extraction activity soon,” a source close to the president, who requested anonymity, told Somalia Report. “The terms of the contract imply work will likely start in September or October.” He said that oil workers from the company were awaiting the delivery of the final batch of equipment that would allow drilling to commence. According to Africa Oil's website, the company – along with its partners Range Resources and Red Emperor Resources - holds two blocks in Puntland: the Nugaal Block and the Dharoor Block. In a statement on September 6, the company revealed that a resource report prepared by Petrotech Engineering Limited indicated a gross best estimate of recoverable oil in the Dharoor Valley and Nugaal Valley blocks in excess of 5.2 billion barrels of oil. For the full details of the resource report click here. The company earlier said the two basins are expected to deliver similar yields to the Marib-Shabwa and Sayun-asila Basins in Yemen, as they were contiguous before the Gulf of Aden opened up. Oil production in Yemen, which comes largely from the two basins, has declined to around 260,000 barrels per day since it began production in the mid-1980s, making it a small oil producer. Africa’s largest producers Nigeria, Tunisia and Angola pump around or over two million barrels per day. Africa Oil Corp is in the process of transferring its Puntland operations (through its subsidiary Canmex, which holds a 60% participating interest in each of the blocks) to Denovo Capital Corp. through a share exchange agreement. Denovo will be renamed Horn Petroleum Corporation, and just short of 28 million shares in the new company will be transferred to Africa Oil Corp. as part of the deal. For the full ins-and-outs of the complex deal, click here and here. Red Emperor Resources and Range Resources hold a 20% interest each in the two blocks, and they say that drilling is to take place in the first prospect - Shabeel-1, which is estimated to have over 300 million barrel of recoverable oil - in the fourth quarter. Sakson Drilling and Oil Services are supplying a 1,500 horse power, top-drive drilling rig to drill two exploration wells. Security Concerns Africa Oil, in its company profile, laid out the problems it had faced and would face in actually extracting the oil – including issues over security, rights and border disputes. One possible immediate concern is that of security threats in Puntland, which has become increasingly restive this year. There have been clashes with militia purported to be linked to al-Shabaab, battles with and between clan militias, and a campaign of assassinations. In July this year, a convoy carrying Africa Oil Corp. executives came under fire from a militia allegedly angry they were not being consulted on the oil exploration, and concerned they would not get a fair deal. This has been a concern in several African oil-producing countries, particularly in Nigeria, where the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta conducted years of deadly sabotage, cutting the West African nation’s oil output by over a quarter at one point. Local sources say Inna Aloore, a former Puntland Intelligence Services officer, was behind the stirring up of the clan militia in Dharoor Valley, while the threat of al-Shabaab could grow given the group’s financial and military problems in southern and central Somalia. An established oil operation run by Western companies would be a juicy target for an Islamist group – opposed to all things Western – that is making inroads into Puntland. Despite the concerns, the high-ranking official said steps were being taken to ensure there were no problems with drilling, and that the money Puntland rakes in (it has yet to be revealed how much the government will make from oil production) will be re-invested in communities to ward off community discontent. "We have been talking to clan elders, intellectuals and religious leaders; there were grassroots-based discussions, so people are pleased about the activity and the Dharoor valley community will cooperate with their government,” he said. “They are ready to take advantage this long-awaited lucrative oil extraction mission: there will be a lot of projects to be started soon, including building schools, hospitals and roads.” Locals optimistic Puntland residents polled by Somalia Report are looking forward to becoming an oil-producing nation, yet they are concerned about a lack of transparency given allegations of corruption that are often aired about President Farole’s regime. “I am pleased about oil extraction, but first anti-corruption laws and committees need to be established, and there should be transparency over the oil revenue,” Hidig Gabayre vice chairman of SIDDO Youth Organization, told Somalia Report. Analysts say that the potential for armed conflict exists, and also highlight the government has a lot to do to prove it can use the money responsibly. “We are a clan-based society, the oil extraction may cause armed conflict, so there should be disarmament of clan militia, while the government has to strengthen its credibility and create good governance, as well as viable economic policies," independent political analyst Abshir Ahmed told Somalia Report. “The government should change its laws and the oil revenue should be evenly distributed through development projects. Alhamdulillah for Somalia and Puntland, this will be the beginning of a new era.

The picture below is Mogadishu University's campus in Bosaso.

So avoiding the UN is how these monkeys think they will get their elusive recognition? Do they know that the UN has the decision to sanction the recognition of countries?

The man in charge of PL's oil and mineral ministry is educated in Australia, very brilliant young family man. The future is bright.

Hargeisa.

A hand grenade is not a "heavy blast." I'm glad this made you smile though, everyone deserves to be happy.

Boorama.

I'm so excited!! :cool: I must say, Mudane Faroole far exceeded my expectations as a leader. He is exactly what PL needs at this moment and it shows and will continue to show.

lol, Che is feeling the heat of his masked teenage heroes getting destroyed.

Jilib.

Sex Tourism in Somaliland http://onestep4ward.com/tag/somaliland-2/ When you backpack in countries which are a little more obscure than your Thailands or Austalias strange things seem to have a knack for gravitating towards you. I was walking up the high street in Hargeisa when a large range rover pulls over quite aggressively in front of me, the electric window winds down and a middle-aged Arab guy says “Get in”, more in shock than anything else my friend and I did just that and clambered into the back of his range rover. It soon transpired that he was a big-shot Saudi Arabian property tycoon who owned a host of hotels and buildings across Somalia and was now in semi retirement. To cut a long story short, before the day was out we were in his luxury pad in the north of the city, drinking bootleg gin (bearing in mind alcohol is seriously illegal in Somaliland) with Fast Eddy, as he’s known. Very crazy, and it got a little crazier further into the night.. He showed us his guard dog outside and it walked with a bit of a limp so he told us the story. Basically, a crazy guy came looking for Fast Eddy one evening recently but Eddy was nowhere to be seen so the guy shot Eddy’s dog in fury. On hearing the news, Eddy pulled out his revolver (which he had been proudly showing off to us all afternoon) and went after the guy with less than the best intentions. The rumour mill did its job and he soon found the guy, it turned out that this crazy guy had one normal leg and one prosthetic leg so Eddy took pity on him, decided not to shoot him but instead grabbed his prosthetic leg and yanked it off him and beat him with that instead (you couldn’t make this stuff up!). I think the guy probably thought twice before making his way over to Eddy’s place. So that evening Eddy took us out for dinner and another surreal moment was had. Eddy picked up two of his ‘lady friends’ who were decked out in full Burkas and Niqabs (the entire veil over the face). We then picked up another guy who we had briefly met in the street the day before, called Muhammed. OK, at this juncture I want to say something about traveling – to anyone who has been traveling before, you know those moments when the realization of the situation, the country, the cultural differences and everything just strike you and you just love living life like this and being on the road is the best feeling imaginable, this was one of those moments… I was in the back seat with one of my best friends alongside these 2 chicks in full Islamic dress, Fast Eddy the Saudi property tycoon is in the front bribing the police because the foreigners (us) don’t have the their security escort with them, in the passenger seat is Mohammed a British/Somalian who had just recently been (incorrectly) arrested and detained in Somalia on terrorism charges… all of us drinking gin and coke from plastic coke bottles in a bid to not get our alcoholic drinks discovered – what a sight we must have been! Somaliland, what a place. Disgusting. Godane needs to bring Islam to Hargeisa, not Kismayo.

Saalax;737413 wrote: Go cry somewhere else kid. I can post what i want and when i want. Perhap when you are man enough you can also do the same. He doesn't have enough time in his day to go and search for things related to Somaliland - it is of no importance to him, nor anyone. Continue frothing over PL, if I came from the triangle I would also feel insignificant.

Just like you don't want me to disturb your recognition dream. Do you see me asking about your recognition or caring about it? No. Why? Because its not important to me. Apparently, Puntland oil is VERY important to the khat people.

Keep digging, it might make you feel better but doesn't change the situation developing in PL.

^ That's Range Resources Company (RRC), an American exploration company operating in the Appalachians. The group operating in Puntland is Range Resources Limited (RRL), an Australian company operating in conjunction with Canadian exploration teams. Two vastly different and unrelated companies. This is just sad on your part to dig for bad info and land upon that in desperation.

Who is "WE" Oodweyn? This has nothing to do with YOU. You've actually convinced yourself that you're part of the plot, it must suck to be unimportant.

You've actually successfully convinced yourself of the legitimacy of your own feel-good lies. I guess I can't expect much better from someone who believes in a make-belief independence.

I had no idea that this oil thing would drive so much envy. This Oodweyn guy is writing entire essays to make himself feel better. Oodweyn - repeat 5 times - "there is no oil" - and perhaps your fears will wash away. I still have yet to understand how a prosperous Puntland is bringing down your happiness. Don't you want PL to be richer?

Duke, I've got some news but I can't make it public. Lets just say that events and activities are very well into the target.

This irrelevant villager Nassir spends hours preparing a single post. Galgala's only relevancy is its proximity to Bosaso, otherwise that village would never show up on the radar. FYI, Galgala is hundreds of miles from Ufeyn and Iskushuban, the only Bari oil sites. Again, a geography lesson is in order.

Was a shipment of khat threatened? Then why are you concerned? Its unfortunate that PLers treat you like a bug not even parasitic enough to be worthy of attention yet you and your dogs spend days and nights frothing over the state. Unfortunate indeed.