BP Negotiating to Enter Somalia’s Puntland Region

[kingofkings]

 

 

British Petroleum, the world’s fourth largest corporation and the third largest energy firm in the world, has reportedly entered negotiations with representatives from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region. The troubled Puntland State has just rid itself of most of its infamous piracy issue and became the latest target of Al-Shabaab militants as local cells declared a new war on the poor region.

 

 

BP, which entered negotiations around the time of the recent London Conference on Somalia, has expressed interest in exploring the area around Aluula in Somalia’s northeastern Bari province. Currently, several small exploration firms are exploring around communities of Ufeyn, Dharoor, and Iskushuban, all of which are districts in the province of Bari, Somalia’s largest region and the site of what could be the first-ever successful well.

 

Puntland’s minister for international cooperation, Abdulkadir Hashi, had earlier stated to the Guardian and the Observer newspapers, both based in the UK, same as BP, that the firm’s expertise in offshore drilling had enticed him to seek out their services first. This leads many to believe that Aluula will be looking at offshore exploration.

 

The district of Aluula is the northernmost point of Somalia and the easternmost point of Africa, and additionally the district hugs both the Gulf of Aden – serving as the easternmost point of the Gulf in Africa, as well as the Indian Ocean – serving as the northernmost point of that ocean in Africa. Recently, officials in the Somali government, tied to Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, had stated that the Indian Ocean’s offshore potential, which recently began to peak with discoveries of natural gas in Mozambique and Tanzania, may hold as much, if not more than 100 Billion Barrels of crude oil just along the coast of Somalia.

 

A deal is expected to be struck before the extraction of oil, which both Hashi and exploration teams cite will be happening within just a few weeks time.

 

http://www.DissidentNation.com

[kingofkings]

War deg dega oo xassasi ah dawlada ingiriiska oo shirhoose layeelatey madaxda puntland caawa kana saxiixatey inay iyadu hogaamiso shidaalka Puntland

[Timur]

This is gonna be the game changer. We should welcome the Ingriis and their drilling rigs, let the oil flow!

[kingofkings]

Timur;795064 wrote:

This is gonna be the game changer. We should welcome the Ingriis and their drilling rigs, let the oil flow!

i agree. PL should use the UK to get the state to the next level; UAE state of Somalia.

[kingofkings]

 

[faarah22]

what does the far jinni on puntland flag read horta ??

[rudy-Diiriye]

Its a bug! Hence....the place is called Bugland.

[walaalkis]

ummadaan oil ku waashey ilaahow u gar gaar. Not even a single of oil is discovered yet already ummadaan wey isku washeen.

[Somalia]

walaalkis;795094 wrote:

ummadaan oil ku waashey ilaahow u gar gaar. Not even a single of oil is discovered yet already ummadaan wey isku washeen.

And you will be crazy when you don't get a single penny.

[walaalkis]

Somalia;795110 wrote:

And you will be crazy when you don't get a single penny.

I will let you keep the pennies. Make it out of something instead of turning this into my clan has more camels than you .

[kingofkings]

walaalkis;795123 wrote:

I will let you keep the pennies. Make it out of something instead of turning this into my clan has more camels than you .

what's wrong with a little competition:confused: