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Dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa maanta si rasmi ah heshiis baarista batroolka ah u saxiixday Shirkad Ingiriis balse lagu magacaabo [soma Oil and Gas Exploration ltd].

 

Heshiiskan ayaa waxaa shaaciyey Wasaarada Khayraadka Dalka iyadoo heshiiskan uu saxiixay Wasiirkada Khayraadka ee Dowlada Federaalka Cabdirisaaq Cumar Maxamed.

 

Heshiiskan ayaa kusoo beegmaya todobaadyo kadib markii la shaaciyey warbixintii Guddiga Qaramada Midoobay u saartay Kormeerka Soomaaliya oo ka digay danaha shirkadaha Batroolka ee Reer Galbeedka ka leeyihiin dalka Soomaaliya inay keeni karto dagaalo horleh.

 

Maamulada Puntland iyo Soomaaliland ayaa horey dhankooda heshiisyo u gaar ah ulla saxiixday shirkado reer Galbeed ah oo baara batroolka, mana cada sida la isu waafajin doono heshiisyadan oo qaarkood la sheegay in baarayo deegaano ay isku heystaan maamulo kala duwan.

 

Shirkadan ayaa la sheegay in baari doonto Gaaska ku jira Biyaha dalka Soomaaliya iyo qeybo kamid ah dhulka Soomaaliya, waxaana lagu soo beegay xili Baarlamaanka la horgeeyey Hindisaha Khayraadka Bada oo oo ay dood xoogani ka taagan tahay.

 

Warsaxaafadeed laga soo saaray Wasaarada Khayraadka ayaa lagu sheegay heshiiskan mid muujinaya xiriirka wanaagsan ee xiligan ka dhaxeeya Soomaaliya iyo Ingiriiska (UK).

 

Dowlada Ingiriiska ayaa labadii sano ee lasoo dhaafay si weyn usoo dhexgashay siyaasada Soomaalida, iyadoo labo mar kulamo balaaran oo looga hadlayo Soomaaliya lagu qabtay magaalada London, waxayna dowlada UK noqotay midii ugu horeysay oo reer Galbeed ah oo dib u furta Safaaradii ay ku lahayd magaalada Muqdisho.

 

Sidoo kale Ergayga cusub ee Qaramada Midoobay Nicholas Kay ayaa isaguna ah Diblumaasi sare oo kasoo jeeda dalka Ingiriiska.

 

Akhriso Qoraalka Heshiiska Shirkada Soma Oil and Gas Exploration ltd [English]

 

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Soma Oil and Gas Exploration ltd

 

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New UK explorer Soma in deal to develop Somalia's oil, gas sector

London (Platts)--6Aug2013/716 am EDT/1116 GMT

 

Newly created exploration company, UK-based Soma Oil and Gas, said Tuesday it had signed an agreement with the government of Somalia "to assist in the development of the country's hydrocarbons sector."

 

The deal is the first agreement in Somalia's oil and gas industry since the election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the appointment of an internationally recognized government in 2012 following decades of civil war.

 

Under the terms of the agreement, Soma, whose chairman is former UK Conservative party leader Michael Howard, will conduct seismic surveys in Somalia's territorial waters in areas agreed with the government and in certain limited onshore areas.

 

The company will also collate and reprocess historic seismic data using modern techniques, and prepare an evaluation of Somalia's petroleum potential, Soma said.

 

Soma said it would also create a data room for the Somali government, into which all available data will be placed.

 

"We formed Soma Oil and Gas having identified an opportunity to conduct exploration in Somalia as it emerges from a lengthy period of civil conflict," Soma CEO Robert Sheppard said.

 

"Despite large recent discoveries in East Africa, Somalia remains a significantly underexplored region.

 

"We believe that this agreement to assist the Government and the work that is due to be carried out over the next 12-18 months will provide significant momentum for the oil and gas sector in Somalia," Sheppard said.

 

The survey that Soma conducts will give it the right to nominate and obtain exploration and drilling rights under production sharing agreements for prospective areas.

 

Before 1991, a number of international oil companies were granted licenses in the country, which, according to oil industry experts has some of the largest prospective resources within East Africa.

 

LICENSING ROUND

 

Somalia wants to kick-start its oil industry, although in June it said it was delaying plans to sign PSAs this year as it reviews it petroleum law.

 

Somalia had been expected to sign 30 PSAs this year with foreign oil companies and auction off over 300 new oil blocks after sub-dividing the existing blocks into smaller tranches. Some blocks are currently as big as 200,000 square km.

 

It had also started talks with companies that operated in the country more than two decades ago, before 1991, including Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil.

 

Somalia's new parliament and government was elected last year, and has set out an ambitious plan, the Six Pillar Policy, for rebuilding the country after more than two decades of conflict.

 

Somalian government officials hope that better political conditions along with improved security will lure companies back to the country.

 

Somalia is hoping to capitalize on the wave of oil and gas discoveries along the eastern coast of the continent.

 

Significant gas finds in Mozambique and Tanzania and oil reserves in Uganda and Kenya have boosted competition among oil companies seeking to secure acreage in the region.

 

--Stuart Elliott, stuart.elliott@platts.com

 

--Edited by Jeremy Lovell, jeremy.lovell@platts.com