Chinese plan $5bn investment in Niger’s Agadem despite security risk


Issue 140 - 07 Jun 2008 | 3 minute read

CNPC has won the race for the Agadem block with a promise of $5bn of investment, apparently calculating that eastern Niger’s oil is worth the practical and security challenges of extracting it.

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