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Australian explorer Range Resources, best known for its forays in Somalia’s unrecognised Republic of Puntland, is planning to acquire a 50% interest in two oil and gas blocks in Georgia as part of an A$10m ($7.7m) deal.

Somalia
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ALGERIA: Saipem contract for gas pipelines; ALGERIA: ABB to work on gas treatment plants; ALGERIA: Airborne gravity survey contract; GHANA: FMC contract for Jubilee development; SOMALIA/REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND: Bid round extended

Ghana | Somalia | Algeria
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Dismissed for years as a gas play at best, East Africa is now seeing a brisk pace of activity despite the debt woes besetting some of the region’s smaller pioneers

Kenya | Somalia | Sudan | Madagascar | Uganda | Ethiopia | Tanzania
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A World Bank delegation visited the unrecognised Somali breakaway Republic of Puntland in mid-May to sign a $1.5m grant with President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole. The Puntland government’s Planning Minister

Somalia
Issue 164 - 06 June 2009

AOC’s Puntland sale

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Africa Oil Corporation (AOC) has sold a 25% stake in its operator licence in the unrecognised Somali Republic of Puntland’s Nogal and Dharoor areas, covering 81,000km2 to Canadian minnow Raytec Metals Corporation. Raytec’s first venture into oil and gas exploration also includes it buying into AOC’s Kenyan acreage.

Somalia
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Pirates are causing much distress to the international shipping and energy communities, but the new head of the Somali Transitional Federal Government brings hope to the region

Somalia
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Bowleven bid slashed; TGS-Nopec completes Somaliland survey; Sipetrol sells Egyptian block; Sasol spreads international reach in PNG

Cameroon | Somalia | Egypt | Gabon | South Africa
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Disputed territories of Sool and eastern Sanag included in Somaliland elections with the hope of achieving a more peaceful resolution to the border dispute

Somalia
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The disputed territories of Sool and eastern Sanag, between the neighbouring breakaway Republic of Somaliland and Republic of Puntland, have so far proved a major obstacle in Somaliland’s quest for independence (AE 146/15, 136/15, 135/24). Both sides lay claim to a territory believed to be resource-rich and two clans, the Dhulbahante and Warsengeli, have said they are not served adequately by either de facto government.

Somalia
Issue 155 - 23 January 2009

Big Oil rethinks Somaliland

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Major oil companies who declared force majeure on their Somali assets in the 1990s are reviving their claims to blocks in the unrecognised but peaceful Republic of Somaliland (AE 152/15).

Somalia
Issue 154 - 09 January 2009

Puntland democracy confounds IOCs

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Like so many frontier explorers confronted by the credit crunch, the group looking for oil in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Republic of Puntland are facing an uphill task to keep funding ticking over. But Australian minnow Range Resources and Canadian farm-in partner Africa Oil Co

Somalia
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The breakaway Republic of Somaliland’s reputation as an unusually peaceful haven in the Horn of Africa was shattered by recent suicide bomb attacks, but oil companies say they are committed to what remains a highly prospective area. Both Prime Resources and Asante Oil have reconfirmed their commitment to operate in Somaliland, following three separate suicide bomb attacks

Somalia
Issue 152 - 12 December 2008

Puntland drilling planned for 2009

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For all the region’s problems, Canadian minnow Africa Oil announced the completion of a 2D seismic survey in the Dharoor valley of Somalia’s breakaway Republic of Puntland on 3 December. A total of 782km of vibroseis data, comprising a grid of 15 lines, were recorded by the UK’s IMC Geophysical. “Mapping of this combined survey should commence in early 2009 and drilling locations will be selected before the end of Q1 09,” the company said. This should permit mobilisation of a drilling rig before end-2009.

Somalia
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Puntland pioneer Range Resources has taken exception to an article in Melbourne daily The Age that said ruling clans in the territory were linked to the recent upsurge in piracy, including the hijack of the Saudi Aramco-owned supertanker Sirius Star, carrying an estimated $100m worth of oil.

Somalia
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Lootah Group has joined the quiet flow of Gulf investors who are buying into fractured Somalia and its constituent parts. Despite the piracy and civil war now making global headlines, some areas are still seen by some as ‘virgin territories’ ripe for exploration and investment.

Somalia