Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Angola: Nation and Congo Brazzaville Set Up Inter-State Joint Oil Exploration Organ

30 July 2010

Luanda — Angola and Congo Brazzaville, created on Thursday in Luanda, an Inter-state Organ to conduct studies on the joint exploration of an oil field.

The oil field dubbed "Lianzi", is based in the shared border area between the two countries. For this effect, the Congolese Hydro-Carbons minister, André Rafael Loemba, paid a few-hour visit to Luanda and met his Angolan colleague, José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos.

According to André Loemba, common objectives for the implementation of oil exploration activity were discussed in the meeting. The Congolese minister seized the occasion to congratulate Angola for the holding of the meeting which he considered as positive.

Tagged: Angola, Business, Central Africa, Congo-Brazzaville, Petroleum, Southern Africa

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  • foryohjonathan0000
    Jul 30 2010, 12:01
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    That's what we "Africans and Africa" want to see of more progressive cooperation and integration among the countries in the continent, Africa.