President Sirleaf meets a staff of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation during a tour of the exploration rig.
Oil Exploration Begins Off Liberia's Coast
As many foreign firms sign on to explore crude oil along the shores of the country, the head of the National Oil Company of Liberia has cautioned citizens to lower expectations, saying, the country may begin benefiting from oil resources not in the immediate future, but only after 25 years.
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Liberia: Time for Harvesting Country's Oil
Analyst, 15 August 2011
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited facilities of the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation on Friday, August 12, marking the official launch of oil exploration off the coast of… Read more »
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Liberia: Chevron Moving Ahead With Off-Shore Oil Search
allAfrica, 22 June 2011
U.S.-based Chevron, which announced in March plans to explore for petroleum in Liberia, is starting deep-water drilling that could move Liberia into the ranks of west… Read more »
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Liberia: No Oil in Nation Yet - Says Viktor Bengtsson
Informer, 21 July 2011
The chief of operations at the Oil and Gas Services Limited, Mr. ViKtor Bengtsson, says oil has not yet been found in Liberia, contrary to the perception of Liberians that there is… Read more »
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Liberia: Chevron - Exploratory Oil Drilling to Start Soon
Leadership, 19 July 2011
Determined to meet world's growing demand for energy, Chevron has signified its preparedness in the forth quarter of this year to start exploratory drilling off the coast of… Read more »
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Liberia: Big Oil Confab in Monrovia
Analyst, 14 July 2011
That Liberia is likely to become an oil producing and oil-exporting nation, after Nigeria and Ghana in West Africa, is no doubt good news for Liberians. Unlike Nigeria and Ghana,… Read more »
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Liberia: Expect Oil Benefits in More Than 2 Decades
New Democrat, 6 June 2011
As many foreign firms sign on to explore crude oil along the shores of the country, the head of the National Oil Company of Liberia, (NOCAL), has cautioned Liberians to lower… Read more »
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Liberia: Oil Curse Begins
New Democrat, 26 May 2011
Following revelations that officials at the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) bribed the Legislature with more US118,000 to approve oil contracts, documents reveal that a… Read more »
