Liberia Makes 'Significant' Oil Discovery

The country is set to join the club of oil-producing nations with an announcement that a 'potentially large accumulation of oil deposits' were discovered off its coast.

  • Liberia:   Petroleum Body Confirms Oil Discovery

    New Dawn, 22 February 2012

    Officials at the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) announced Tuesday that they welcomed pronouncement by African Petroleum that its Narina-1 exploratory well drilled in Block… Read more »

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf chats with U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield during the tour of an oil exploration rig.

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