Firm Begins Drilling for Oil in Liberia
An Australian firm says it has started to drill for oil off the country's coast. Several other well locations currently under construction depend on the results of the latest drilling, the company says.
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Liberia: Firm Begins Estimated 840 Million Barrels Oil Drill
The New Dawn, 9 January 2013
The Australian firm, African Petroleum announced Tuesday that it has started tapping into oil deposits situated off the coast of Liberia, the UPI reported Tuesday. read more »
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Liberia: Preparing a Generation to Efficiently Manage Liberia's Oil and Gas Sector (opinion)
The Analyst, 3 January 2013
Liberia quest to explore for hydrocarbon (petroleum) offshore its territorial waters backdates to the late sixties. In fact, some believe that the government decision for ... read more »
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Liberia: Scramble for Liberia's Resources (opinion)
The New Republic Liberia, 14 November 2012
It is indeed an unarguable fact that Liberia is richly endowed with mineral resources, water, tropical rain forest and climatic conditions favorable to agricultural activities. The ... read more »
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Liberia: Chevron Begins Drilling Oil Friday
The Informer, 25 April 2012
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her high level Liberian delegation have visited the headquarters of Chevron's Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company ... read more »
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Liberia Government, 20 April 2012
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf spent an action-packed day in Houston on Friday, delivering the inaugural Chevron Excellence in Leadership Energy Lecture at the James A Baker III ... read more »
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Liberia: Getting the Oil Debate Right (opinion)
The New Dawn, 5 March 2012
Oil is one of the most traded commodities in the World characteristic of price fluctuation which affect producers and consumers alike. The daily changes in the price of crude oil ... read more »
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Liberia: Petroleum Body Confirms Oil Discovery
The 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 »
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Liberia: Oil Explorer Makes 'Potentially Large' Discovery (press release)
National Oil Company of Liberia, 21 February 2012
The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) welcomes the announcement by African Petroleum that their Narina-1 exploratory well drilled in Block LB-09 off the coast of Liberia ... read more »
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West Africa: The Rush for Oil - the New Wild West?
Inter Press Service, 18 November 2011
There is a new oil rush off the coast of West Africa. But there are fears that the sector is not sufficiently regulated, and watchdog groups are raising concerns about transparency ... read more »
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Liberia: Liberia Begins Oil Exploration
The New Dawn, 15 August 2011
Oil exploration off the Liberian coast has begun in earnest by the Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. The process which took off on Friday, August 12, was witnessed by President Ellen ... read more »
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If the Liberian Government cannot transparently manage the one in front of her which is the forest sector, how can they manage the oil sector which is below the ocean. Only few Liberian players will enjoy the resources of the oil in Liberia's water. Liberian leaders are only after their personal interests and this is why Liberians might remain in poverty regardless of the resources God has given this small nation of 3.5 million people. Lack of good leadership is a serious disease that Liberia has no prescription for. May God send us a leader whose primary interest will be to invest in the Liberian People, infrastructure, good governance, quality education, health care, enforcement of our laws, etc.
Liberian people, you're the most pragmatic contributor amongst many. Let's also keep in mind the environmental impact of drilling for oil. Oil drilling, creates polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which in high concentrations are lethal to marine life and in low concentrations cause birth defects or impaired growth. Another byproduct of oil drilling is muds, slimes and sludge that contain TENORM (technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material). Workers at disposal sites risk inhaling radon gas, which can lead to lung cancer. Are our EPA personnel prepared to regulate this industry?
I hope Madan Ellen will get the fact that Liberia belong to all Liberian and not few so called corrupt officials or her self. We demand that the oil resourse be openly and transparently to benifit all. Liberia is only country in that region with no basic electricity, roads or good water supply. As the first African female President and a mother, come on we expected much better from her gov. So any attempt to deprive the Liberian people wil be rejected.
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