DigEthiopia

Oil

Ethiopia says eyes gas production in six years | News by Country | Reuters

posted by

admin 293 days, 15 hours, 34 minutes ago

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Ethiopia, which has seen a surge in requests for exploration rights, hopes to produce gas from its huge and under-developed reserves in its Somali Region in six years time, an official said on Wednesday. Eleven companies have now been granted licences to develop 31 blocks out of 41 throughout the Horn of Africa nation, which believes its Ogaden basin in the ... (more)

Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: af.reuters.com

| flag as spam

tags: Addis Ababa, Ketsela Tadesse, news about ethiopia, Ogaden, Oil

Ethiopia at centre of global farmland rush

published 429 days, 11 hours, 39 minutes ago posted by

admin 429 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes ago

Karmjeet Sekhon, project manager for Indian food company Karuturi Global, with crops in Ethiopia's Gambella province. Photograph: John Vidal for the Guardian It's the deal of the century: £150 a week to lease more than 2,500 sq km (1,000 sq miles) of virgin, fertile land – an area the size of Dorset – for 50 years. Bangalore-based food company Karuturi Global says it had not even seen the land when it was offered by the E... (more)

Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.guardian.co.uk tags: Ethiopian news, Food, Gambella, india, Investment, Oil

Ethiopia's H1 exports increase but miss target

published 442 days, 13 hours, 44 minutes ago posted by

admin 442 days, 14 hours, 1 minute ago

Ethiopia's exports fell short of target in the first half of its fiscal year when coffee, oil seed and flower sales missed forecasts, trade data obtained by Reuters showed on Friday. The Horn of Africa nation projects it will earn $3 billion in export revenue for 2010/11 (July-June) after a resurgence of coffee sales and diversification into new commodities earned $2 billion in the previous year. Officials had set a goal of $1.2... (more)

Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: af.reuters.com tags: Coffee, economy, Export, Flower Export, khat, news about ethiopia, Oil

Ethiopia's ONLF rebels say killed 35 government troops

published 543 days, 21 hours, 58 minutes ago posted by

admin 543 days, 22 hours, 4 minutes ago

Rebels in Ethiopia's Ogaden region said on Friday they had killed 35 government troops in three days of fighting, a charge dismissed by the government. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) wants autonomy for the ethnic Somali-dominated province, which is drawing interest from foreign firms who think its deserts might hold significant oil and gas deposits. The group said in a statement that hundreds of civilians were tortured ... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: af.reuters.com tags: eprdf, news about ethiopia, Ogaden, Oil, ONLF

Government Claims to sign peace deal with rebel group

published 589 days, 5 minutes ago posted by

admin 589 days, 15 minutes ago

Ethiopia says they've signed a peace deal with a major rebel group in the country's volatile east. The government says the Ogaden National Liberation Front agreed Tuesday to end its long-running insurgency in Somali Regional State and join the political process. (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: hosted.ap.org tags: ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Oil, ONLF, Somalia

Ethiopia claims it will sign peace deal with separatist Ogaden rebels

published 638 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes ago posted by

admin 638 days, 13 hours, 37 minutes ago

The Ethiopian government said today that negotiations are in progress to reach an agreement with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) – who have fought for the eastern regions right to self-determination since 1984. Speaking to the pro-government news agency, Walta Information Center, a National Security advisor to [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: erpdf, news about ethiopia, Ogaden, Oil, ONLF

Ethiopia signs peace deal with Ogaden rebel group

published 660 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by

admin 660 days, 12 hours, 50 minutes ago

The Ethiopian government is to sign a peace deal with the United Western Somali Liberation Front. (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.tadias.com tags: ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Oil, Somalia

Ethiopia denies rebels seize Ogaden gas field

published 687 days, 13 hours, 15 minutes ago posted by

admin 687 days, 13 hours, 25 minutes ago

Ethiopia has rejected a claim by a rebel group that it has taken control of a gas field in the country’s Ogaden region being explored by Malaysian state oil company Petronas. Firms including Petronas and Vancouver-based Africa Oil Corporation are exploring the Ogaden for potential oil and gas reserves. The Ogaden National Liberation [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Ogaden, Oil

British citizen shot dead in Ethiopia’s Ogaden

published 713 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes ago posted by

admin 713 days, 11 hours, 13 minutes ago

8 June 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – A second British citizen is reported having been shot to death in the volatile Ogaden region of Ethiopia bordering Somalia, a Source said. (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: ethioforum.org tags: ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Ogaden, Oil, Politics, Somalia

ONLF denies Meles Zenawi’s claim of reaching an agreement

published 719 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by

admin 719 days, 15 hours, 48 minutes ago

The following is a statement from the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) A claim made by Ethiopian Prime Minister, Melez Zenawi at his most recent press conference that his regime will "soon sign an agreement" with the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has no basis in reality and is intended to mislead the international community in general and foreign oil firms in particular. The ONLF wishes to make clear that we have not been, and currently are not, in discussions with this regime. The ONL... (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreview.com tags: eprdf, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia, Oil, ONLF

የነዳጅ ዋጋ ላይ ጭማሪ ተደረገ

published 766 days, 12 hours, 18 minutes ago posted by

admin 766 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes ago

እሁድ ሚያዝያ 3 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም. የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት መጋቢት 30 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም. ምሽት በሰጠው መግለጫ የነዳጅ የችርቻሮ መሸጫ ዋጋዎች ጋር ጭማሪ ማድረጉን አስታወቀ። (more)

Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.ethiopiazare.com tags: ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Oil

British geologist shot dead in Ethiopia

published 774 days, 16 hours, 52 minutes ago posted by

admin 774 days, 16 hours, 56 minutes ago

Gunmen in Ethiopia have killed a British geologist working for state-run Malaysian energy firm Petronas and two soldiers protecting him, an Ethiopian government spokesman said on Friday. The Briton died in the shooting on Monday near Danot town in the Warder zone of eastern Ethiopia, the British Embassy in Addis Ababa said. “Bandits ambushed a [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: ethiopia, news about ethiopia, Oil

British oil firm to prospect oil in Ethiopia

published 862 days, 9 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by

admin 862 days, 9 hours, 59 minutes ago

The London based Tullow Oil, is expected to prospect oil in Ethiopia after a deal signed with the US SouthWest Energy which holds acreage in the Horn of Africa country. According to the HIS International Oil Letter, a weekly news letter on oil industry, Tullow will explore oil in Ogaden basin [...] (more)

Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: awramba.com tags: economy, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, Oil

11 companies receive oil exploration licenses in Ethiopia

published 905 days, 16 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by

admin 905 days, 17 hours, 19 minutes ago

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s [tribal junta] will offer up to 14 licenses for oil and gas exploration over the next three years despite threats from rebels who say they will attack oilfields run by foreigners, the government said on Tuesday. “We have 11 companies exploring in Ethiopia now,” said [Woyanne] Minister for Mines and Energy [...] Related posts:Tribal junta vows to continue oil exploration amide rebel threatEthiopia’s Woyanne regime signs Ogaden gas deal with PetronasPetronas to dril... (more)

Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreview.com tags: Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, Oil

Ogaden Rebels say 626 Ethiopian Troops Killed in Clashes

published 917 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by

admin 917 days, 15 hours, 52 minutes ago

Listen to Peter Heinlein report from Addis Ababa: VOA By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 16 November 2009 A rebel group in Ethiopia’s restive Ogaden region says it has killed 626 government troops in heavy fighting near the border with neighboring Somalia. The government has dismissed the claim as ‘a complete fabrication’. A communiqué sent to news agencies by e-mail says [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: abbaymedia.com tags: Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, Oil, ONLF

Tribal junta vows to continue oil exploration amide rebel threat

published 959 days, 23 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by

admin 964 days, 14 hours, 43 minutes ago

(Sudan Tribune) — Despite Ogaden rebels repeated warnings against foreign oil exploration in Somali region, the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Energy vowed to continue the oil project. Two weeks ago the Ogaden National liberation Front (ONLF) threatened foreign oil firms to refrain from engaging in oil exploration in the region or face harsh consequences. However Ethiopia’s [...] (more)

Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ethiopianreview.com tags: Ethiopia news, Ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, Oil, ONLF

Welcome!

Oil