UK's Secret Oil Deal with Somalia

Written By Christian DeHaemer

Posted February 27, 2012

Last week, I told you there were massive oil finds in the Indian Ocean, and that the United States is in a covert war to get them.

This is important.

Just look at the takeover battle with Cove Energy (COVE)…

Cove was up another 20% on Friday as Thai PTT raised the ante on Shell to $1.8 billion.

Bloomberg reports: “Cove’s assets are world class and have high potential for discovering a large amount of gas.”

But it’s not just Cove who is a player here. Tullow Energy (TLW) found “$30 billion worth of oil in Uganda and French Guiana.”

Eni SpA (ENI) and Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC) “led exploration off Africa’s east coast that yielded the biggest gas finds in a decade.”

Very Oily Area

There is a lot of oil in East Africa and just off the coast in the Indian Ocean.

A few years ago, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted their own analysis…

Their conclusion: Over 71 billion barrels of crude lay untouched in shallow pockets dotting the East Africa region.

These deposits, it turns out, are a mirror image of the Middle Eastern fossil fuel super-system.

More specifically, they are a southwestern extension of the Marib-Shabwa and Sayun-Masila Basins that created the Saudi Oil Empire — and gave rise to the world’s first and only trillionaire family.

africa map feb 27

As I wrote last week, Obama and his NATO allies want that oil.

The Americans and the French have large numbers of special forces soldiers in Djibouti right next to Somalia.

On the surface, they are there to halt piracy. But they’re really after the extension of Saudi oil fields which run into Africa.

Hillary Wants It

There was a major international meeting in London last week.

Hillary Clinton, David Cameron, and forty other high-level diplomats met to talk about bringing peace to Somalia and destroying the al-Qaeda-backed force of al-Shabaab.

A few days before the meeting, the UN raised the African Union force that’s on the ground in Somalia from 12,000 to 18,000.

Some local websites are reporting al-Shabaab leadership has fled to Yemen, but it’s too soon to know for sure…

The summit followed a surprise visit by British Foreign Secretary William Hague to Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, where he discussed “the beginnings of an opportunity” to rebuild the country. Britain also appointed an ambassador to the country.

Turkey went so far as to set up an embassy.

Getting Serious

The battle for Mogadishu and the Black Hawk down story happened 18 years ago.

So why are the U.S. and its allies getting serious now?

Simple. The world needs oil.

Brent Sea Crude is above $125 a barrel and Europe is facing a severe depression.

In a back room over cooling tea and crumpets, Britain proposed giving Somalia humanitarian and security aid in exchange for drilling rights.

According to the Guardian:

Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi, minister for international cooperation in Puntland, north-east Somalia, said, “We have spoken to a number of UK officials, some have offered to help us with the future management of oil revenues. They will help us build our capacity to maximise (sic) future earnings from the oil industry.”

Hashi said, “Somalia would talk to BP at the right time about technology needed to explore Somalia’s oil reserves.”

The Next Phase

Last month, a small Canadian company started drilling for oil in Somalia. This is the first new well in 21 years. Oil is expected to be extracted within 20 to 30 days.

In response, al-Qaeda groups went to Twitter and declared all oil and gas licenses were nullified. But these cutthroat thugs are losing…

This isn’t 1993. The world is no longer afraid of taking out terrorists.

Attack drones are quietly destroying al-Qaeda militants.

African Union troops are nearing Mogadishu.

At the same time, Kenyan and Ethiopian forces are taking control of southern and central Somalia.

Oil has a way of galvanizing will and focusing motivation.

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Christian is the founder of Bull and Bust Report and an editor at Energy and Capital. For more on Christian, see his editor’s page.

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