Ministry, Lundin East Africa BV sign accord
L. Lundin |
MA-OGTAHAY:
Shirkadda CANMEX in markii shan (5) maalmood oo
keliya [Oct 11 - Oct 17] laga soo wareegey markii ay
heshiiska qabyada ah ee ku saabsan khayraadka
Puntland la gashay Range Resources in uu is-casiley
Lukas H. Lundin oo ahaa madaxweynihii shirkadaasi
CANMEX ilaa 1996, waxaana lagu bedeley ninkii
heshiiska la soo galay Range Resources ee magaciisa
la yiraahdo
Mr. Richard Schmitt.
Sharraxaad lagama bixin sababta isku soo beegtay is
casilaada madaxweynihii shirkadda CANMEX ee reer
Sweden iyo heshiiska ay la gashay Range Resources.
Mase Ogtahay in shirkadda CANMEX aysan ilaa hadda
lahayn website u gaar ah oo laga heli karo
akhbaarteeda ama taariikhdeeda.
A. Lundin |
Lukas H. Lundin waxaa
dhalay Adolf H. Lundin oo loo tirinayo in uu ahaa
maskaxdii ka dambeysey shirkada macdan qodista ee CANMEX, waxana uu September 30, 2006 Adolf H. Lundin ku
dhintay magaalada Geneva ee dalka Switzerland halkaas oo uu
deganaa. Lukas oo sida kor xusan uu dhalay Adolf
ayaa ahaa madaxweynaha shirkadda macdan qodista ee
CANMEX, waana ninka uu xusay Gaagaab markii uu la
hadlayey baarlamaanka Puntland, inkasta oo uusan xusin in
mr. Lukas uu shirkadaas madaxweyne
nimadeedii iska casiley shan maalmood oo keliya
markii ay kasoo wareegtey
heshiiskii dhex maray Range iyo CANMEX ee
kusaabsanaa khayraadka Puntland. |
Addis Ababa – The Ministry
of Mines and Energy and the Lundin East Africa BV, a
Netherlands-based company, signed accord to enable the
latter carry out exploration and development of petroleum
basin in Somali State here yesterday.
The company has allocated 10.8 million birr to exploration
and development of petroleum basin in the first four years
alone.
Minister of Mines and Energy, Alemayehu Tegenu and Chairman
of the Company, Ian H. Lundin and Acting General Manager
Lundin East Africa BV, James Phillips signed the accord.
According to the agreement, the development and production
period would be 25 years and may be extended, a press
release made available at the signing ceremony said.
The initial term of exploration period would be four years,
and may be extended as appropriate, the release said, adding
the exploration area covers 24,420 sq. kms.
According to the release, the company would provide
preference to the employment of Ethiopian nationals and
utilize domestic goods and services as long as they are
readily available at competitive prices and of comparable
quality.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Alemayehu said Ethiopia
has been exerting utmost efforts in fighting poverty and
backwardness through exploration of natural resources.
The ministry is ready to provide assistances toward the
success of the company, he said.
Speaking on his part, Lundin said Lundin East Africa BV has
rich experience in exploration of petroleum, adding Lundin
Petroleum AB is currently engaged in petroleum exploration
and development activities in France, the Netherlands,
Norway, UK, Tunisia, Nigeria and Sudan, among others.
(ENA)
http://www.ethpress.gov.et/Herald/articleDetail.asp?articleid=55628
ONLF requests Lundin to
distance its self from Ethiopia’s oil
November 12, 2006
From: Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
TO: Ian H. Lundin Chairman
Ashley Heppenstall Managing Director
Alexandre Schneiter, Executive Vice President & Chief
Operating Officer
Geoffrey Turbott Finance Director
Copies: International Media
RE: Production Sharing Contract With The Ethiopian
Government For Exploration Activities In Ogaden
Our organization has been made aware of the signing of a
Production Sharing Contract (PSC) between Lundin Petroleum
and the Ethiopian government on November 7th 2006. The
exploratory activities planned specifically by Lundin East
Africa BV in designated areas of our homeland which you
refer to as "blocks 2 & 6" are both unrealistic and
unwelcome by the people of Ogaden.
While you may have been given security guarantees by the
Ethiopian government it is imperative that you understand
that the regime is not now nor has it ever been in effective
control of the Ogaden. The Ogaden has been the scene of
armed conflict for a number of decades between the central
government of Ethiopia and ethnic Somalis. This conflict
makes for an insecure environment for any mineral
exploration to occur. Our organization, the Ogaden National
Liberation Front (ONLF) and the armed forces of the
Ethiopian regime engage on a regular basis throughout Ogaden.
The areas covered by the PSC signed between you and the
Ethiopian regime are well within our scope of military
operations and as such the security of your operations
cannot be guaranteed. We therefore strongly advise you
against this planned investment given the current conflict
which exists between our troops and those of the Ethiopian
regime.
While we have no dispute with Lundin Peteroleum, The ONLF as
a matter of policy cannot permit the exploitation of mineral
resources in Ogaden until such time that a legitimate form
of self-government exists in Ogaden.
We have made this clear to several companies which have
expressed a similiar interest in Ogaden including Petronas
of Malaysia as well as Gail and the Gujarat State Petroleum
Corporation of India among others.
While we have made shown our willingness to negotiate with
the Ethiopian regime in the presence of a independent third
party and in a neutral third country venue with no
pre-conditions placed on such talks by either side, the
regime has repeatedly refused. The Ethiopian regime has
chosen instead to continue the systematic persecution of
ethnic Somalis in Ogaden including the arbitrary arrest and
physical abuse of women, children and the elderly. We hope
that you will reconsider your planned activities and choose
not to be a party to a long standing armed conflict between
the Ethiopian regime and the Somali people of Ogaden.
We also hope that you will seek to diassociate yourself from
a regime that is currently engaged in gross violations of
human rights in Ogaden.
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Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
ONLFPRESS@onlf.org
JWXO oo Lundin weydiisatey
in ay faraha kala baxdo Batroolka Ogaadeenya
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