Ethiopia denies rebels chased oil, gas firms away


Ah, so PETRONAS didn’t run away from Ethiopia because they were chased out by rebels?

From the Somaliland Press, dateline 2010-10-03,

Rebel claims that Malaysia’s PETRONAS has stopped oil and gas exploration in Ethiopia are lies and three more firms are in negotiations to start exploration in the country, said its mines minister.

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) separatists and local media said state-owned PETRONAS had pulled out of the Horn of Africa nation after a gas field it was exploring was overrun by the militants in May.

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