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DRC
Soco fights gorillas' friends

The British oil company Soco doesn't seem ready to take [...]

Published on 09.02.2011 at 10:00 GMT

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Dominion Petroleum
Emmanuel de Merode
Julien Paluka Kahongya
Louis Leakey
Richard Leakey
Soco
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DRC
Soco wins war against gorillas

Oil exploration in the Virunga national park can finally start courtesy of a green light from the president. Belgium and UNESCO aren’t at all happy.

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DRC
Total bows to WWF on block 3

Unlike Soco and Dominion which have been taken to task by ONGs for wanting to explore in the Vuringa national park, Total has adopted a cautious approach on block 3.

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Lake Tanganyika Sensitive

With Soco still in talks with Congo-K’s government on exploring [...]

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Virunga blocks exploration

In a letter sent on March 14 to a raft [...]

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Gorillas or Oil: a Choice

Soco International and Dominion Petroleum may be forced to postpone [...]

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