Country Experience with EITI – Part 1

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Twenty-seven countries are at various stages of implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). One of the earliest implementers, Nigeria, estimates that EITI helped increase petroleum revenues to the government by US$ 1 billion in 2004 and 2005. This note reviews the EITI implementation and related experience of some countries, focusing primarily on actions taken [...]

Oil contracts remain a “mystery”

Friday, December 26th, 2008

French-owned petrochemical giant TOTAL and Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation are likely to reach an agreement with the Cambodian government soon to drill offshore oil in the Kingdom. However, Te Doung Dara, secretary general of the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority, declined to comment on media that the companies were close to signing drilling contracts for [...]