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Energy Desk Staff

British Government Backing Big Oil’s Plans For Drilling In Africa’s National Parks

The British government has offered support to a controversial multi-billion pound plan to drill for oil in one of Africa’s oldest national parks, according to documents obtained by Energydesk. The project, involving British company Tullow Oil; French firm Total and Chinese oil company CNOOC, could see dozens of wells drilled in Murchison Falls national park in […]

September 26th, 2016
Energy Desk Staff
September 26th, 2016
By Energy Desk Staff
Endangered Rothschild’s Giraffes in front of a Tullow Oil rig in Murchison Falls National Park. Source: Tullow Oil plc

The British government has offered support to a controversial multi-billion pound plan to drill for oil in one of Africa’s oldest national parks, according to documents obtained by Energydesk. The project, involving British company Tullow Oil; French firm Total and Chinese oil company CNOOC, could see dozens of wells drilled in Murchison Falls

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