Somalia: A Rejoinder - Strategic Calculus, Not Capitulation: in Response to Alarmist Arguments On Turkey-Somalia Hydrocarbons Agreement

Somalia: A Rejoinder - Strategic Calculus, Not Capitulation: in Response to Alarmist Arguments On Turkey-Somalia Hydrocarbons Agreement

A recent opinion piece in Addis Standard, "Fueling fragility: Turkey's Somalia oil deal could risk new crisis in the Horn," written by Adam Daud Ahmed, casts a predictably skeptical eye upon the hydrocarbon's agreement forged between Somalia and Turkey. While prudent consideration of resource management and regional stability is undoubtedly warranted, Adam's analysis succumbs to an overly simplistic narrative of exploitation and impending crisis…

Preliminary Data Suggests Major Natural Gas Discovery Off Somalia’s Coast - Tanzania Petroleum

Somalia’s ambitious offshore oil and gas exploration project—its first formal effort in decades to unlock its untapped hydrocarbon potential—has reached a critical milestone. Preliminary findings from the Turkish-led survey indicate that at least two of the three exploratory wells may hold commercially viable natural gas deposits, according to informed sources in Ankara and Mogadishu. The […] The post Preliminary Data Suggests Major Natural Gas …

Somalia President defends ‘lopsided’ oil deal with Türkiye

Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has been contracted to conduct exploration and production operations