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The Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre, strongly opposed a recent agreement with an American company called Liberty Petroleum.
The agreement rejected by Prime Minister Hamza was signed by the American company with the Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of Somalia, Abdirisaq Omar Mohamed.
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“You must immediately check all the PSAs recently signed with Liberty Petroleum and return them to the legal process, by referring them to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Contracts (IMCC), so that they can fulfill their legal obligations. defined in the sixth section of the National Sales and Contracts Act 2016,” said a letter seen by Harwal Online that the Prime Minister’s office sent directly to the Minister of Petroleum.
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He also warned the minister about the enforcement of these agreements (PSA) until the ministerial joint committee for awarding contracts fulfills its legal obligations.
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“Any agreement (PSA) that does not go through the legal process is null and void,” said the letter from the prime minister’s office, which was also notified by the National Treasury, members of the Joint Commission. ah, the Minister of Finance and the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
Liberty Petroleum has signed with the Minister of Petroleum three blocks in the Somali oil in the Sea, through its unit Petro Quest Africa, Liberty Petroleum will explore Blocks 131, 190 and 206, according to the agreement that was presented by Prime Minister Hamza .
However, Somalia has already entered into oil exploration and production agreements with companies and governments, most recently Turkey, without the drilling of wells in the designated areas.