Niger: UK minnow signs for relinquished Agadem acreage

Edinburgh-based Savannah Petroleum signed a production-sharing contract (PSC) with the government on 4 July for the R1/ R2 licence area. The signing ceremony in Niamey was attended by UK Conservative MP Stephen O’Brien, a former international development minister described by Savannah as “a former industrialist who has a personal interest in Niger and Africa”. O’Brien was born in the southern Tanzanian port of Mtwara.