{"id":13095,"date":"2023-01-09T11:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T11:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=13095"},"modified":"2023-01-09T22:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T22:26:48","slug":"somaliland-has-genel-energy-discovered-oil-in-salaxley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/somaliland-has-genel-energy-discovered-oil-in-salaxley\/","title":{"rendered":"SOMALILAND: Has  Genel Energy Discovered Oil in Salaxley?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Days after a war of words over the legality of Genel&#8217;s Energy license to explore in Somaliland one of the seven Federal Member States of Somalia (though largely autonomous with little or no control from Mogadishu) there are mixed messages by the regions Ministry of Energy and Minerals that point to an oil find\/oil discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few days, the ministry through its Facebook page has sparingly offered details on results of the well of Salaxley district. In yesterday&#8217;s post headlined &#8220;Breaking News&#8221;\u00a0 the ministry says &#8220;<em>results of the well of Salaxley district became OIL<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Soon the Genel Energy will start the search and production of petroleum. The minister of energy and mining and the leaders of Gernel company in Salaxley district sent this message to the community,&#8221; the post continues.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEnergysomaliland%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02X5vsWy8d8tXxzse74Up65uLpqaDRjr73TzJJTZqsQwh2Vq5AwJ1pDESSWmtMCvSfl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"735\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A few hours later the ministry\u00a0 sent out another statement via its Facebook page thanking the Somaliland people for their patience saying it had borne fruit.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD your copy of the new released <strong>SOMALIA UPSTREAM SECTOR OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/product\/somalia-upstream-sector-overview-and-outlook\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Salaxlay people, Somalis say that patience gets the sacrifice, you were patient and your patience brought you to be the first well that Somaliland was lucky.&#8221; MP Abdinaasir Qodax.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEnergysomaliland%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02mnrsDocThiHm8vTxmJ7GhDgnQ1XN7jpGxENQLL3YWF5o7gLGF2V6DLsqgBff7Lwsl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"747\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Two hours later the Minister for Education Ahmed Mohamed Diiriye (Torno) is quoted by the same page talking about natural resources in Somaliland saying the would help everyone.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEnergysomaliland%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0xsLwjKckjMjZuzM5SQRvtxNnvQ6r9qMRvCBeHffkB3yWgZDqmyPy39dUm6skNk76l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"709\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Two hours later the page posted a statement from the Minister of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals of the Republic of Somaliland Mr. Abdilahi Farah Abdi saying that &#8220;<em>The result of the search for the oil of Baha-dhamal is that the real oil is in it<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The continued mixed messaging from Somaliland are expected to raffle feathers in Mogadishu and its neighboring member state Puntland which lost part of its Nugaal block to Somaliland after licensing it to Range Resources in 2007.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In September 2022 a video started circulating online of an oil find in Somaliland after a company drilling water <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">in Salahley district, Marodijeh region <\/span>found oil.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13097 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-discovery.jpg?resize=720%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-discovery.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-discovery.jpg?resize=600%2C291&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-discovery.jpg?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-discovery.jpg?resize=100%2C48&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tl\">Waxa ii sawiran muuse oo dhahay ceelka shidaaalka laga helay waa ceelki hooyadey cadar ??????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ym1qnAWu4A\">pic.twitter.com\/Ym1qnAWu4A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Muj Sarah #SL Majority?? (@waddani_5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waddani_5\/status\/1575423719790477314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week Somalia through the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources termed Genel Energy&#8217;s operations in Somaliland terming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/somalia-federal-government-declares-genel-energy-operations-in-somaliland-illegal\/\">illegal<\/a> sparking a war of words with <a href=\"https:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/somaliland-defen\u2026rds-with-somalia\/\">Somaliland<\/a> who maintained it had jurisdiction over the licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Genel Energy is yet to offer any statement on either a discovery or the validity of its licenses in Somaliland.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD your copy of the new released <strong>SOMALIA UPSTREAM SECTOR OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/product\/somalia-upstream-sector-overview-and-outlook\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days after a war of words over the legality of Genel&#8217;s Energy license to explore in Somaliland one of the seven Federal Member States of Somalia (though largely autonomous with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/somaliland-has-genel-energy-discovered-oil-in-salaxley\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7443,5,7,11],"tags":[976,1859,10949,2352,2356],"class_list":["post-13095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-eastern-africa","category-new-discoveries","category-oil-politics","category-top-news","tag-genel-energy","tag-oil-discovery","tag-salaxley-district","tag-somalia","tag-somaliland","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-Blocks.png?fit=863%2C664&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3pd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13131,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/somaliland-oil-discovery-a-welcome-gift-to-the-horn-of-africa\/","url_meta":{"origin":13095,"position":0},"title":"Somaliland Oil Discovery, A Welcome Gift to the Horn of Africa","author":"","date":"January 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite over a decade of oil exploration in the horn of Africa, a working petroleum system, easy access to the market and over 60 wells, the dream of a commercial oil and gas discovery has remained elusive. 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