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Rwanda Announces Its First Oil Discovery, Identifying 13 Reservoirs in Lake Kivu

Rwanda Announces Its First Oil Discovery, Identifying 13 Reservoirs in Lake Kivu

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For over a decade, Rwanda has been exploring Lake Kivu for oil, already extracting methane gas from the lake. 16.01.2025, Sputnik Africa

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Rwanda announced its first oil discovery, identifying 13 reservoirs in Lake Kivu, which borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).Francis Kamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board, expressed optimism about finding more oil, citing discoveries in neighboring Uganda and the DRC.This discovery comes after more than a decade of exploration in Lake Kivu, and despite ongoing conflict in the eastern DRC, Rwanda and the DRC continue to discuss joint exploration.

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