Liberia: Global Witness Frowns On The Sales Of Four Additional Oil Blocks By NOCAL

Sep 14, 2014 | The Perspective
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In urgent need of revenue to fight the country’s Ebola epidemic, the Liberian Government has tendered four offshore oil blocks. Global Witness believes that, if these concessions are to benefit Liberia in both the short and long term, the preliminary model Production Sharing Contract and bidding documents need to be altered. Safeguards should be included to improve transparency during the bid round, disclose company ownership, ensure information is publicly available during companies’ operations and strengthen human rights protections.