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Article: REGION OBJECTS TO NICARAGUAN OIL CONCESSIONS.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- May 22, 2003
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The Instituto Nicaraguense de Energia (INE) has authorized offshore oil-exploration leases to four foreign companies, amid complaints from Nicaragua's neighbors. The companies were MKJ Exploraciones Internacionales; Industria Oklahoma Nicaragua; Infinity Inc.; and Greathouse Trust 2000. All are US companies. Each company will have a six-year contract to explore and exploit in Nicaraguan waters.
"During this period there will be geoseismic and geophysical operations, exploratory perforations, and it is expected that, at the end of between four and five years, there will be news of hydrocarbon reserves in Nicaragua," said Mauricio Arce, the INE's director of ...
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