By M.A. Egge
The Vice President H.E. Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Sayli’i) and the Minister of Energy and Minerals Hon. Abdillahi Farah Abdi high profile meeting on Saturday 22 October 2022 with the top officials of OPIC Oil Drilling Company of Taiwan.
Glad to have met amb @AllenCLou1 & Ms H Chen Lin Rep of Taiwan-OPIC. We discussed cooperation on bilateral for the benefit of our two countries.
OPIC a Company registered in Somaliland briefed me that next year OPIC & Genel are drilling first oil well in Somaliland @ChingteLai pic.twitter.com/dLpStvEPNT
— VP Abdirahman Saylici (@VPsomaliland) October 22, 2022
The discussions between the two parties were said to be the most intense as concerns OPIC’s plan to drill the country’s first oil well in 2023.
It is prospective that TaiwanOPIC & Genel Energy’s exploration in Somaliland is drilling an oil well to bring more foreign investors.This index of investment also indicates that SMD fully controls its sovereignty & land resources which is pivotal to bring more investment.#2023Q4 pic.twitter.com/GaHm6u1rdY
— Taiwan In Somaliland (@Taiwan_SLD) October 22, 2022
The VP was flanked by Hon. Abdillahi who was accompanied by Mr. Ibrahim Yusuf (Advisor to the Minister of Energy) and Mr. Ahmed Adam (Director of the Petroleum Department of the Ministry of Energy), while the executives of the Taiwanese oil company were accompanied by the Ambassador of Taiwan to Somaliland, Director of OPIC Somaliland Ms. Hsiang Chen Lin and Mr. Hsuan Jui Hsu (Chief Geologist OPIC).
On the other hand, a message was released on the website of the Taiwanese embassy in Somaliland which shed light on the prospectus’
It read:-
“It is prospective that Taiwan OPIC & Genel Energy’s exploration in Somaliland is drilling an oil well to bring more foreign investors. This index of investment also indicates that SMD fully controls its sovereignty and land resources which is pivotal to bring more investment.”