Russia's President Seals Energy Deals with Nigeria

Tough competition.

*Russia's president announced that his nation's investment in Nigeria could stretch into the billions of dollars, as the two nations signed deals on nuclear energy, gas and oil exploration in Africa largest oil producer. Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev was on his first trip to the West African nation. The deals pave the way for Russia to build power plants, pipelines to export gas, and explore energy deposits, officials said. "If we carry out all our plans, Russian investment in Nigeria can reach billions of dollars," Medvedev said. Medvedev began his tour in Egypt Tuesday and left Nigeria's capital, Abuja for the southern African nations of Namibia and Angola, both rich in uranium and diamonds. Under one of the deals, Russia's state natural gas supplier Gazprom and Nigeria's main oil company agreed to create a joint venture to explore and produce oil and gas in Africa's most populous country. Gazprom's chief in Nigeria has said the Russian firm would invest $2.5 billion in the new venture. Russian mining and oil companies have been active in Africa in recent years. But the Russian business presence has not been matched by the Kremlin's recognition of Africa as a key business partner. "Russia has a number of goals (to pursue in Africa), one of which would be to take part in a growing competition for resources and markets on the continent — mainly with China," said Yaroslav Lissovolik, chief economist with Deutsche Bank in Moscow.

ニュースアニメ「エネ帝国構築へ布石　露大統領、アフリカ歴訪」
ロシアのメドベージェフ大統領が６月２６日までの４日間、エジプト、ナイジェリア、ナミビア、アンゴラのアフリカ４カ国を歴訪し、石油・天然ガス開発や原子力分野の協力な­どに合意を取り付けた。エジプト以外の３カ国はいずれもロシアの首脳が訪れるのは初めて。中国や欧米がアフリカ諸国での地下資源確保に攻勢をかけている中、資源・エネルギ­ー分野での世界的覇権を狙うロシアもこの地域での開発事業に積極的に参入する思惑だ。ロシアが今回、最も重視したのはアフリカ経済の牽引役と期待され、「ガス版ＯＰＥＣ」­構想の参加国でもあるナイジェリアだ。ロシア国営ガスプロムはナイジェリアの国営石油と石油・天然ガスの探査から輸送までを担う合弁企業の設立で合意。天然ガスパイプライ­ンの敷設や生産設備の建設に２５億ドル（約２３８０億円）を拠出する方針を示した。ロシアはナイジェリアからアルジェリアを経由して欧州に至る天然ガスパイプラインの敷設­に野心を抱いており、地下資源でのロシア離れを進める欧州市場を握り続けたい考えだ。原子力でもナイジェリアと協力協定の締結にこぎつけたほか、ナミビア、エジプトでは原­子力発電所の建設に積極的に参入する方針が伝えられた。東西冷戦終結でアフリカでの旧ソ連勢力圏は崩れ、この間に中国の影響力が急速に高まっている。政府機関紙ロシア新聞­は「アフリカでのすべてを失ったというのは正しくない。アフリカに回帰することは可能であり、世界が（経済）危機にある今こそ必要だ」と失地回復を鼓舞している。

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[youme1414]

@186713 Russia needs Nigeria gas for monopoly. Russia has the world large gas reserve. Monopoly is the answer!

[youme1414]

Lol! Hahaha...late president of Nigeria. He offered us nothing!

[meProudToBeCaucasian]

@186713 to producing it and sell it for more

[AnonSan597]

XYNTA, Россия лучшая!

[MrStaxxy]

@186713

Plenty of GAS, not so much oil...

[DonBringer]

hahahaha

[Vict0r1984]

And about China, come on, China has something to do with any resource from any country in the last few years. A better question than what they have to do with Nigeria is when will their economy be stronger than the American one? I give the Americans 30 more years of economic supremacy! Tops!

[Vict0r1984]

@186713: Well, why not? All the superpowers of the world play the game of foreign resources controlling for a very long time (for example the British empire did it even 100 years ago), and if the Russians didn't do it before 1991 because they had a Stalinist regime, that doesn't mean that a huge superpower like Russia has an interdiction to exploit foreign oil...

[186713]

Russia has plenty of Oil, why do they need Nigeria's Oil, anyone?

[AfroBotSays]

@Xaveq perfect!