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Global players woo Sao Tome

ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Petrobras and Tullow Oil are among eight international players vying for new exploration blocks in waters off Sao Tome & Principe, according to the head of the West African island nation's state-run producer, ANP.

Meeting: Sao Tome's Prime Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco, pictured here after a meeting with European Union ministers last year
Meeting: Sao Tome's Prime Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco, pictured here after a meeting with European Union ministers last year
  • Anthea Pitt
Published 11 May 2010, 11:24Updated 10 October 2016, 15:18
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