AFRICA'S ATLANTIC FRONTIER

摘要

From Mauritania in the north through "Golden Crescent" states like Nigeria and Angola, to Namibia, Africa's western seaboard plays host to perhaps the most exeiting hunt for offshore energy there has ever been - the stomping ground of more than 60 jaekups, semisubmersibles, tender units and drillships. But as always with natural resources, distribution of the oil and gas prize is uneven, and the hunt and exploitation are being played out against a political backdrop that is equally uneven.