The Geology of Somalia: a Selected Bibliography of Somalian Geology, Geography and Earth Science by R. Lee Hadden. US Army Corps of Engineers, Topographic Engineering Center. February 2007
The history of hydrocarbon [oil & gas] exploration activities in Somalia, by Abdulkadir Abiikar, Petrosom, 2007
The Mineral Industry of Somalia By Thomas R. Yager, United States Gelogical Survey, 2004
Somalia produced small quantities of gemstones, gypsum, salt, and sepiolite (meerschaum) in 2004, with deposits of feldspar, iron ore, kaolin, limestone, natural gas, quartz, silica sand, tantalum, tin, and uranium discovered. Gemstones such as aquamarine, emerald, garnet, opal, red spinel, ruby, sapphire, and tourmaline were produced in Somaliland.
Rich gemstone potentials discovered in Somaliland. Jewellery net asia.com, 24/01/2001
Somalia by Bob Foster and Alexandra Harrison. Mining Annual Review 2000
Companies and State Institutions Engaged in Mining
Africa Oil Corp
Africa Oil Corp. is a Canadian oil and gas exploration company with interests in exploration licenses in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
Mining / Exploration and Prospecting News and Reports
Somaliland: Hopes and hype on the new frontier by Maria Kielmas
Geologists have beenspeculating about the possibility of oil in Somalia since the last century, but it took the US military Operation Restore Hope to bring this possibility to popular attention.
Somaliland extends hydrocarbon bid round. Hargeisa, Somaliland. EnergyCurrent, June 16, 2009.
The Somaliland Ministry of Water and Mineral Resources has extended the country’s first bid round for hydrocarbon concessions by three months. The surveys mark the first geophysical data acquired in Somaliland for almost 30 years.
Internal Dispute in Puntland Over Africa Oil Donation. Garowe Online (Garowe). 16 September 2008.
Government officials and community leaders in Somalia's Puntland region are involved in a dispute about the mismanagement of a US$500,000 donation that was awarded by
Africa Oil Corp., a Canadian company which claims to have oil exploration rights in the region.
A Little-Known Company to 'Manage' Bossaso Port by Garowe Online (Garowe)NEWS. 14 September 2008
In August, Puntland President Adde Muse announced that unnamed foreign companies will manage the region's airports and the port of Bossaso, the regional government's economic backbone.
President Approves Oil Deal As PM Rift Continues. Garowe Online (Garowe). 19 August 2008
Somalia's interim president, Abdullahi Yusuf, has signed an agreement with two foreign firms paving the way for the establishment of a joint-venture company that would explore
the Horn of Africa country's natural resources, government officials said.
Somalia's Puntland region to be divided into oil blocks by Garowe Online, Somalia. Jul 27, 2008
President Abdullahi Yusuf of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has introduced a new, ambitious oil exploration plan that would directly contradict if not terminate a 'contract' a regional ruler signed in mid-2005 withAustralian mining firm Range Resources, Ltd.
Hydrocarbon potential of Somaliland by M. Y. Ali. First Break volume 24, August 2006. Technical article, Middle East Economic Digest, 2 April 1993, pp.20-21
Somaliland Once Again Becomes Accessible Oil Resources by Eng. Ahmad H. Yusuf -MA (IGAD zone Oil Resources and Gas expert). Nairobi (HAN) August 30, 2005
Oil companies including Chevron and ConocoPhillips are crossing their fingers that their former concessions in northern Somalia will be honored now that the country is coming out of nearly a decade and a half of chaos. The newly installed government said it would start offering concessions for oil, gas, and mineral rights in a few months.
Oil Hopes Hinge on North Somalia by Maria Kielmas. Middle East Economic Digest, 2 April 1993, pp.20-21.
A UN-funded study points to oil potential in Ethiopia and Somalia.
The oil factor in Somalia by Mark Fineman, Mogadishu, Somalia. Petroleum Economist. Vol 58, Issue n10, Oct, 1991, p19(2)
Far beneath the surface of the tragic drama of Somalia, four major U.S. oil companies are quietly sitting on a prospective fortune in exclusive concessions to explore and exploit tens
of millions of acres of the Somali countryside.
