DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The Congolese News Agency (ACP ) inform the Minister of Hydrocarbons Crispin Atama Tabe Mogodi , unveiled the strategy devised by the department to achieve the objectives set by the government to the start of production of the sedimentary basins of the DRC in 2016 , at the opening on Tuesday in Kinshasa , the work of the second edition of the Forum "Oil and Gas ". According to the agency , to achieve the objective set by the government, the ministry's strategy is to reform the administration of oil , working with both Houses of Parliament for the adoption of the proposal by the General Law on hydrocarbons, set up a database , prepare and organize tenders for the evaluation of sedimentary basins and send missions pre-operating to support these assessments. About methane gas from Lake Kivu , he said that the process leading to the operation is very advanced and the oil ministry has developed a statute governing the operation of gaseous hydrocarbons , specifications and cutting lake in gas leases .On the same issue , the newspaper Potentiel merely indicates the presence of Perenco Rep, represented by its managing director, Reza Mered , at this meeting and says it is the only operator in the production phase of the entire DRC. According to the newspaper , Reza Mered is to find a business to various industry experts who participate in this forum .For its part, Radio Okapi reported that at least eight people were killed by the Mai Mai Simba who occupy the mining region Angoa the Walikale - Kisangani axis. According to the testimony of a survivor arrived Monday in Walikale - center , the hostages were taken between 8 and 10 September in the mining Angoa square as they exercised their mining or commercial activities.