Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe | May 7, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria New head of Italian oil giant Eni must explain role in corrupt Nigerian oil deal at AGM Incoming Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi’s apparent personal involvement in a corrupt oil deal in Nigeria raises serious questions about his suitability for his role managing the Italian oil giant, said Global Witness as shareholders gather in Rome for their annual meeting. | April 17, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining UK transparency decisions help create ‘level playing field’ for oil and mining companies The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was set up to give citizens of resource-rich countries information about how much their governments earn from natural resources in order to prevent corruption. It is a voluntary initiative, focusing on oil, gas and mining revenues. | March 25, 2014 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Corrupt Nigerian oil deal loot to be distributed by UK Court Funds should be frozen instead, says anti-corruption group | March 24, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Tullow’s tax disclosures torpedo Big Oil’s campaign for secrecy UK oil company becomes the world’s first extractive firm to publish revenue payments to governments by project The UK company Tullow Oil today became the world’s first extractive firm to publish details of its revenue payments to governments broken down by each project the company operates worldwide. The disclosures, released today in Tullow’s annual report, show the taxes, royalties, licence fees and other public revenues generated by the company’s operations across 21 countries – 14 of which are in sub-Saharan Africa – for the years 2012 and 2013. | Feb. 10, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Global Witness response to allegations over Congo oil report Lire en français A Global Witness report last month on a controversial oil deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo received wide media coverage and focused attention on how the country’s oil wealth is being managed. | Feb. 10, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Réponse de Global Witness aux allégations relatives à son rapport sur un accord pétrolier congolais Read in English Un rapport publié le mois dernier par Global Witness au sujet d’un accord pétrolier controversé conclu en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a suscité une large couverture médiatique et attiré l’attention sur la manière dont la richesse pétrolière du pays est actuellement gérée. | Jan. 30, 2014 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Global Witness fights misuse of data laws that threatens journalistic freedom Lire en français Global Witness has submitted its defence to a lawsuit filed by officials of Beny Steinmetz Group Resources in the UK’s High Court, arguing that the case amounts to an attempt to stifle reporting on a major corruption scandal and is an abuse of British law. | Jan. 24, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo La décision de la RDC de suspendre l’adoption par le Parlement de la loi sur les hydrocarbures est de bon augure Read in English | Jan. 23, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo La RD Congo refuse de publier un accord pétrolier déficitaire conclu avec une société offshore Read in English | Jan. 23, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Congo’s decision to suspend passage of oil law through parliament is good news Lire en français Congo has suspended the passage of a controversial oil bill through parliament, in order to allow more time for consultation. It has been criticised by MPs in Congo, donor governments, UNESCO and campaigners, including Global Witness, for failing to include strong anti-corruption or environmental protection measures. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10