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 | Sept. 26, 2011 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Liberia Immediate reform needed if Liberians are to profit from potential oil finds, report shows Click here to read this report | Aug. 12, 2011 Oil, Gas & Mining Zimbabwe Equatorial Guinea Angola Revelations in the Economist: The Queensway syndicate and the Africa trade Revelations in the Economist expose how a syndicate of private companies based in Hong Kong has been able to secure access to vast tracts of Africa’s current and future natural resource wealth in deals struck behind closed doors with pariah regimes. | July 8, 2011 Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan Oil transparency critical to future success of South Sudan The new state of South Sudan must guarantee transparency and accountability in its oil sector in order to demonstrate its commitments to sustainable development and combating corruption, said Global Witness today. The call comes on the eve of the South’s independence from the north on July 9. | June 3, 2011 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Global Witness welcomes DR Congo’s decision to publish resource contracts A decree published this week by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) commits the government to disclose all natural resource contracts within 60 days of their coming into effect. The decision is a welcome move which could help reduce corruption in the country if fully implemented, Global Witness said today. Signed on May 20, the decree covers contracts in the oil, mining and forestry sectors that involve the Congolese state. | June 3, 2011 Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Global Witness salue la décision de la RD Congo de publier les contrats relatifs aux ressources Un décret publié cette semaine par la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) engage le gouvernement à divulguer l’intégralité des contrats ayant pour objet les ressources naturelles dans les 60 jours qui suivent la date de leur entrée en vigueur. Cette décision constitue une initiative positive qui pourrait contribuer à réduire la corruption dans le pays si elle est pleinement appliquée, a déclaré Global Witness aujourd’hui. Signé le 20 mai, le décret couvre les contrats conclus dans les secteurs pétrolier, minier et forestier qui impliquent l’État congolais. | May 27, 2011 Oil, Gas & Mining G8 endorses new transparency laws for oil, gas and mining companies The G8 has today announced its commitment to introduce new transparency laws that would require oil, gas and mining companies to disclose the payments they make to governments. Such measures would help eradicate the corruption that blights many mineral rich states and lift millions of people in the developing world out of poverty. Press release | May 22, 2011 Oil, Gas & Mining Congo-Brazzaville Elf verdict jails the guilty, but their bitter legacy remains Conviction for embezzlement of three senior executives of the former French state oil company, Elf is a blow against corruption in the global oil industry | May 19, 2011 Oil, Gas & Mining Kazakhstan Questions still remain over who controls Kazakhmys plc Русская | May 12, 2011 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining Equatorial Guinea UNESCO: Obiang Prize Rejected a Second Time EG Justice, Global Witness and other civil society organizations today credited UNESCO’s Executive Board for soundly rejecting a petition by the government of Equatorial Guinea to reinstate a prize funded by and named after its president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. | April 8, 2011 Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan New Sudanese oil deal must guarantee transparency The governments of north and south Sudan must deliver on stated commitments to transparency in the oil sector in order to preserve peace and drive development, said Global Witness ahead of a new round of oil talks which start in Ethiopia tomorrow. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10