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mk  ·  4780 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Strange and Evil World of Equatorial Guinea
It seems that Chevron, Triton and ExxonMobil operate there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Equatorial_Guinea

I had some difficulty finding current information, but the State Department site says: "The country’s hydrocarbons industry is still dominated by United States (US) companies but Chinese companies are increasingly active providing significant credit lines."

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/7221.htm

Fuck that. It should be off-limits. That's not development, it's stealing oil.