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1Gabon: Issues in the Oil industry SectorGabon : Fiverenan'ny Fandraharahana Eo amin'ny Sehatry ny Solika sy ny Fampiasam-bola Indray
2On Monday, April 8, oil industry workers returned to work following an announcement made to AFP by Arnauld Engandji, spokes-person for ONEP (the National Organization for Petrol Industry Workers), stating “the demands have been met.Ny Alatsinainy 8 Aprily, niverina niasa ireo mpiasa eo amin'ny sehatry ny solika taorian'ny filazàn'ny mpitondra tenin'ny ONEP (Organisation Nationale des employés du Pétrole) Arnauld Engandji tao amin'ny l'AFP fa hoe “nivaly ireo fitakiana.
3We do not want to cause chaos”.Tsy mitady ny hisian'ny korontana izahay».
4ONEP, an organisation of between 4000 and 5000 members, went out on strike (fr) to obtain new regulations relating to the employment of foreign workers within the sector, who “they accuse of taking the place of Gabonese workers”.Aoka ho tsaroantsika fa ny ONEP izay misy mpikambana eo amin'ny 4000 ka hatramin'ny 5000 eo, dia nanao fitokonana mba hisian'ny fepetra vaovao momba ny asan'ireo mpila ravinahitra eo amin'io sehatra io, izay «ampangain-dry zareo ho maka ny toerana tokony ho an'ireo Gabone ».
5The strike has cost (en) the government and oil companies some 131 million US dollars .Ny fitokonana dia niteraka fatiantoka 131 tapitrisa dollars (en) ho an'ireo orinasa amerikana mpitrandraka solika sy ny governemanta.
6Shortly after the return to work was announced (en), Total Gabon announced that it “was going to make available 20 billion Central African CFA francs to finance the renovation of Port-Gentil airport, (fr) through the PID fund (Diversified Investment Provision), according to the terms of an agreement signed recently between the oil company and the Gabonese government.”Fotoana fohy taorian'ny fanambarana ny fiverenana amion'ny asa(en), ny Total Gabon dia nilaza fa « hamoaka vola 20 lavitrisa CFA hamatsiana ny asa fanavoazana ny fitodiam-piaramanidina ao Port-Gentil, amin'ny alalan'ny Tahiry ho an'ny Fampiasam-bola samihafa (PID), araka ny votoatin'ny fifanarahana nosoniavina vao haingana teo amin'ilay orinasa mpitrandraka solika sy ny governemanta gabone. »
7On the afrique-espoir (hope-Africa) blog Benoit Thelliez explains the details of the renovation plans (fr)Benoit Thelliez ao amin'ny bilaogy afrique-espoir dia manazava ny antsipirihan'ilay drafi-panavaozana:
8The short term aim is to lengthen the runway in order to allow super-carriers like the Boeing 777 to land, then to completely rebuild the airport terminal building once the the current building has been totally demolished.Amin'ny voalohany dia ny fampitomboana ny halavan'ny faritra fipetrahan'ny fiaramanidina mba hahafahany mandray fiaramanidina goavana toy ny Boeing 777, avy eo dia famerenana manangana tanteraka ny toeram-pandraisana rehefa hoesorina manontolo izay misy ankehitriny.
9The first phase should not take very long to complete explains Jean-Philippe Magnan, Managing Director of Total Gabon, who expects to see “the first commercial flights (Ed: international) before the end of 2011″.Ny ampahany voalohany dia tsy dia haharitra ela loatra raha ny fanazavan'i Jean-Philippe Magnan, tale jeneralin'ny Total Gabon, izay mihevitra ny hahita « ny sidina ara-toekarena voalohany alohan'ny faran'nt taona 2011 ».
10Ultimately, the new airport, which will also be endowed with a presidential wing, should be completed in 2012.Ary amin'ny farany, ny fitodiam-piaramanidina vaovao izay hanana toerana manokana natao handraisana filoham-pirenena koa dia tokony hatolotra amin'ny taona 2012.
11Thelliez adds:Thelliez manampy:
12The PID fund has existed in Gabon since 1974 and was originally managed by the French International Bank of Africa.Efa nisy tao Gabon hatramin'ny taona 1974 ny PID , ary ny French International Bank of Africa no voalohany nitantana azy.
13The money is paid out of ministerial funds “in proportion to their [the oil companies'] turnover and is tax free.Vola azo avy amin'ny tamberim-bidy tamin'ny harena ankibon'ny tany io vola io, « arakaraka ny tombom-barotra azon-dry zareo [orinasa mpitrandraka solika] ary tsy andoavana hetra.
14The size of this fund is set on an annual basis as per the agreement between the administrative authorities who act as trustees of the fund and the oil companies, and depend on the agreed investments.Ny masom-bola amin'io tahiry io dia faritana isan-taona mifandraika amin'ny fifanarahana ataon'ny manampahefana sy ny orinasa mpitrandraka solika, arakaraky ny fampiasana vola notapahana hatao.
15In theory, this cannot exceed 10% of the actual turnover of the company.”Ara-keviny dia mety ho tafakatra ambonin'ny 10 % amin'ny tombom-barotra marina tena azon'ilay orinasa.
16These funds are set aside by the oil companies “to finance economic, social or educational investment which the government requires them to carry out.”“ Vola fanao an-jorony izany ho an'ireo orinasa « mba hamatsiana fampiasam-bola ho an'ny resaka manana endrika teo-karena, sosialy na fanabeazana izay mety hangatahan'ny governemanta amin-dry zareo. »
17This initiative has come at the right time as oil production is declining and the State needs to boost investment in the rest of the economy.Tonga amin'ny fotoana iray izy ity, anatin'ny vanim-potoana iray izay tsy mampitovy intsony ny famokarana solika amin'ny teo aloha, ary tsy maintsy manao izay ho fanaingana indray ny fampiasam-bola any amin'ny sehatra hafa momba ny toe-karena ny fanjakana.
18Stéphane Ballong explains (fr):Stéphane Ballong manazava:
19It has to be said that oil production in Gabon has been stagnating for the past few years.Tsy maintsy lazaina fa mitoko-zihitra ny famokarna solika ao Gabon tato anatin'ny taona maro.
20From 371000 barrels per day (b/d) in 1997, it progressively slowed to a rate of 243000 b/d in 2007.Avy any amin'ny 371000 barika isan'andro (b/j) tamin'ny 1997, nihena niandalana izany ka lasa 243000 b/j tamin'ny 2007.
21Since then it has remained around 250 000 b/d, according to official figures.Hatreo, mihodina eo amin'ny 250 000 b/j izany, araka ny antontan'isa ofisialy.
22Unless a major new discovery is made which would allow for a significant upturn within the sector, the watch word of the Gabonese oil industry remains, for the time being, revamping the more marginal fields and using new technologies to increase production from the more mature fields.Raha tsy misy angamba fahitana vaovao goavana indray afaka hanosika ilay sehatra, ny teny baiko ho an'ny sehatry ny famokarana solika gabone amin'izao fotoana dia mijanona ho ny fanomezan-kasina ny sehatra natao an-jorom-bala sy ny fampiasana ny teknolojia vaovao mba hampakarana ny vokatr'ireo efa lala-masaka.
23This petroleum fund has often been more profitable for electoral campaign outside of Gabon that at home.Io vola azo amin'ny solika io dia matetika no nahazoan'ireo fmpielezan-kevitra ho amin'ny fifidiana tany ivelany tombony fa tsy ny teo Gabon.
24As such the Wikileaks revelations confirm systemic corruption (fr)within Gabonese financial systems.Ny ampamoaka avy amin'ny Wikileaks araka izany dia manamafy ny fisian'ny kolikoly lalim-paka ao anatin'ny rafitra ra-bola gabone.