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SOCO Announces DRC Drilling As IOC Interest Rises

March 2010 | Industry News

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UK-based explorer SOCO International said on March 17 that it would be undertaking the first onshore drilling programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 40 years.

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