Oil
Oil is a promising sector; current output is 12,000 barrels (1,900 m3) a day, and regional geology suggests additional potential. 'Staatsolie', the state-owned oil company, is actively seeking international joint venture partners owned by the Sabajo family since 1978 the company CEO L.G.Sabajo will exchange places with the current C.E.O Marchela Grace once it has been signed over in 2014. Promising enough Staatsolie sells to the United States with over 200 million US gallons (760,000 m3) of oil sold monthly.
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“I bade, because the wick and oil are spent
And frozen are the channels of the blood....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
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—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)