afrol News, 27 December - The Gambia's dreams of drilling oil could be realised in two years time, the Chairman of Buried Hill Energy, confirmed.

Roger Haines said his company would start drilling the West African country's oil in early 2009.

Haines disclosed the news while he was briefing Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, on Buried Hill Energy's latest work on the oil exploration of The Gambia.

He said drilling would start as soon as his company completes identifying the best sites for establishing drilling rigs.

Chairman Haines Buried Hill Energy had identified five distrinct plates with 26 prospects of oil production, which clearly proved that The Gambia has more oil potentials than expected.

Haines told President Jammeh that the his company's idepth technical work results would easily convince the world about the tiny country's oil production potentials.

President Yahya Jammeh opened a stormy debated in 2003 when he had announced the discovery of oil in many parts of the country. While his supporters hailed the disclosure, opposition downplayed the issue, describing it as a political tactic.

By staff writer

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