"Yet it is the extent of oil deposits beneath the Indian Ocean that is most exciting Somali officials.

One said the potential was comparable to that of Kuwait, which has more than 100bn barrels of proven oil reserves.

If true, the deposits would eclipse Nigeria's reserves – 37.2bn barrels – and make Somalia the seventh largest oil-rich nation."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/25/britain-oil-dash-somalia