Word: cabinda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With regard to the demand that Gulf withdraw draw from Angola. Farber reported that "the impact of a Gulf withdrawal on the production of oil at Cabinda, on revenues to the government on other foreign investors Angola and on government policis would be extremely limited...
...tiny enclave of Cabinda, the site of Angola's newly-discovered oil reserves and the rebel groups' second front, no one speaks of the war, except perhaps twice a year, when the explosion of a land mine is reported, an often as not killing civilians rather than military personnel...
Since 1966, when oil was first discovered in the province of Cabinda, Gulf has been a major contributor to the Portuguese colonial regime in Angola and southern Africa. There is no doubt that Gulf's payments to Portugal, which could total as much as $33 million in 1972, aid Portugal in conducting its war against African liberation forces...
Between 1954 and 1971, Gulf paid Portugal approximately $42.8 million for its oil concession on the province of Cabinda. According to certain observers, Gulf's payments in the fiscal year 1972 may total as much as $30 million as the Cabinda operation reaches a new high in its level of production...
Furthermore, under the terms of the present contract, Portugal has the right to purchase 50 per cent of the crude oil produced in Cabinda. Should the Portuguese government ever exercise this option, the oil would undoubtedly be used to fuel the Portuguese military machine...