Desiderio Costa
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Desiderio Costa is a politician in Angola, currently the minister of petroleum. He replaced Botelho de Vasconcelos, who was moved to the ministry of energy and water. He took over as minister in a series of ministry-shake-ups in December 2002. Costa has traveled around the world, including China, Cuba, Venezuela, the United States and others, due to his country's expanding petroleum industry. He was the 2005-2006 chairman of the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPA). He has overseen the emerging importance of Angolan oil in the global market. He also has begun attempts to join OPEC [1], as it is now the 2nd leading petroleum exporter in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 1.3 billion barrels drilled daily in 2005. [2]
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- Information of ministry shake-up
- Article on OPEC expansion
- Chinese article on oil in Angola
- Article on African Petroleum Producing Countries
- US government listing of government officials in Angola
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