{{Dr. Michael Biryabarema, the Deputy Director General of Mines and Geology in Rwanda Natural Resources Authority on Wednesday said that preliminary magnetic and gravity exploration results show that there are possibilities of finding crude oil under Lake Kivu.}}
Biryabarema was briefing journalists about current situation of oil search in Lake Kivu.
Biryabarema added that they have discovered a rock of 2 Km under Lake Kivu and inside the rock there may be petroleum deposit.
“Shooting that rock may take 2 years” He revealed.
However, Dr. Biryabarema said Rwandans should wait for final interpretation of results to indicate whether there is existence of oil.
Since 2008, Rwanda has been conducting studies to determine whether there may be petroleum deposits under Lake Kivu.
There were other studies conducted in Nyungwe to identify petroleum deposits, the official said results indicated that there is no oil in Nyungwe forest only possibilities are in lake. Kivu.
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