据6月26日Kallanish Energy报道，上周，荷兰皇家壳牌(Royal Dutch Shell)和埃克森美孚(ExxonMobil)两大石油公司与索马里联邦政府签署了一份协议，就钻探区块的不可抗力达成和解。
根据一项特许协议，两家公司拥有索马里5个近海区块的石油勘探和生产专有权，尽管后者自1990年以来一直受到不可抗力的影响。
这些许可证是在20世纪80年代穆罕默德·西亚德·巴雷将军军事独裁期间获得的，他于1991年被废黜，标志着内战的开始。勘探活动停止，宣布发生不可抗力。
自那以来，这些公司每年应向索马里联邦政府缴纳租赁费用，并就如何和何时缴纳地租费用进行了讨论。
壳牌发言人在邮件中表示，2019年6月21日，壳牌石油索马里公司、美孚勘探索马里公司和索马里联邦政府签署了一份和解书，使付款得以支付。
他补充称:“这笔款项不会影响不可抗力的状况，因为不可抗力的状况仍然存在。”
王佳晶 摘自 Kallanish Energy
原文如下：
Shell, Xom sign settlement with Somalia
Supermajors Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil last week signed a settlement letter with the Federal Government of Somalia regarding drilling blocks under force majeure, Kallanish Energy learns.
The companies hold exclusive petroleum exploration and production rights over five offshore blocks in Somalia under a concession agreement, although the latter has been under force majeure since 1990.
The licenses were acquired in the 1980s during the military dictatorship of Gen. Mohamed Siad Barre, who was deposed in 1991, marking the start of the civil war. Exploration activities stopped and force majeure was declared.
The companies accrued an annual surface rental fee payable to the Federal Government of Somalia since, and there have been discussions “On 21 June 2019, Shell EP Somalia B.V, Mobil Exploration Somalia Inc., and the Federal Government of Somalia signed a settlement letter which enables the payment to be made,” said a spokesman for Shell in an email sent to Kallanish Energy.
“This payment does not affect force majeure status, which remains in place,” he added.