There are an increasing number of news on various countries interested on a cooperation with the East African country of Djibouti for geothermal development in the country.
Icelandic players have in the past worked on a project in the country, and there are now news on Turkey and Japan recently having offered a cooperation.
There is also talk about Chinese Sinopec being interested in larger scale geothermal development in the country. The company signed a “Geothermal Resource Cooperation Framework Agreement” with Djibouti in 2012.
With a U.S. and French military presence in the country, it is clearly a politically and strategically important location with large energy needs.
