Foreigners have been pouring money into Africa. Last year, foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan nations hit a near record US$43 billion, boosted by new oil and gas discoveries.
Rosneft plans to start production at its Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye oil field in eastern Siberia in 2017, the company said on April 1, another delay for a field key to Russia's efforts to at least keep oil production at current levels, Reuters has reported.