To many oilmen, the Gulf of Guinea looks more appealing than the Persian Gulf.

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It is the oldest of three oceanic volcanic islands in the Gulf of Guinea.

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The perfect conical peak, the 4, 040m crater looms over the Gulf of Guinea and can be summited on a three-day trek.

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Experts suggest the pirates have become more organised deploying at least one "mother ship" from which attacks can be launched across the Gulf of Guinea.

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But nowhere has America pursued its search for new oil with more ferocity and dedication than the west coast of Africa, particularly the Gulf of Guinea.

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Oil pumped in the Gulf of Guinea comes ashore, via the international spot market, in the form of billion-dollar transfers that have made Lagos a regional financial centre.

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It was to be followed by two other French planes based in Dakar, and a naval vessel currently cruising in the Gulf of Guinea, several days' sailing away.

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They get their initial power and instability from the difference in temperature between the very hot Sahara air and the substantially cooler air along the coast of the Gulf of Guinea.

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