Spanish Guinea 1996 - II Nigerian Alliance v Spain

BACKGROUND: Oil exploration and production has boomed in the Gulf of Guinea. The once Spanish colony of Equatorial Guinea’s corrupt government has asked for Spanish assistance with protection of the countries offshore oil and gas platforms. 16 months ago tensions escalated with Nigeria mining the Alba gas field. Your forces decisively destroyed the Nigerian surface fleet and grounded their air forces. The Nigerians have used to last 16 months to form a strong alliance with Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Using their control over these countries oil imports from Nigeria to ‘assist and ensure’ cooperation. Let with little choice the South Americans have given strong military assistance to Nigeria and the Brazilian carrier has transported significant air power to Nigerian bases. Oil money has completed repair and upgrade of the engines of the Argentinian Carrier Veinticinco De Mayo and it has formed a powerful fleet with the Brazilian carrier. Nigerian is now sabre rattling and has promised retaliation making threats to the platforms in the Alba gas field and to the Eg Bioko LNG terminal construction site, the pride of Spanish Guinea’s petroleum production in the region.