When will Russia/Nigeria gas venture named Nigaz be renamed?

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Initial likelihoods: before August, 1: 40%, before September, 1: 10%, before October, 1: 10%, before November, 1: 10%, before December, 1: 10%, before January, 1 2010: 10%, after January, 1 2010 or never: 10%

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Created Fri 3rd Jul 4:51am PST by kolia39

Changed Question text Fri 3rd Jul 10:29am PST by bayoubear: ... will Russia /Nigeria gas venture named Nigaz

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... <From the story below.... <br/> "A marketing blunder in Nigeria has got online communities all of a twitter, after a joint oil and gas venture with Russia was named Nigaz. <br/> <br/> Russia's Gazprom and Nigeria's state-operated NNPC formed the company - pronounced "nye-gaz" - last week. <br/> <br/> Nigerians No Nigaz, a group formed on the social networking site Facebook, says the name could be pronounced in a way offensive to black people. <br/> <br/> Users of Twitter have also expressed disbelief at the decision. " <br/> <br/> <br/> <a href="http://news.bbc.

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