 Hmeida was arrested in January 2006 on charges of "serious crimes against the country's essential economic interests".Nouakchott's authorities declared that the government would likely seek international arbitration, which Woodside (which operated for Hardman, BG Group, Premier Oil, ROC Oil, Fusion, Petronas, Dana Petroleum, Energy Africa and the Hydrocarbons Mauritanian Society) also contemplated.Discovered in 2002, Chinguetti has proven reserves of about of oil.