Still no plum. The Italian oil giant INI has the inside track on the oil, which is waxy, needs a heated pipeline, and thus very expensive to produce. This is one for the EU, not the U.S. majors.
The Rift Valley prospects are more in the Congo sphere although Uganda has some possibilities in the region.
Now if the U.S. had sent in the Marines and blockaded Italy, I might be willing to think about it.