“One of the big political risks with oil and gas,” wrote Taylor, “is that it can be seen by politicians and senior officials as ‘easy’ money that doesn’t come with the kind of scrutiny that taxpayers demand when they pay their taxes and donors demand when they provide aid. 
“Moja ya hatari kubwa ya kisiasa katika uvunaji wa mafuta na gesi,” aliandika Taylor, “ni kuwa,jambo hili linaweza kuchukuliwa na wanasiasa na viongozi waandamizi kuwa ni fedha za "bure" ambazo huwa hazipatikani kirahisi kwa walipa kodi wanaofuatilia kwa makini kabla ya kulipa kodi zao pamoja na matakwa ya watoa misaada kabla ya kutoa misaada.