The firm's bosses include Tim Eggar, who as Britain's energy minister in the mid-1990s got to know politicians in the region, and TerryAdams, a well-connnected oilman who used to run Azerbaijan's biggest foreign oil consortium.
The remaining housemates are TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson, Grammy Award-winning US rapper Coolio, Hollywood actor Verne Troyer, singer Ben Adams and TV presenter Terry Christian.