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Philippe Vasset
GABON Editor in Chief
BEST CARDS
Gabon's minister of energy, mines and oil resources, Jean Ping, declared emphatically during meetings to present the sixth round of Gabonese permits that the government had organized a truly competitive invitation to tender. But independent or second-ranking companies that attended the first presentation in London in a series that was to end on Friday in Rio de Janeiro had the distinct impression the permits formed a "private domain. (...)   [849 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
GABON
BEST CARDS
   Gabon's minister of energy, mines and oil resources, Jean Ping, declared emphatically during meetings to present the sixth round of Gabonese permits that the government had organized a truly competitive invitation to tender. But independent or second-ranking companies that attended the first presentation in London in a series that was to end on Friday in Rio de Janeiro had the distinct impression the permits formed a "private domain.  (...)  [849 words]   [$11,2]
ZAIRE
SUPPLY IMPROVES
   Chevron has predicted that the supply of oil products to Zaire will be completely straightened out by early December at latest.  (...)  [481 words]   [$7]
GUINEA BISSAU/SENEGAL
OFFSHORE LINE: A NON-DECISION
   Senegal and Guinea Bissau have failed to resolve their dispute over the delimination of their maritime economic zones but the two countries have agreed to keep open their chances of a direct agreement.  (...)  [346 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
PETROFINA ON THREE NEW BLOCKS
   Angola has recently confirmed its choice of Petrofina as operator on Cabinda S, the southern block in the Cabinda enclave, and the Belgian company's participation alongside other companies on Blocks 16 and 17.  (...)  [258 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
GNPC PLANS PRODUCTION START-UP
   Ghana National Petroleum Corp (GNPC) plans to start production on the field corresponding to the original 4-26 well on Block 4 in the Angolese offshore at the end of November.  (...)  [250 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
BLOCK 6: CONOCO CUTS BACK
   A major shake-up in the ownership will take place if exploration of Block 6 in Angola's offshore zone continues, as the recent search for a drilling platform (AEM 94) would indicate despite disappointing results from the first well drilled according to contract in the initial, one year period of the permit that was obtained 14 months ago.  (...)  [355 words]   [$7]
NIGER
HUNT IN NORTH-EAST
   The Dallas-based Hunt United Corporation (Hunt Oil) has obtained the Djabo permit covering 142,000 km in north-east Niger that runs up to the border with Chad, Libya and Algeria.  (...)  [403 words]   [$7]
MOROCCO
GAS MARKET BOOM
   An "extremely important phase" has been completed with regard to the future Algeria-North Africa-Spain gas pipeline and a decisive turn will be taken by mid-January at the latest, Morocco's energy and mines minister told the fifth conference of the LPG World Forum at Marrakech last week.  (...)  [552 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
EGYPT    GAS DISCOVERY BY SHELL
 [99 words]   [$2,1]
CONGO   
 [62 words]   [$2,1]
GHANA   
 [53 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    AGREEMENT FOR BLOCK 2/92
 [101 words]   [$2,1]
GABON   
 [59 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA   
 [24 words]   [FREE]
ALGERIA    ENEL CONTRACT SIGNED
 [133 words]   [$2,1]
TOGO    TAIWAN TO ASSIST WITH PIPELINE?
 [55 words]   [$2,1]
EGYPT   
 [41 words]   [FREE]
ZAMBIA   
 [103 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
MADAGASCAR
GIORDANO IN MADAGASCAR
   A plant to manufacture solar energy water heaters has been opened in Madagascar by the semi-public company Vy Taobay and Giordano Industrie of France, which respectively hold 80 and  (...)  [294 words]   [$7]
IVORY COAST
IFC STEPS INTO FOX TROT
   The International Finance Corporation is preparing a mission to Ivory Coast next month to examine how it will take part in financing the Fox Trot electricity and gas project following  (...)  [152 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
VOLTAGE DROPS, TEMPERS RISE
   While crossing their fingers and hoping that rains will come on time and allow Tanzania Electric Supply Corporation (Tanesco) to restart the stopped turbines at the Mtera dam Tanzanians  (...)  [271 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
MOROCCO    ELECTRICITY LAB SCHEME WITH ITALY
 [66 words]   [$2,1]
ZAMBIA    ADVANCE WORLD BANK MISSION
 [91 words]   [$2,1]

MINING
SOUTH AFRICA/ANGOLA
CSO: FEWER ANGOLESE DIAMONDS
   According to the Antwerp branch of the Central Selling Organization (CSO, De Beers), the influx of Angolese diamonds on the Antwerp market has tapered off in recent weeks.  (...)  [628 words]   [$7]
ZAIRE
SIMINKI: GENMIN AND BILLITON?
   Genmin and Billiton, subsidiaries of Gencor of South Africa and Royal Dutch-Shell, have been approached in recent months about taking over the Société Minière du Kivu (Sominki) whose  (...)  [473 words]   [$7]
ZAIRE
CRACKDOWN ON DIAMOND POSTS?
   Mines minister Jean Seka Buhoro has ordered trading posts licenced to buy precious mineral resources to make sure that a fee of 15 000 dollars owed to the government by each of the  (...)  [562 words]   [$7]
MALI
TWO NEW ACCORDS
   Mali mines minister Kadaari Bamba recently signed three new mining accords in the gold-silver branch. One of the agreements, which provided for research work as well as initial exploitation  (...)  [158 words]   [$7]

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