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Philippe Vasset
ANGOLA Editor in Chief
OUTLOOK FOR OIL
Angola's oil output will drop by 6% this year following a production shutdown on the Sohio on-shore block (operated by Fina) and partial halt on Block 2 in offshore Angola (Texaco, operator) due to the civil war. But it will nonetheless top the 520,000 bpd mark, including nearly 304,000 bpd from offshore Cabinda. (...)   [825 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
ANGOLA
OUTLOOK FOR OIL
   Angola's oil output will drop by 6% this year following a production shutdown on the Sohio on-shore block (operated by Fina) and partial halt on Block 2 in offshore Angola (Texaco, operator) due to the civil war. But it will nonetheless top the 520,000 bpd mark, including nearly 304,000 bpd from offshore Cabinda.  (...)  [825 words]   [$11,2]
LIBYA
LIMITED SANCTIONS
   Adopted on Nov. 11 and coming into effect on Dec.1, the U.N. Security Council resolution tightening sanctions against Libya seems crafted to weigh gradually on petroleum exports without in any way amounting to an oil embargo.  (...)  [182 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
PETROFINA PERMIT OFFERED AGAIN
   The Uganda government has asked the British company Simon Petroleum Technology to organize the promotion of a bidding round to re-award permits on 22,000 sq.  (...)  [122 words]   [$7]
NAMIBIA
ELF AND BOUYGUES OFFSHORE ON MOVE
   Elf Aquitaine will join the bidding in a second invitation to tender for Namibian exploration permits scheduled for the second half of 1994 (AEM 118), AEM learned during the visit of Namibian president Sam Nujoma to Paris between Nov.  (...)  [232 words]   [$7]
CENTRAL AFRICA/WEST AFRICA
HEADWAY EXCEPT IN CAMEROON
   According to statistics from the Banque des Etats d'Afrique Centrale (BEAC), Cameroon saw a 17.1% drop in its oil production in the 1992-93 financial year (July-June), recording 5,796,700 t compared to 6,989,080 t in 1991-92, while exports fell 16.  (...)  [361 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
ANGOLA    BLOWOUT BUT LITTLE DAMAGE FOR CABGOC
 [118 words]   [$2,1]
GABON   
 [24 words]   [FREE]
NAMIBIA   
 [22 words]   [FREE]
ANGOLA    EIFFEL AND TECHNIP FOR SECOND PLATFORM ON COBO
 [210 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA   
 [23 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA   
 [47 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA   
 [39 words]   [FREE]
CONGO    DRILLING STARTS ON N'KOSSA
 [77 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA    $60M IN "TANGENTI" ON TRANSMED TWO?
 [212 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
MOZAMBIQUE
CABORA BASSA-ZIMBABWE DELAYED
   It was recently expected that the first contracts for the future Caborra Bassa-Zimbabwe interconnection would soon be awarded but the bid selection process has fallen behind sched  (...)  [448 words]   [$7]
NAMIBIA
FUNDING FOR EPUPA STUDY?
   France's Fonds d'Aide et de Cooperation (FAC) and Germany's KfW have offered to put up money towards a Ffr15 million feasibility study on the Epupa dam.  (...)  [205 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
SOUTH AFRICA/ZIMBABWE    EIB LOAN CONFIRMED FOR INTERCONNECTION
 [218 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA    CONTRACT FOR OWEN FALLS II AND TAF GRANT
 [102 words]   [$2,1]

MINING
ZAIRE
TIGHTER PROTECTION
   The Birindwa government is attempting to tighten its control over the trade in precious minerals, the ultimate source of hard currency for the Mobutu regime.  (...)  [523 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
40 MONTHS TO WEIGH UP BIKILAL
   A consultant will be chosen between now and next May to carry out a pre-feasibility study on developping a phosphates deposit at Bikilal following the African Development Fund's approval  (...)  [626 words]   [$7]
MALI
DISPUTE OVER SADIOLA PROJECT
   A dispute has broken out between Anglo American Corporation (AAC) and a Canadian company, Toronto-based Iamgold, over the gold deposit in the Sadiola hills.  (...)  [309 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
ALUSAF-PECHINEY: NEW PACT?
   Alusaf is seeking to strike a new agreement with Péchiney for its new aluminium smelting works with a 466,000t/y capacity which has been named Hillside, Alusaf chairman Fred Roux indicated  (...)  [264 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
LONRHO GRABS AGIPCOAL
   Although most South African coal companies are believed to have bid for Agip Coal South Africa (ACSA) it was Duiker Exploration, 73% owned by Lonrho, that carried the day with a 70  (...)  [132 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
COAL PROJECT STUDIED
   Dar es Salaam has been offered a $3.5 million grant from the African Development Bank for a feasibility study on an open-cast coal mine at Mchuchuma and a 4X100 MW thermal power s  (...)  [259 words]   [$7]
BURKINA FASO
EDF EMERGENCY AID FOR POURA
   The European Development Fund (EDF) will soon make its decision on a 1 million ECU emergency outlay for the Societe de Recherches et d'Exploitation Minieres du Burkina (SOREMIB) which  (...)  [567 words]   [$7]
CENTRAL AFRICA/WEST AFRICA
A GLUM YEAR
   According to the latest available figures from the franc zone's issuing banks - Banque des Etats d'Afrique Centrale (BEAC) and Banque Centrale des Etats d'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO)  (...)  [801 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
GHANA    AGC TRIPLES PRODUCTION IN SIX YEARS
 [71 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA/WEST EUROPE    CONFLICTING SALES PATTERNS
 [135 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI    ADB GRANT PLANNED FOR THE MINING SECTOR
 [49 words]   [$2,1]
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