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Philippe Vasset
MADAGASCAR Editor in Chief
1995 A KEY YEAR
The first invitations to tender are expected to be issued in 1995 for Madagascar's electricity project dubbed "Energie II" while new impetus has been given to reforms in the oil sector although investment in the refinery branch has been shelved. (...)   [778 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
NIGERIA
NNPC MEETS CASH CALL
   The Nigerian government is said to have suddenly paid at least some of its arrears on payments to cover part of NNPC's share in cash calls by joint exploration-production companies.  (...)  [229 words]   [$7]
CENTRAL AFRICA/WEST AFRICA
STIMULATION
   The reserves of French-speaking oil-producing countries in black Africa are declining and exploration ought to be "stimulated," according to Petroconsultants.  (...)  [251 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
STEP-UP IN DRILLING
   The oil services market has seen a flurry of invitations to tender and preliminary inquiries from oil operators in the past few weeks.  (...)  [309 words]   [$7]
KENYA
LPG PROJECT, PIPELINE TO BE COMMISSIONED
   Several companies operating in the oil products distribution branch in Kenya, including Caltex, Shell and Total, are planning to set up a center to stock and bottle LPG.  (...)  [282 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
SOYO BACK IN PRODUCTION IN SPRING
   Oil circles in Angola believe that on-shore fields in the Soyo region (Fina Petroleos de Angola, operator, Texaco, Sonangol) won't be back in production until June of next year.  (...)  [362 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
BP AIMS FOR 1 BILLION CFD
   With British Petroleum poised to sign an agreement with Sonatrach to start developing gas fields totalling 350 billion cu.m. of proven reserves in the Alrar basin (AEM 142), AEM has learned that the transportation system being designed for the field will aim to carry nearly 10 billion cu.  (...)  [227 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
REFINERY DITCHED IN IDA PROJECT
   A consultancy will be chosen from a short list by the end of January to carry out three studies forming part of a programme backed by the World Bank and funded by the International Development Association (IDA) to rehaul Madagascar's oil market, including one on re-structuring state-owned Solima.  (...)  [673 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
FOUR KOREANS FOR ONE PERMIT
   "Our partners want us to talk about them only after they've left," declared Sonatrach managing director Mohammed Bouhafs on Nov.  (...)  [525 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
ALGERIA    NEW AFFILIATE FOR SONATRACH, SONALGAZ AND ENCC
 [208 words]   [$2,1]
NAMIBIA    RANGER OIL CHARTERING RIG
 [79 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    MOBIL TO FIX FIVE JACK-UPS NEXT YEAR
 [97 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    SEDCO 709 ON INSIDE TRACK FOR SHELL PROJECT
 [47 words]   [$2,1]
CONGO    DRILLMAR 1 ARRIVES
 [43 words]   [FREE]
NIGERIA    GHI VII COMING FROM ALASKA FOR SUMMIT WELL
 [42 words]   [FREE]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA    UMC DRILLS ON DELTA AFTER DORADO
 [47 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA   
 [80 words]   [$2,1]
EGYPT    BRITISH GAS STEPS UP PACE
 [175 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA    MARATHON SEEKS JACK-UP
 [56 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
MADAGASCAR
1995 A KEY YEAR
   The first invitations to tender are expected to be issued in 1995 for Madagascar's electricity project dubbed "Energie II" while new impetus has been given to reforms in the oil sector  (...)  [778 words]   [$11,2]
ZAIRE
CHINESE MISSION
   A delegation from China Machine Building International Corporation (CMBIC) is expected to arrive in the next few days in Kinshasa to examine taking part in several electricity pro  (...)  [371 words]   [$7]
TUNISIA
ANSALDO WINS A BATTLE
   Italy's Ansaldo carried the day against rivals which included Mitsubishi, ABB, Siemens and GEC Alsthom when it won a contract for the construction of two new sections which will double  (...)  [224 words]   [$7]
KENYA
HEADWAY ON IDA SCHEME
   A delegation from the World Bank was expected in Nairobi on Nov. 21 for talks on a so-called Energy programme which focusses on electricity and has been in preparation for over two  (...)  [830 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
MAURITIUS    BURMEISTER & WEIN FOR FORT GEORGE III
 [222 words]   [$2,1]

MINING
EUROPEAN UNION
SYSMIN AGAIN IN DOCK
   The European Union's Audits Court has again assailed the Sysmin system for delays in payments and re-assignment of loans in what was a new illustration of the need to revamp the EU's  (...)  [254 words]   [$7]
ZAIRE
OFFICIAL DIAMOND SALES UP
   Efforts by Kengo Wa Dondo's government to win back control of precious gem exports appear to be bearing fruit. Monthly foreign currency revenue from small-scale gold and diamond production  (...)  [545 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
MAURITANIA    NOUAKCHOTT TO ASK FOR SYSMIN FUNDING
 [126 words]   [$2,1]
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