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Philippe Vasset
LIBYA
SUDAN		 Editor in Chief
DOUBLE GAMBLE FOR PETRONAS
Malaysia's state-owned Petronas has acquired 30% stakes in what could appear two risky projects after grabbing a 30% holding in June in South Africa's Engen, a downstream company that also harbors ambitions in the upstream with its affiliate Energy Africa. (...)   [704 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
LIBYA/SUDAN
DOUBLE GAMBLE FOR PETRONAS
   Malaysia's state-owned Petronas has acquired 30% stakes in what could appear two risky projects after grabbing a 30% holding in June in South Africa's Engen, a downstream company that also harbors ambitions in the upstream with its affiliate Energy Africa.  (...)  [704 words]   [$11,2]
ALGERIA
NEW DISCOVERY BY ANADARKO
   On Dec. 14 the Algerian government announced a new oil discovery by Anadarko on its El Merck licence on which it operates with a 50% holding (Lasmo and Maesk 25% each) as it does on the Berkine permit.  (...)  [152 words]   [$7]
CONGO
TEXACO NOT EXCLUDED FOR CORAF
   Texaco hasn't been shut out of the privatization of the Pointe Noire refinery (Coraf) and Hydro Congo's distribution network, AEM understands.  (...)  [322 words]   [$7]
CAMEROON
NEW KOLE WELL TO START IN 1997?
   AEM has learned that development work on Kolé Complémentaire which Elf has undertaken on two small fields totalling 1.9 million tons of proven reserves -- they are southern extensions of the Kolé field -- is expected to result in a production start-up at the end of next year.  (...)  [221 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
FRESH STRIKE FOR ABACAN ON AJE?
   After striking oil in October with the initial AJE-1 well (AEM 191, the Canadian company Abacan, which confirmed that first success, is reported to have turned up positive results again with the AJE-2 well.  (...)  [302 words]   [$7]
GABON
OCELOT LANDS ITS PERMITS
   Ocelot Energy won two licences to be operated on a production sharing basis in Gabon following negotiations that were already well underway in September.  (...)  [707 words]   [$7]
GHANA
ACCORD WITH EXIMBANK ON TANO
   The Ghana National Petroleum Corp. (GNPC) announced it had signed an agreement with the U.S. Eximbank in late November in Accra for the gas and electricity project based on gas from the South Tano field.  (...)  [284 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
NIGERIA    SHELL TO KEEP SEDCO 709 UNTIL OCTOBER, 1998
 [55 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA    TANGANYIKA OIL TO DRILL SECOND WELL AROUND XMAS
 [122 words]   [$2,1]
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE    FREE TRADE ZONE IDEA RE-SURFACES
 [138 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA    AMEC BIDDING FOR MOSSGAS
 [212 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA    PIPELINE TO DELIVER AT LEAST 3.6 BILLION CU.M. TO SPAIN IN 1997
 [167 words]   [$2,1]
NORTH AFRICA/EUROPEAN UNION    ELF AND BP JOIN ENERGY OBSERVATORY
 [155 words]   [$2,1]
NORTH AFRICA    OMC 97
 [54 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    CHEVRON LENDS ROY BUTLER TO ZAIRE GULF
 [51 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    CHEVRON KEEPS SEDCO 708 FOR ANOTHER YEAR
 [116 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
MOROCCO
HITCHES
   The Moroccan government is presenting a project to build a wind-power station at Tetuan as completely wrapped up but we understand that contractual conditions on a number of points  (...)  [1160 words]   [$7]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
SCRAMBLE AT MALABO
   As Equatorial Guinea is a small country with rich oil prospects several big groups are scrambling to install the first gas turbines at Bioko that are to supply the island and Malabo,  (...)  [590 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
GUINEA    CFD TO FINANCE THREE THERMAL GENERATORS ALONE
 [126 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTHERN AFRICA    AFRICA POWER 97
 [160 words]   [$2,1]
BOTSWANA    BPC TO BE PRIVATIZED AFTER 1997
 [126 words]   [$2,1]

MINING
ZAIRE/ZAMBIA
SOCOMAF SCOUTING IN SHABA
   The Societe Commerciale pour l'Afrique (Socomaf) which has been mandated by Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) to procure capital goods, spare parts and inputs in Europe, has  (...)  [374 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
CASMYN MULLS PROJECT
   Casmyn Corporation has chosen the Dawn mine for its second production re-development start-up in Zimbabwe after the Turk mine, its chairman and CEO, Amyn Daya, told financial analysts  (...)  [377 words]   [$7]
ZAIRE
BANRO COMPLETES SOMINKI BUY
   Banro Corporation completed its acquisition of the assets that Mines d'Or du Zaire (MMDZ) held in Société Minière du Kivu (Sominki) on Dec.  (...)  [347 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
BOTSWANA    INVITATION TO TENDER FOR BCL
 [125 words]   [$2,1]
BURUNDI    OPPOSITION MINING GO-BETWEEN IDENTIFIED
 [91 words]   [$2,1]
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC    GOVERNMENT WANTS TO STAMP OUT "CHAOTIC" MINING
 [159 words]   [$2,1]
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