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Philippe Vasset
AFRICA Editor in Chief
START TO GIRASOL CONTRACTING
Elf had long thought of helping to finance a deep-water drilling unit for work in Angola's Block 17 in view of the scarcity of rigs adapted to the job and it has now clinched an agreement with Pride-Foramer to that effect. (...)   [685 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
AFRICA
START TO GIRASOL CONTRACTING
   Elf had long thought of helping to finance a deep-water drilling unit for work in Angola's Block 17 in view of the scarcity of rigs adapted to the job and it has now clinched an agreement with Pride-Foramer to that effect.  (...)  [685 words]   [$11,2]
IVORY COAST
RANGER TO OPERATE ON ESPOIR
   Ranger is to operate the development on the Espoir field on Ivory Coast's CI-26 block. An agreement has been reached on the Canadian company's acquisition of a 24% stake and takeover of the operating role that had fallen previously to Addax Petroleum.  (...)  [438 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
GAS STRATEGY CONFIRMED
   Algeria has wasted no time in asserting its determination to maintain and even accentuate its main options concerning gas. This was predictable following the recent appointment of Youcef Yousfi as oil minister and Abdelmadjid Attar as managing director of Sonatrach (AEM 210).  (...)  [297 words]   [$7]
IVORY COAST
JUST CREATED EXPRONET COMES IN
   Expronet, a company set up in June by two former bosses of United Meridian and registered in the Cayman Islands, has won a licence with a seismic option on blocks CI-109 and 112.  (...)  [297 words]   [$7]
WEST AFRICA
SEMI-SUBMERSIBLES MOVE OUT
   While the market for rigs, and particularly for semi-submersibles, is tight in West Africa the problem is just as urgent elsewhere.  (...)  [441 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
SASOL TO BUILD UP NATREF
   Sasol is considering a new extension to the Natref refinery and a decision will be made by the year's end.  (...)  [703 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
PICKUP FOR BOS
   France's Bouygues Offshore saw its net earnings advance by 17% to Ffr157 million ($26.6 million) on the first half of 1997 on sales that climbed by 26% to Ffr2.  (...)  [525 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
ANADARKO AND BHP STRIKE OIL
   Anadarko has confirmed its latest discovery with the HBNSE-1 well on Hassi Berkine Sud-Est in block 404 on the Hassi Berkine concession (AEM 210).  (...)  [163 words]   [$7]
BENIN
ABACAN TO INCREASE ITS INTERESTS
   AEM understands that the Canadian company Abacan has begun negotiating with the Benin government and Addax Petroleum to buy the latter's share in their 50/50 partnership on two concesions in the east Benin offshore.  (...)  [349 words]   [$7]
CONGO
KOMBI PROJECT ON THE MOVE
   Elf Congo has just begun work which will lead to a production start-up on the small Kombi oil field on schedule in mid-1999, after Tchibouela-Est has come on line.  (...)  [354 words]   [$7]
CONGO
ISRAELI MOVE ON MARINE III
   The Israeli oil group Naphta has been revealed as the owner of the Marine III licence in Congo following a shift of assets within the group.  (...)  [555 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
AFRICA    NEW SHIP FOR CGG
 [274 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA    CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA DOWNSTREAM
 [140 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    "COMPLETE SUCCESS" FOR AMERICAN MISSION
 [86 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    HAKURYU V STARTS WORK FOR SHELL
 [88 words]   [$2,1]
IVORY COAST/MOROCCO    AFRIQUIA BUYS INTO PETRO-IVOIRE AFRIQUIA
 [132 words]   [$2,1]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA    WESTERN TO SOUND DEEP OFFSHORE
 [85 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    LLOYD NOBLE DRILLS FOR ABACAN
 [44 words]   [FREE]
TUNISIA    BRITISH GAS CONFIRMS HASDRUBAL
 [231 words]   [$2,1]
TUNISIA    EUROGAS DRILLS IN THE SOUTH
 [116 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
MOROCCO
JORF LASFAR FUNDING SEWN UP
   ABB and CMS Energy have put together a financial package for the second section of the coal-fuelled Jorf Lasfar power station.  (...)  [256 words]   [$7]
TUNISIA
THREE NATION CONSORTIUM FOR RADES
   Tunisia's first private power station at Rades will be built and operated by a consortium made up by the U.S.  (...)  [340 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
AFRICA    HYDROLOGICAL STUDY CONTRACT
 [72 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA    IMPREGILO CARRIES THE DAY BUT...
 [128 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA    NEW DELAY FOR SONGO SONGO PROBABLE
 [130 words]   [$2,1]
GHANA    CFD LOAN
 [87 words]   [$2,1]

MINING
IVORY COAST
A NEWCOMER, AND LICENCES
   The state-owned mining company Sodemi has brought an Australian newcomer, Carnegie Minerals, into the 1,000 sq.km. exploration licence it has just obtained near the village of Bobi  (...)  [390 words]   [$7]
IVORY COAST
NEW OPTION EYED FOR BIANKOUMA
   The Ivory Coast government has given a green light to the country's oil and mines minister, Lamine Fadika, to examine measures aimed at getting Falconbridge's Touba-Biakouma nickel  (...)  [287 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
CANADA    TURBULENCE
 [174 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA    GOLD DISCOVERY NEAR GEITA
 [134 words]   [$2,1]
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