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Philippe Vasset
AFRICA Editor in Chief
CHEVRON'S ANGOLAN ELEPHANT HAS FOOT IN CONGO
Angola has a great future owing to its oil, diamonds and other natural resources. But one factor in its stabilization is the Democratic Republic of Congo, where its new allies have closed the door to UNITA, while another factor in its growth lies in Congo-Brazaville. (...)   [685 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
AFRICA
CHEVRON'S ANGOLAN ELEPHANT HAS FOOT IN CONGO
   Angola has a great future owing to its oil, diamonds and other natural resources. But one factor in its stabilization is the Democratic Republic of Congo, where its new allies have closed the door to UNITA, while another factor in its growth lies in Congo-Brazaville.  (...)  [685 words]   [$11,2]
ALGERIA
ANADARKO ALSO BOASTS GAS
   Anadarko recently upgraded its estimates of oil on discoveries it has made on licences where it operates by 20% to 3 billion barrels, but the company also has a lot of gas.  (...)  [430 words]   [$7]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ZAFIRO TO JUMP TO 120,000 BPD
   Production on Zafiro (Mobil operator, UMC) which began in August, 1996 is expected to reach 80,000 bpd at the end of this year when its FPSO system hits full capacity.  (...)  [474 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
MOBIL FIXES NEW JACK-UPS
   No sooner had Mobil Nigeria released the C.E. Thornton than it was back in the market looking for a replacement jack-up for 1998.  (...)  [334 words]   [$7]
GABON
START ON ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE
   Exploration on Gabon's ultra-deep offshore will kick off in December when Vanco Energy starts to shoot 1400 km of 2D seismics on the Astrid Marin licence that the company won in June.  (...)  [218 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
NEXT TARGET 1.2 MILLION BPD
   Angolan oil output will top the one million bpd mark in the year 2001 when Elf's Girasol field comes fully on stream but also because of a field discovered this year by Chevron with its D14-2x well in block 14; output on both will begin in 2000.  (...)  [636 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
ANGOLA    CONTRACT EXTENDED FOR PETROBRAS XI
 [152 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    PETROBRAS XVI TO RE-CROSS ATLANTIC?
 [75 words]   [$2,1]
CONGO    NOMECO TO DRILL WITH SMEDVIG'S T-5
 [70 words]   [$2,1]
GABON    AGIP COULD DRILL WITH ADRIATIC I
 [121 words]   [$2,1]
WEST AFRICA    UPDATE FOR PROBE SEISMIC SURVEY
 [97 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    DOUBTS OVER ESCRAVOS GAS PROJECT'S SECOND PHASE
 [144 words]   [$2,1]
CANADA/RWANDA    FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR LAKE KIVU GAS
 [207 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE    SCIMITAR DRILLS NEW WELL
 [41 words]   [FREE]
AFRICA    "CES MESSIEURS AFRIQUE/2; DES RESEAUX AUX LOBBIES
 [235 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
GHANA
VRA FACES MAJOR LOSS
   The Volta River Authority (VRA) says it will incur an estimated loss of over 120 billion cedis ($6.6 million) by the end of the year and that the shortfall will be carried over to  (...)  [264 words]   [$7]
KENYA
THREE POWER PACTS SIGNED
   Kenya Power Co. has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Corp. for the design and construction of the Kipuvu I power plant project on an existing plant site near Mombassa.  (...)  [154 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
ETHIOPIA    POWER SHEDDING
 [226 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA    INVESTORS LINE UP
 [111 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA    FAMILIARIZATION REPORT ON RURAL ENERGY
 [172 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTHERN AFRICA    SEMINAR
 [94 words]   [$2,1]

MINING
ZAMBIA
NKAMA AND NCHANGA SALE IMMINENT?
   The state-owned Zambian copper mining company ZCCM appeared last week on the verge of selling two of its biggest mines, Nkama and Nchanga, to the Kafue Consortium made up of Avmin,  (...)  [238 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
EXPERTS AGAINST BINDURA SELL-OFF
   The government's recently-finalized acquisition of a 20% stake in Bindura Nickel from Anglo American (AEM 213) so that it could be sold to local investors went against the advise  (...)  [366 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
THE GENCOR-GOLD FIELDS ALLIANCE
   Gencor and Gold Fields of South Africa have formed the world's second-ranking gold producer by merging their gold mining units and pooling mineral rights.  (...)  [381 words]   [$7]
MAURITANIA
GUELB MOGHREIN TO START IN 1999
   Australia's General Gold Resources has handed Kvaerner of Norway the engineering and development contract for its Guelb Moghrein copper-gold project.  (...)  [171 words]   [$7]
MAURITANIA
REX DIAMOND IN REGUIBAT
   Following on the heels of Ashton Mining, which won a concession measuring close to 60,000 sq.km. on the Reguibat plateau, Rex Mining has made its debut in the same region of Mauritania  (...)  [212 words]   [$7]
CANADA
DE BEERS BACK IN BUSINESS
   According to an official from MIBA, the bidding for the company's entire diamond output for August was won by Britmont, a company linked to De Beers.  (...)  [478 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
REX IS DIAMOND WORKS GO-BETWEEN
   Rex Diamonds, which has assets in Sierra Leone and South Africa -- and which last week announced the acquisition of a licence in Mauritania (see below) -- has put its Antwerp-based  (...)  [551 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
BOTSWANA    ASHTON MINING TO HELP FINANCING SCHEME
 [105 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA    MAJESTIC TO REVIVE MINE
 [193 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA    MINING INDUSTRY
 [120 words]   [$2,1]
CANADA    COPPER FIND FOR ANVIL MINING
 [158 words]   [$2,1]
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