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Philippe Vasset
ALGERIA Editor in Chief
New Game Rules for E&P
Algeria's invitation to tender for exploration acreage that closes on Feb. 14, 2001 has aroused strong industry interest. About 20 foreign companies, for the moment, have displayed an interest for part of the six blocks on offer. Two of them are located in the Berkine basin and one in the Illizi basin, two zones whose oil potential has been abundantly proved. (...)   [671 words]   [$11,2]
OIL & GAS
MOROCCO
Exploration Gamble Paid Off
   In less than a week, at the end of November, the Office National de Recherches et d'Exploitations Petrolieres (Onarep) signed three exploration contracts, as the national company had hinted to Africa Energy Intelligence that it would (AEI N°404).  (...)  [308 words]   [$7]


WHO'S WHO
NIGERIA
Kenneth Narebor
   When Kenneth Narebor speaks foreign oil companies operating in Nigeria listen. Secretary-general of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, better known by its acronym Pengassan, Narebor holds considerable power and knows it.  (...)  [125 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Bianrifi Tharmidi
   Prime minister of Comoros until the end of November, Bianrifi Tharmidi was replaced by Hamada Madi "Bolero" who had previously been chief-of-staff to president Assoumani Azzali (see the Indian Ocean Newsletter, Indigo Publications).  (...)  [98 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
Max de Vietri
   So what makes Max de Vietri Run? Holding double Australian and British citizenship and speaking six languages, he crosses Africa from north to south and from east to west, dabbling in oil and gas, gold or diamonds, mineral sands and perhaps platinum as well in the near future.  (...)  [365 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
UNITED KINGDOM    NIGERIA OIL AND GAS SUMMIT
 [125 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA    SUBSIDIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
 [144 words]   [$2,1]
FRANCE    TECHNIQUES OF OFFSHORE PRODUCTION
 [113 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
CONGO-K
A second Inga-Katanga Line
   The Japanese group Kashin has begun talks with the Kinshasa authorities with a view to completing vast projects on the country's infrastructure, according to Kenji Iojima, spokesman  (...)  [270 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
Biopio Start-up in April
   The first tests of one of the four hydroelectric generators at Biopio on the river Catumbela in Benguela province will take place in April 2001.  (...)  [225 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
ZIMBABWE    Eskom Reiterates Interest in ZESA
 [96 words]   [$2,1]
ZIMBABWE    Despite Siemens Work Hwange Incomplete
 [93 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA    Investment Between 1997-2020 Set at $96 Billion
 [64 words]   [$2,1]
GHANA    Headway for Takoradi Project
 [89 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    Companies Take On NEPA
 [153 words]   [$2,1]

STRATEGIES
NIGERIA
A Market Worth $45 Billion
   Already well established in Nigeria's oil and gas industry, American interests are intent on bolstering their position even further in the country in coming years to benefit from what  (...)  [172 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
The Company's African Portfolio
   Australia's Roc Oil Co. Ltd. has just pulled out of Morocco where it had won a reconnaissance license on the Foum Draa Maritime permit.  (...)  [471 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
LESOTHO/UGANDA    The New Dam Busters
 [172 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA    Sonatrach's International Dimension
 [89 words]   [$2,1]

LEGAL ISSUES & FUNDING
TANZANIA
Tanesco Short of Money
   Tanesco's difficult financial situation has combined with the low level of water in the reservoir of the Mtera dam to oblige the utility to ration power in the country.  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA
Gas Power Station in the State of Ekiti
   Two Belgian companies, Brussels Alliance (BVBA) and Inter-Trade in association with Ekotech Nigeria Ltd, are expected to soon start the construction of a gas-driven electricity generating  (...)  [73 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA
Pengassan Protests Over Expatriate Advantages
   The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (Pengassan) has kicked off a campaign to protest over what they see as the unfair advantages that expatriate staff  (...)  [67 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA
Exploration Licenses and Gas Flaring
   Amid a lot of uncertainty over the date when oil companies will have to stop burning off associated gas, the government said its final deadline has been set for 2004.  (...)  [178 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA
Controlling Niger Delta Resources
   During an international conference concerning the Niger Delta, a number of participants called for the founding of a political party that would help residents of the area gain control  (...)  [83 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Regulating Oil Product Prices
   The Kenyan government is preparing a draft bill that provides for the appointment of a commissioner to regulate oil industry operations.  (...)  [123 words]   [$2,1]
ZAMBIA
ZESCO Again Under Fire
   A parliamentary panel has launched a fierce assault on the management of Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation.  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]
CONGO-B
The Social Cost of Privatization
   According to sources cited by the Pana agency, the social cost of privatizing Congo's leading public companies has been estimated at nearly 131 billion CFA francs.  (...)  [135 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA
Faster Procedures for Licenses?
   Nigerian vice-president Atiku Abubakar urged a senior official from Texaco whom he recently received to step up the American group’s exploration efforts.  (...)  [210 words]   [$2,1]
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