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Philippe Vasset
AFRICA Editor in Chief
Majors Seek Political Guarantees
Increasingly called upon to share revenue from their operations, oil companies working in Africa are resorting to establishing partnerships (...)   [659 words]   [$11,2]
Coparex Rises from Ashes
   Lundin is selling one of its Tunisian concessions to former executives of Coparex, a French company which it bought last year. (...)  [176 words]   [$7]
OIL & GAS
SOUTH AFRICA
Petronas to Drop Energy Africa?
   After failing in a bid to take over Energy Africa, Malaysia's Petronas appears set to sell its stake in the South African oil company.  (...)  [310 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
Promising Start for Traders
   Two new trading companies that have just set up shop in South Africa. Canada's DiamondWorks and an affiliate of Russia's Lukoil, can already count on solid connections.  (...)  [430 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
Total Signs On Dotted Line
   France's Total group has just signed a production sharing agreement on a concession it was discreetly awarded last December.  (...)  [177 words]   [$7]
NIGER
Junior Mounts Legal Challenge
   The Canadian junior TG Energy is taking legal action against Niger's government for cancelling its rights and handing the license to China's CNPC.  (...)  [285 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
Chevron's Two Dry Wells
   According to AEI sources, two out of three wells drilled by ChevronTexaco on its African concessions in the first half of 2003 turned up dry.  (...)  [200 words]   [$7]


WHO'S WHO
NIGERIA
Jackson Gaius Obaseki
   Africa Energy Intelligence understands that a report that president Olusegun Obasanjo asked Alhaji Lawan Buba, a former director of NNPC, to draft concerning the chairmanship of Jackson Gaius Obaseki has begun circulating in ruling circles in Nigeria.  (...)  [135 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
Liyel Imoke
   For the second time in less than five years, Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed the board of the Nigerian Electrical Power Authority (NEPA) and replaced it by a technical panel chaired by electricity minister Liyel Imoke.  (...)  [128 words]   [$7]
CHAD
Nasser Mahamat Hassan
   The breakdown of an agreement signed on the eve of elections in 2001 between the Rassemblement pour la Democratie et le Progres (RDP) and Chad president Idriss Deby's Movement Patriotique du Salut (MPS) has led to the resignation of two ministers, including energy minister Mahamat Allahou Taher.  (...)  [241 words]   [$7]
AFRICA/ITALY
Vittorio Mincato
   The chairman of ENI, Vittorio Mincato, paid a discreet visit to the Gulf of Guinea last week to examine the question of diversifying his group's operations in the region, particularly in gas.  (...)  [83 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
NIGERIA    Nigeria Oil & Gas
 [98 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA    World LNG Summit
 [144 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
ANGOLA
Capanda Operational in 2004
   Two full years behind schedule, the Capanda dam in Angola is due to begin operating early next year.  (...)  [245 words]   [$7]
CONGO-B
Expansion Plan for Djoue?
   Major power projects are still in the works in Congo-Brazzaville. After starting construction of the Imboulou dam the government is thinking of extending the Djoue dam. Then will come a power station at Brazzaville.  (...)  [214 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
Alstom Gets Nod for Merowe
   After a lot of strenuous lobbying, France's Alstom group has won the contract to supply equipment for the Merowe power station at a time when it finds itself in dire financial straits.  (...)  [209 words]   [$7]
LIBYA
Lobbying Pays Off for Seoul
   Thanks to a leg-up from government and corporate circles, Korea Electric has joined the tiny band of partners of Libya's GECOL.  (...)  [192 words]   [$7]
CONGO-K
Mbeki Calls on EDF For Inga Dam
   During an official visit to Paris last week, South African president Thabo Mbeki called on several occasions for Electricite de France to join a consortium set up by Eskom Enterprises,  (...)  [236 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
SENEGAL    IPP Contract Left Hanging
 [85 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA    Tanesco Submits Application to World Bank
 [66 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR    Ultimatum to Jirama
 [111 words]   [$2,1]

GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
A Stab at Transparency
   To fend off growing criticism of its rulers, Equatorial Guinea is ready to allow the International Monetary Fund to publish a report on its latest consultations with the country under  (...)  [195 words]   [$7]
LIBYA/RUSSIA
Sanctions Lifted
   Without waiting for Washington restore ties with Tripoli (see above), Russian president Vladmir Putin signed a decree on Nov. 21 that lifted Russian sanctions against Libya.  (...)  [208 words]   [$7]
UNITED STATES/LIBYA
What to Do After Lockerbie?
   The conference ?Libya's Relations with the World? held last week at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington provided some insight into the various strategies  (...)  [250 words]   [$7]

STATE-OWNED COMPANIES
ETAP    Teaming up with OMV
 [140 words]   [$2,1]
NNPC    Higher Budget
 [142 words]   [$2,1]
VOLTA RIVER AUTHORITY    Bargaining with World Bank
 [145 words]   [$2,1]

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
CONGO-B
   CORAF's Subsidies
 [145 words]   [$7]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
   Deutsche Bank's Advisers
 [122 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
   Trimming Its Debt
 [265 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
   World Bank to Veto Oil Loans?
 [140 words]   [$7]

CONSULTANTS
LAMBERT ENERGY    Advising Petronas
 [118 words]   [$2,1]
PM COMMUNICATIONS    Lobbying for Nigeria
 [185 words]   [$2,1]
FUGRO    Thales Geosolution Changes Hands
 [98 words]   [$2,1]
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