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Philippe Vasset
CONGO Editor in Chief
Wedding Bells for Maurel and Prom and Burren?
Envied for its success and the ever-rising price of its shares on the Stock Exchange, the French junior Maurel and Prom wants to move into higher gear by expanding its portfolio and increasing its market capitalization. Merger with Burren? Announced over six months ago, Maurel and Prom's transformation from a limited partnership to a limited liability company is scheduled to be confirmed by a shareholder meeting on Dec. (...)   [672 words]   [$11,2]
Chinese Move on Offshore?
   After making headway in Nigeria, Angola and Gabon, Chinese oil companies are looking at the Logone Birni and Rio Del Rey basins in Cameroon where Total already operates, notably on Kole, Bavo-Asoma, Boa and Ekoundoiu. (...)  [114 words]   [$7]
OIL & GAS
CONGO-K
Oil in Central Basin
   Tests have identified oil reserves in the central province of Bandundu.  (...)  [206 words]   [$7]
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Triple Role for Equator
   The Equator firm, which has just been listed on London's Alternative Investment Market, serves as Sao Tome's adviser, the only seismic operator in the country and the lone holder of rights in Sao Tome's offshore.  (...)  [220 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
Transparency a Growth Business
   Nigeria has just hired the firm of David Goldwyn, former assistant secretary of energy for international affairs, to help improve transparency in Nigeria's oil industry.  (...)  [397 words]   [$7]
BENIN/NIGERIA
South Atlantic Grabs Seme
   Nigeria's South Atlantic group has made its debut on the only field in Benin known to house proven reserves.  (...)  [312 words]   [$7]
MAURITANIA
The Emirates Moving In
   A company owned by sheikh Abdullah Bin Saeed al Thani has made its debut in the country. It's the second group from the United Arab Emirates to plant its flag in Mauritania's offshore  (...)  [242 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
Chinese Miss Out on Refinery
   The Algerian authorities ruled that CNPC's bid for the Skikda refinery project didn't conform to specifications and are organizing a new tender.  (...)  [219 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
Sonatrach Dusts Off Tinhert Plan
   Scrapped in 2001, the project to develop the Tinhert gas field south of Illizi will be the next to be put out tender to foreign companies by Sonatrach.  (...)  [109 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
LIBYA    Seismics on Woodside's Acreage
 [85 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO    Independents Line up for W. Sahara Acreage
 [186 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    Sanha Bomboco Starts Producing
 [64 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
NIGERIA
Henry McPepple
   The chairman of the Nigerian oil services group Adamac/Suffolk Petroleum, Henry McPepple was arrested and then released last month on the orders of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crime Commission.  (...)  [88 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
O. Andriamahefaparany
   An engineer who studied in Germany, Olivier Andriamahefaparany, last week took over from Jacky Rabarison as energy and mines minister in a government re-shuffle.  (...)  [152 words]   [$7]
UNITED STATES
George Kirkland
   Manager of Chevron's Nigerian affiliate for nearly eight years, George Kirkland, who had headed Chevron Overseas Petroleum since 2001, was appointed executive vice president for exploration and production.  (...)  [108 words]   [$7]
UNITED KINGDOM
Kevin Lant
   A former executive at Conoco, Asamera and Anadarko, the U.S. national Kevin Lant has just been appointed exploration director for Circle Oil, a company set up last year by the mining entrepreneur David Hough that was listed on London's Alternative Investment Market in October.  (...)  [141 words]   [$7]
CAMEROON
Alphone Siyam Siwe
   Named energy and water supply minister in the new government of prime minister Inoni Ephraim last week, Alphone Siyam Siwe had previously been manager of Douala port for the past five years.  (...)  [109 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
NIGERIA    Transparency in the Nigerian Economy
 [135 words]   [$2,1]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA    Oil and Gas in Equatorial Guinea
 [100 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
BURKINA FASO
Wartsila Lands $17m Deal
   Finland's Wartsila is a big winner of a major World Bank project to back Burkina Faso's power sector.  (...)  [259 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
IPTL Packing Up?
   Malaysia's Mechmar that has operated the Tegela station since 2000 could quit the country.  (...)  [280 words]   [$7]


GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
CONGO-K
New Bosses at the Helm
   Congo-K's government has lost little time in replacing the general managers of Societe Nationale d'Electricite (SNEL) and Congolaise des Hydrocarbures (Cohydro) who were suspended  (...)  [221 words]   [$7]
GABON
Riot in Forest
   A clash that claimed two lives at the Panthere Nze field operated by Canada's Panafrican Energy in the south-east of the country last week was the latest episode in stormy relations  (...)  [173 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
Changes in President's Staff
   Chief of staff to president Jose Eduardo dos Santos over the past year, Carlos Maria da Silva Feijo, who had become one of the Angolan leader's prime advisers in recent years, was  (...)  [190 words]   [$7]
CAMEROON/NIGERIA
New Delay on Bakassi
   Scheduled for Dec. 7, a meeting of the joint Cameroon-Nigeria commission to discuss the Bakassi issue has been put back to Feb.  (...)  [109 words]   [$7]
LIBYA
Canada's Turn
   On the heels of Jacques Chirac, Silvio Berlusconi and Tony Blair, Canadian prime minister Paul Martin is visiting Libya in his turn.  (...)  [88 words]   [$7]

STATE-OWNED COMPANIES
Sonatrach    A Vintage Year
 [73 words]   [$2,1]
NOC    Terms of Oasis Pact
 [102 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA GAS COMPANY    Soon to be Dismantled
 [112 words]   [$2,1]
Petroleum Commission of Gambia    Licensing Round in Offshore
 [91 words]   [$2,1]

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
SAUDI ARABIA
   Correction
 [62 words]   [FREE]
CONGO-B
   Light at End of Tunnel
 [317 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
   Big Asset Freeze
 [122 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
   First Calgary Seeks Buyer
 [132 words]   [$7]

CONSULTANTS
Cassidy and Associates    Malabo's Mouthpiece
 [134 words]   [$2,1]
HSBC    Opening an Office in Libya
 [109 words]   [$2,1]
Morgan Stanley    New Boss in Houston
 [48 words]   [$2,1]
Norplan    Kenya Contract
 [67 words]   [$2,1]
Unit 4 Agresso    Contract with EEPCO
 [21 words]   [FREE]
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