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Philippe Vasset
AFRICA Editor in Chief
Gulf Firms Eyeing Acreage in Africa
With their pockets bulging from cash generated by surging oil prices, privately-owned conglomerates in the Gulf are all seeking to diversify their investments beyond their borders, primarily in the energy sector. Several among them are angling to operate in Africa. (...)   [723 words]   [$11,2]
New Licensing Round
   After recently awarding block R – formerly block E – to South Africa’s Ophir, the Equatorial Guinea government is planning to sell another concession in its offshore. (...)  [113 words]   [$7]
OIL & GAS
ANGOLA
New Attack on Galp
   After trying in vain to invest in Portugal’s Galp through the Carlyle equity firm, Angola’s Sonangol has returned to the charge.  (...)  [293 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
Khartoum Targets 600,000 bpd
   In a speech on Nov. 29, Sudanese president Omar Beshir announced his country would be turning out 600,000 bpd from the first half of 2006.  (...)  [343 words]   [$7]
CONGO-K
Energulf Steals a March
   The U.S. group Energulf has been awarded one of the “coastal licenses” for which a dozen companies have been competing for months.  (...)  [143 words]   [$7]
GABON
Asian Oil Middle-Man
   A Singapore-based firm, Marvis, is finding Asian investors on behalf of Gabon’s oil ministry.  (...)  [176 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
Shell Teams Up with Sunlink
   Taking its cue from Total and Agip, which have recently joined forces with Nigerian firms, RoyalDutch/Shell has tied up with Sunlink Petroleum.  (...)  [300 words]   [$7]
LIBYA
Italians Vying for Tamoil
   The Italian groups API and ERG have joined the bidding to buy Libya’s Tamoil trading company.  (...)  [183 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
Chinese Picked for Skikda
   Although Western companies won the contract to build the giant liquefaction train at Skikda the work has been farmed out Chinese firms.  (...)  [126 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
Sonatrach Could Lose UK Access
   Algeria’s Sonatrach is in danger of losing the special access it has enjoyed to the re-gasification terminal on the Isle of Grain.  (...)  [262 words]   [$7]
AFRICA/UNITED STATES
Carlyle in Africa Oil Play
   The U.S. equity fund Carlyle has just invested in a new company founded by former bosses of Unocal.  (...)  [153 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
ALGERIA    Production Sinks at Rhourde El Baguel
 [115 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA    Major Seismic Campaign
 [104 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA    A Turkish-Indian Tandem
 [93 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    New Concession for Syntroleum
 [86 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    Bonga In Production
 [66 words]   [$2,1]
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE    Chevron to Drill in January
 [54 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA    Dana Lowers Sights
 [73 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA    Antrim Pulls Out
 [87 words]   [$2,1]
ANGOLA    Terms of Bidding Round
 [71 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
UNITED KINGDOM
Phil Edmonds
   Chairman and founder of the White Nile oil company that is claiming ownership of Total’s old block B in southern Sudan, the former cricket champion Phil Edmonds is about to float a new company active in African natural resources on London’s Alternative Investment Market.  (...)  [270 words]   [$7]
CONGO-B
Olivier Mensah
   In charge of Maurel & Prom’s operations in Congo, Olivier Mensah now finds himself running a 50-member team. The group recently hired a number of new executives for its operations in the Congo.  (...)  [210 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
Chekib Khelil
   A power vacuum in Algiers has left the country’s energy minister Chakib Khelil somewhat isolated and vulnerable. Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika underwent an operation for ulcers in France on Nov.  (...)  [212 words]   [$7]
CONGO-K
Onyema Anazonwu
   Chairman and founder of the U.S. firm Deblin Oil & Gas, Onyema Anazonwu, an American businessman of Nigerian origin , has become one of the leading advisers of Congo-K’s Cohydro.  (...)  [125 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
WEST AFRICA    Nigeria Oil & Gas 2006
 [270 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
KENYA
Study on Private Operators
   Two South African academics have compared the game plans of different private operators in Kenya.  (...)  [260 words]   [$7]
CONGO-K
Major Loan for Inga
   The World Bank is making plans for an extensive loan program for Congo-K’s power sector in 2007.  (...)  [289 words]   [$7]
GHANA
Sinohydro to Build Bui Plant
   The Ghanaian government last month signed a MOU with the China Water Resources & Hydropower Construction Group (Sinohydro) that provided for the Chinese group to build a power plant  (...)  [174 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
MOROCCO    Second Interconnection with Madrid in May
 [87 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA    First Indian Projects
 [48 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA/SUDAN    Interconnection Study Finished
 [72 words]   [$2,1]

GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
CONGO-B
South African Cooperation
   South African president Thabo Mbeki spent 24 hours in Brazzaville last week before moving on to attend the Franco-African summit at Bamako during the weekend.  (...)  [128 words]   [$7]
MAURITANIA
Showing New Flag in U.S.
   Mauritania’s new oil minister, Mohamed Ali Ould Sidi Mohamed, winged his way to Washington last week to take part in the Africa Oil & Gas Forum organized by the Corporate Council on  (...)  [133 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
Brazilian Offer
   Two Brazilian ministers on a visit to Algiers last week, energy minister Silas Rondeau and development and trade minister Luiz Fernando Furlan, proposed setting up a partnership between  (...)  [74 words]   [FREE]
RUSSIA
Russia’s North African Tour
   Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov traveled in late November to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia to push the idea of a conference on the Middle East in Moscow and to negotiate several  (...)  [223 words]   [$7]
AFRICA/CHINA
Chinese Take to Road
   No less than three official Chinese delegations have crisscrossed Africa in past weeks. Deputy prime minister Huang Ju dropped in on Tunisia, Guinea, Botswana and Madagascar.  (...)  [167 words]   [$7]

STATE-OWNED COMPANIES
sonatrach    Agreement with Valero
 [66 words]   [$2,1]
seeg    Contract with Perenco
 [82 words]   [$2,1]
eleme petrochemicals ltd    Bought by Private Indonesian Firm
 [74 words]   [$2,1]
sonangol    New Gas Affiliate
 [164 words]   [$2,1]

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
The Party’s Refinery
   According to The Indian Ocean Newsletter (Indigo Publications), a sister publication of Africa Energy Intelligence, the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi party in Dar es Salaam is poised  (...)  [175 words]   [$7]
World Bank Finances South
   A fund in favor of southern Sudan that is administered by the World Bank disbursed a first $20 million installment at the end of November.  (...)  [123 words]   [$7]
Traders Identified
   According to La Lettre du Continent (Indigo Publications), a sister publication of Africa Energy Intelligence, the Dechert law firm has produced a list of go-betweens in the sale of  (...)  [209 words]   [$7]
Funds Shun Kerr McGee
   Two Swedish pension funds, Ohman Funds and AP Funds, announced in late November that they had decided to sell their holdings in Kerr McGee, the U.  (...)  [174 words]   [$7]
Commission Calls for Bids
   The European Commission will issue a call to bids next April for proposals for projects that could be financed by a EUR220 million Energy Facility under a program headed by the Development  (...)  [78 words]   [FREE]

CONSULTANTS
swicorp    African Investment Funds
 [214 words]   [$2,1]
firstenergy    Partnership with Societe Generale
 [201 words]   [$2,1]
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