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Philippe Vasset
SUDAN Editor in Chief
Fresh Push in Oil Exploration
Nearly two years following a peace treaty between the North and South in Sudan, former rebels in the south and the ex-central government have reached agreement on the practical terms of sharing power in the oil sector. The compromise is likely to be quickly followed by the granting of several new exploration concessions in the both parts of the country. (...)   [672 words]   [$11,2]
Pilatus Has Right Connections
   In a matter of months, the small Swiss group Pilatus Energy has built up an African portfolio with the help of a few middlemen who can knock on presidential doors. (...)  [274 words]   [$7]
OIL & GAS
SOUTH AFRICA
Global Loses its Case
   South Africa’s Constitutional Court has just put a halt to the judicial fight the American firm Global Offshore has been conducting for the past two years against South Africa’s Petroleum Agency for control of the Tugela basin.  (...)  [346 words]   [$7]
NAMIBIA
All Eyes on New Gas Prospects
   Although Tullow Oil hasn’t yet begun developing its huge Kudu gas field, oil companies are displaying a keen interest in nearby areas.  (...)  [265 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
Newcomers to Cabinda
   Now that force majeure has been lifted in the north and central blocks of Cabinda, the consortiums which operated the two concessions are changing and bringing in new partners.  (...)  [238 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Local Companies Try Their Luck
   Like many of their African counter-parts, Kenya’s government is pushing for local groups to acquire oil acreage.  (...)  [213 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
Threat Over OK LNG
   Due to delays, it won’t be possible for the government to approve the OK LNG project before presidential elections in April, to the displeasure of Nigeria’s current leader who is the program’s leading backer.  (...)  [248 words]   [$7]
NIGER
Flurry of Bids for Agadem
   After showing Exxon the door, Niger is negotiating with several companies which appear keen on acquiring the Agadem block.  (...)  [315 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
Fight for Equator’s Block
   Object of a mysterious takeover bid, the British firm Equator, which is in tight financial straits, has asked others suitors to come forward.  (...)  [348 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
LIBYA    Indian Contract
 [65 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    India’s GAIL Seeks LNG
 [103 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    Ukraine Plants its Flag
 [42 words]   [FREE]
SUDAN    Iran Seeks Acreage…
 [39 words]   [FREE]
SUDAN    …and Kuwait invests
 [124 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA    Forest Outlines Plans for Ibhubesi
 [142 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
UNITED STATES/AFRICA
David Wood
   Up to now in charge of Murphy Oil’s international operations, and particularly the firm’s activities in Congo, David Wood has been named the company’s vice president for exploration and production.  (...)  [133 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Kiraitu Murungi
   A year after being caught up in the Anglo Leasing scandal and being forced to resign, energy minister Kiraitu Murungi has been given his old job back by Kenya president Mwai Kibaki who considers he was cleared of the allegations against him.  (...)  [162 words]   [$7]
UNITED KINGDOM/AFRICA
William Ward
   Named chairman of Afren early this month, the former secretary general of OPEC and ex Nigerian oil minister Rilwanu Lukman has set up an international advisory board for the company.  (...)  [153 words]   [$7]
FRANCE
Yves-Louis Darricarrere
   As Africa Energy Intelligence anticipated six months ago (No. 420), Total announced on Nov. 14 that Yves-Louis Darricarre, the company’s current managing director for gas and electricity, will take over in February as chief of Total’s exploration and production division in succession to Christophe de Margerie.  (...)  [153 words]   [$7]
UNITED STATES/AFRICA
Herman Cohen
   One of the most active American lobbyists in Africa in the 1990s, the former assistant secretary for African affairs of George Bush Sr.  (...)  [170 words]   [$7]

AGENDA
NORTH AFRICA    5th Annual Maghreb & Mediterranean Oil & Gas 2007
 [71 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA    African Petroleum Forum
 [81 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA    Nigeria Oil & Gas 2007
 [50 words]   [$2,1]
ELECTRICITY
ANGOLA
Second Capanda Phase Launched
   New turbines are to be installed on the Capanda dam that retains much of the Kwanza rapids.  (...)  [170 words]   [$7]
ZAMBIA
Partial Sell-Off for CEC Energy
   After being acquired by a local group in conjunction with Britain’s Aldwych last month, the Copperbelt Energy Corporation plans to float some of its equity on the stock exchange next year.  (...)  [204 words]   [$7]
EAST AFRICA
New Sugar Cane Waste Plant
   Highly developed in the Indian Ocean islands, the use of sugar cane waste to generate power has now spread to East Africa.  (...)  [236 words]   [$7]

AT A GLANCE
NIGERIA    Two Stations Up for Sale
 [85 words]   [$2,1]
EAST AFRICA    French to Start Investing Again?
 [88 words]   [$2,1]
ZIMBABWE    Russian Generators on the Way
 [114 words]   [$2,1]

GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
SUDAN
Pretoria Puts its Money on the South
   A compromise on the share-out of oil rights between north and south in Sudan (see Page 1) was due to be followed immediatly by a visit of the entire South Sudanese government to Pretoria  (...)  [206 words]   [$7]
GERMANY/NORTH AFRICA
Germans in Whirl-Wind Tour
   German foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier made a five-day, whistle-stop tour of North Africa between Nov. 14-19, visiting Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania.  (...)  [269 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
Cloud over Tender
   Recent allegations against two leading Nigerian oil figures, Tony Chukwueke and Edmund Daukoru, could prevent the Nigerian government from organizing a licensing round concerning nearly  (...)  [327 words]   [$7]

STATE-OWNED COMPANIES
PetroSA    Regional Alliance
 [212 words]   [$2,1]
Sonatrach    Pact with GDF in Sight
 [209 words]   [$2,1]

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
AFRICA
Dominion Still Plans Float
   Initially scheduled for this summer, Dominion Petroleum’s flotation on London’s Alternative Investment Market is now being planned for mid-December.  (...)  [150 words]   [$7]
LIBYA
Tamoil Bankrupt?
   While the French bank BNP Paribas is still in talks in London to sell Tamoil, Saif El Islam, son and presumed heir of Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi, told Al Jazeera last week that  (...)  [88 words]   [$7]
UNITED KINGDOM/AFRICA
Bidding Hots Up for Premier
   Although Premier Oil has been talking with Dubai Energy since mid-October, other would-be buyers are showing an interest in the British company.  (...)  [71 words]   [FREE]
RUSSIA/AFRICA
Gazprom at Galp’s Doorstep
   Less than a month after signing a cooperation pact with Angola’s state-owned Sonangol in Moscow, Gazprom is preparing to join the latter as a stakeholder in the Portuguese gas firm  (...)  [112 words]   [$7]
UNITED STATES/AFRICA
Anadarko Sells Assets
   The American firm Anadarko was forced to backtrack on a previous announcement it was putting its Algerian assets up for sale under pressure from Sonatrach which insists on announcing  (...)  [97 words]   [$7]

CONSULTANTS
Africa Risk Consulting    New Investigative Firm
 [163 words]   [$2,1]
Nanes Delorme    Advising Afren
 [122 words]   [$2,1]
Trinity International    Advising Zambian Energy
 [108 words]   [$2,1]
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