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Philippe Vasset
AFRICA Editor in Chief
Bill Clinton’s African Oil Connections
The foundation of former Democrat president Bill Clinton thrived in part from donations from persons who have made a mint out of oil in Africa. Secret up to now, the contributions enabled a handful of businessmen to take part in the welfare activities of the foundation in Africa but also to develop personal links with Clinton, who remains a leading figure in American public life. (...)   [622 words]   [$11,2]
   
 
AFRICA
Beijing & Taiwan Mend Fences
   After pinching each other’s licenses in Chad, China and Taiwan have signed a non-aggression pact of sorts in Africa. In late December, Beijing’s China National Offshore Oil Corporation (...)
 [280 words]   [$7]
 
 
SIERRA LEONE
8 Investments Gambles- and Loses
   Present in Sierra Leone’s offshore since 2003, the Las Vegas company 8 Investments has seen its stakes pre-empted by its partner, Elixir Petroleum.  (...)  [251 words]   FREE
 
SOMALIA
Puntland Hit by Crisis
   The firm Africa Oil which explored the only two licenses in Puntland has had to wind down its operations because of heavy losses in 2008.  (...)  [350 words]   [$7]
GABON
ENI Returns to Gabon
   The Italian major ENI has regained a foothold in Gabon after a four-year-long absence. It has signed six E&P contracts in the country’s onshore and offshore.  (...)  [192 words]   [$7]

Libreville    Vaalco to Start Producing on New Field This Month
 [87 words]   [$2,1]
Abuja    Work Resumes on Escravos Terminal
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Kampala    Tullow Upsets the Antelopes
 [99 words]   [$2,1]
GUINEA
Reshuffling the Deck
   The bloodless putsch at Christmas could spell changes in the oil sector.  (...)  [225 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
Chavez’s African Bluff
   Venezuela president Hugo Chavez’s flurry of announcements concerning oil cooperation with African countries has so far resulted in no concrete project.  (...)  [236 words]   [$7]

NIGERIA
Shortage of Gas for Power Plants
   Officials in Nigeria’s power sector are putting their money on diversifying sources at a time when several stations suffer from a shortage of fuel.  (...)  [278 words]   [$7]
GHANA
Feverish Plans for Jubilee
   An announcement by Kosmos and Tullow Oil that gas will start flowing from the Jubilee field in 2011 has fuelled plans for the construction of power plants and a petrochemical complex.  (...)  [181 words]   [$7]

Algiers    Testing Medgaz
 [125 words]   [$2,1]
Abuja    Flex LNG Backs Away
 [72 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
Sonatrach Stalks LionGas
   Will Algeria’s Sonatrach make the sort of breakthrough in the Netherlands that has always eluded it in France?  (...)  [258 words]   [$7]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Enerca Calls for Help
   The World Bank is expected at the end of January to approve an emergency loan of USD 8 million to the cash-strapped CAR.  (...)  [201 words]   [$7]
CENTRAL AFRICA
Indians on the March
   The Indian firm Angelique International Ltd has picked up contracts for numerous power projects in Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and in the Central African Republic.  (...)  [169 words]   [$7]

Algiers    Huge Investments for Sonelgaz
 [93 words]   [$2,1]
Pretoria    Cost Overruns for New Power Stations
 [200 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
Provisional Now Permanent?
   In late December the British group Aggreko won an extension of its contract for the 50 MW emergency power plant at Kiira in eastern Uganda.  (...)  [289 words]   [$7]

gulf of guinea
Constantine Ogunbiyi
   Nigeria’s Constantine Ogunbiyi has just been named executive director and member of the board of Afren Plc.  (...)  [71 words]   [FREE]
 
KENYA
Selest Kilinda
   After suspending George Okungu as boss of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki named Selest Kilinda on Jan.  (...)  [117 words]   [$7]
 
NIGERIA
Chief Ufot Ekaette
   Nigerian president Umaru Yar’Adua seized the occasion of a major government reshuffle at the end of last year to create the post of minister for development of the Niger Delta and handing the job to Chief Ufor Ekaette.  (...)  [204 words]   [$7]
GHANA
Richard Kwame Peprah
   In early January, Ghana’s new president, John Atta-Mills, named Richard Kwame Peprah as chairman of the energy sub-committee that will oversee the transition between one team of senior officials at the ministry to another.  (...)  [177 words]   [$7]

ALGERIA
Sonelgaz
 [115 words]   [$2,1]
 
ALGERIA
Sonatrach
 [96 words]   [$2,1]
 
NIGERIA
NNPC
 [119 words]   [$2,1]

SUDAN
Crucial Year for Abiyei
   The next six months will be decisive with regards the border dispute between the authorities in the north and south of Sudan over the oil-rich Sudanese region of Abeyei.  (...)  [145 words]   [$2,1]
 
ETHIOPIA
Separatists on Warpath
   The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) announced in early January that it would not allow a scheduled resumption of exploration work in Ogaden in south-east Ethiopia by the Malaysian  (...)  [158 words]   [$2,1]
 
CONGO-K/ANGOLA
Where is JDZ’s Money?
   Congo-K’s deputy prime minister, Emile Bongeli, found himself being grilled in the Senate in late December concerning the government’s failure to include revenue from Kinshasa’s joint  (...)  [232 words]   [$2,1]
GHANA
Extending the EEZ?
   Ghana’s energy ministry announced in late December that it wished to extend the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).  (...)  [182 words]   [$2,1]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Emirates
 [68 words]   [$2,1]
 
UNITED KINGDOM
PricewaterhouseCoopers
 [127 words]   [$2,1]
 
TANZANIA
SNC-Lavalin
 [111 words]   [$2,1]

SOUTH AFRICA
Captain Jumps Ship
   The financial director of South Africa’s power utility Eskom, Bongani Nqwaba, has been poached by Anglo Platinum, an affiliate of Anglo American, in the very midst of a delicate operation  (...)  [195 words]   [$2,1]
NAMIBIA
EU Funds Interconnection
   The European Investment Bank is putting up EUR 35 million towards construction of an interconnector at Caprivi in Namibia that will serve as a key link in the Southern African Power  (...)  [124 words]   [$2,1]
 
NIGERIA
Epilogue to Wilbros Probe
   The Justice Department’s Criminal Division has wound up an investigation lasting over two years by indicting the former chief of the international department of the Wilbros oil services  (...)  [159 words]   [$2,1]
 
GHANA
Pre-Production Lectures
   Seizing the occasion of a change in Ghana’s government (see Page 8), leading Western donors are putting together a program to carefully supervise the way Ghana will manage future oil  (...)  [180 words]   [$2,1]

Johannesburg
Paulinus Shilamba
 [112 words]   [$2,1]
Khartoum
Parviz Fattah
 [98 words]   [$2,1]
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