previous Archive n° 642  - 12/22/2010 next  
Philippe Vasset
NIGERIA Editor in Chief
Shell To Be Grilled by Dutch Legislators
For the first time ever in the Netherlands, the Dutch parliament in The Hague will examine Royal/Dutch Shell ’s operations in the Niger Delta at a hearing on January 26. The Hague is also the historical headquarters of the Anglo-Dutch major. (...)   [630 words]   [$11,2]
   
 
IVORY COAST
Oil Keeps Gbagbo in Business
   Deprived of support from donors who consider Alassane Ouattara as Ivory Coast’s elected president, Laurent Gbagbo is being forced to use oil and gas receipts to keep his disputed government (...)
 [257 words]   [$7]
 
 
SOMALIA
Beijng to Roll Out the Red Carpet
   CNOOC is trying to win oil concessions directly from Somaliland after initially negotiating with Somalia’s central government, which has no say in the breakaway region.  (...)  [258 words]   FREE
 
UGANDA
Tullow & ENI in Bare Knuckle Fight
   Tullow and ENI are each seeking control of block 3A, and a diplomatic dispatch published by Wikileaks reveals just how rough the fight has become.  (...)  [413 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
Total Makes Life Hard for Shell
   Shell is auctioning off shares in four marginal fields but France’s Total, which holds stakes on the blocks, refuses to associate itself with the operation.  (...)  [279 words]   [$7]

Kinshasa    Soco Drills Third Well
 [64 words]   [$2,1]
Accra    Vitol Builds Up Empire
 [99 words]   [$2,1]
Abuja    SacOil's First Acquisition
 [65 words]   [$2,1]
Abuja    Afren Waiting for Confirmation on OML 26
 [103 words]   [$2,1]
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Grynberg Loses His License
   Prevented from exploring his concession in Central African Republic, the American oilman Jack Grynberg has lost all rights on the acreage but is to be compensated.  (...)  [254 words]   [$7]

TANZANIA
Songas Waiting Upgrade OK
   Partners on the Songo Song gas block are waiting for a green light from the Tanzanian authorities to boost the field’s capacity.  (...)  [316 words]   [$7]
CAMEROON
Logbaba Set to Produce in 2011
   Delayed by a few technical hitches, the Logbaba gas field operated by Victoria Oil & Gas will start supplying Douala only next year.  (...)  [237 words]   [$7]

TANZANIA    Major Structure Discovered
 [124 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
Vale Puts Its Money on CBM
   The Brazilian mining giant Vale is currently negotiating the acquisition of the first three coal bed methane (CBM) concessions with Mozambique.  (...)  [246 words]   [$7]

CONGO-K
Race is On for Inga 3 Contract
   Congo-K’s energy ministry is due to unveil the shortlist of companies competing to operate the new Inga 3 dam on December 26.  (...)  [230 words]   [$7]
RWANDA/TUNISIA
STEG Forges a Promising Tie
   Tunisia’s STEG is positioning itself on Rwanda’s electricity market just as donors are coming through with a number of major loans.  (...)  [240 words]   [$7]

Bissau    Santa Claus Brings Electricity
 [130 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE
Vale Seeks an Operator
   Executives from Vale presented the state of play on the Brazilian mining behemoth’s project for a coal-fired, 600 MW power plant at Moatize to Mozambique energy minister Salvador Namburete and deputy finance minister Pedro Couto on Dec.  (...)  [312 words]   [$7]

CONGO-K
Jean Muganza
   A complete shake-up in Congo-K’s hydrocarbons ministry was confirmed by the minister on Dec. 13. The minister in question, Celestin Mbuyu Kabango, appointed a new private secretary, Jean Muganza, in succession to Dieudonne Moto Mumba who wasn’t deemed sufficiently qualified on exploration and production questions (he hailed from the downstream sector).  (...)  [136 words]   [$7]
 
NIGER
Ado Mahaman
   A shake-up of Niger’s hydrocarbons ministry by the new minister, Djibou Salamatou Gourouza (AEI 639 ), was given a green light at a cabinet meeting on Dec.  (...)  [138 words]   [$7]
 
MOROCCO
Jay Bhattacherjee
   The Longreach company registered in Jersey and active in Morocco recently recruited Jay Bhattacherjee as its vice president in charge of operations.  (...)  [132 words]   [$7]
IVORY COAST
Augustin Komoe Kouadio
   Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, whose election is being hotly disputed by the international community, preferred in the end to name one of his close associates, Augustin Komoe Kouadio, as oil and mines minister.  (...)  [143 words]   [$7]

NIGERIA
PHCN
 [109 words]   [$2,1]
 
ALGERIA
Sonatrach
 [101 words]   [$2,1]
 
NIGERIA
NNPC
 [122 words]   [$2,1]

 
ANGOLA/CONGO-K
Leaders to Rule on Boundary
   Africa Energy Intelligence understands that a new joint committee on the maritime boundary dispute between Democratic Republic Congo and Angola will be set up early in the new yea  (...)  [215 words]   [$2,1]
 
ZAMBIA
Okay In Sight for Exploration
   Due to a lack of proper legislation, seven companies which had been picked by Zambia in November, 2009, to explore for oil in the country were forced to cool their heels while waiting  (...)  [151 words]   [$2,1]
CHAD
A Family’s Grip on Oil Money
   Chad will start directly marketing 44,000 bpd of crude, its share of oil extracted from the Doba field by Exxon-Mobil, on January 1.  (...)  [153 words]   [$2,1]
NIGER
Tandja in Cyclone’s Eye
   Niger’s government is on the verge of filing suit against former president Mamadou Tandja who was toppled in a military putsch on Feb.  (...)  [145 words]   [$2,1]

CONGO-B
Macleod Dixon
 [108 words]   [$2,1]
 
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Emile Bizon
 [97 words]   [$2,1]
 
BENIN
TGS Nopec
 [115 words]   [$2,1]

CENTRAL AFRICA
Donors Look at Micro Power
   A major conference of donors to developing countries in Brussels on Dec.  (...)  [170 words]   [$2,1]
 
IVORY COAST
Banks Get the Jitters
   Busy in putting together a USD 200 million loan to finance its share of development of the Baobab field, the Swedish firm Svenska Petroleum dropped everything following the refusal  (...)  [152 words]   [$2,1]
 
NIGERIA
KBR Buys Peace of Mind
   As Africa Energy Intelligence suggested might be the case, Nigeria’s threats against KBR early this month concealed a demand for a financial settlement in advance of next year’s presidential  (...)  [133 words]   [$2,1]
GHANA
Tema Waiting for Go-Ahead
   Although the firm Aldwych International succeeded in October in putting together a financial package for the construction of its combined cycle power plant (126 MW) at Tema Osonor  (...)  [96 words]   [$2,1]
GHANA
BM Funding Put Back
   Planned to coincide with the inauguration of the Jubilee field on Dec.  (...)  [134 words]   [$2,1]

Abuja
Amadou Toumani Toure
 [86 words]   [$2,1]
 
Pretoria
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
 [60 words]   [$2,1]
 
Abuja
Goodluck Jonathan
 [80 words]   [$2,1]
  previous Archive n° 642  - 12/22/2010 next  

Archives
   
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
N°642 - 22.12.2010
N°641 - 12.06.2010
N°640 - 11.24.2010
N°639 - 11.10.2010
N°638 - 10.26.2010
N°637 - 10.13.2010
N°636 - 09.29.2010
N°635 - 09.15.2010
N°634 - 09.01.2010
N°633 - 07.28.2010
N°632 - 07.14.2010
N°631 - 06.30.2010
N°630 - 06.16.2010
N°629 - 06.02.2010
N°628 - 05.19.2010
N°627 - 04.28.2010
N°626 - 04.14.2010
N°625 - 03.31.2010
N°624 - 03.17.2010
N°623 - 03.03.2010
N°622 - 02.17.2010
N°621 - 02.03.2010
N°620 - 01.20.2010
N°619 - 01.06.2010
Latest issue


top of the page |  Last edition  |  French Edition  |  My account  |  Subscribe  |  Terms and Conditions  |  FAQ  |  Contacts  |   Legal Notices  | top of the page

Africa Intelligence | West Africa Newsletter | The Indian Ocean Newsletter | Maghreb Confidential |
Africa Energy Intelligence | Africa Mining Intelligence | Top African Leaders |
Africa Business Intelligence | African Government & Political News | Intelligence Online