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Philippe Vasset
NIGERIA Editor in Chief
Technip Cleared in U.S. but in Court in Paris
Fifteen years after bribing Nigerian officials in order to land a contract to build the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) gas liquefaction plant in Nigeria, the French oil services group Technip succeeded in negotiating a deferred prosecution agreement with the U. (...)   [654 words]   [$11,2]
   
 
ALGERIA
Elysee Palace Pitches for Total
   Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Claude Gueant, secretary-general of the Elysee Palace, defended Total’s cause before the Algerian authorities last month. (...)
 [177 words]   [$7]
 
 
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Gazprom On The Move
   Announced several months ago, Gazprom Neft has finally won holdings on two blocks in Equatorial Guinea while continuing to negotiate elsewhere in the Gulf of Guinea and in Libya.  (...)  [342 words]   FREE
 
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Vanco in Fresh Move on Corisco
   Present on the huge Corisco Deep block since 2000, the American oil group Vanco has penned a new contract with other partners.  (...)  [221 words]   [$7]
CONGO-K
Lake Albert: Chief Aide Under Fire
   The part that president Joseph Kabila’s chief-of-staff played in awarding oil contracts on Lake Albert has stirred ire within the government.  (...)  [310 words]   [$7]

Kampala    Total and CNOOC Buy Into Lake Albert Blocks
 [129 words]   [$2,1]
Kinshasa    Clarification by DGI Group
 [62 words]   [$2,1]
IVORY COAST
Rialto Shifts into Higher Gear
   Australia’s Rialto hired a former executive of Addax just after it won a green light from Abidjan to debut on block CI-202.  (...)  [298 words]   [$7]
GUINEA
Chariot Oil In Strong Offshore Bid
   Executives from the British company Chariot Oil are currently in Conakry to try to buy their way into Guinea’s offshore.  (...)  [261 words]   [$7]

NAMIBIA
Gazprom Ponders Kudu’s Fate
   Russia’s Gazprom still has 16 months to take a decision on whether to develop the Kudu gas field.  (...)  [314 words]   [$7]
CONGO-K
Perenco Gas for Forrest Plant?
   The Franco-British junior has been seeking for three years to find a profitable outlet for its associated gas. One solution would be to supply a new power plant at Muanda.  (...)  [231 words]   [$7]

Kigali    ContourGlobal’s Equipment Starts Arriving on Lake Kivu
 [87 words]   [$2,1]
GHANA
Some Jubilee Gas to be Flared
   Africa Energy Intelligence understands that, contrary to claims by the Ghanaian government, some of the Jubilee field’s associated gas will be flared off until collection networks can be built.  (...)  [306 words]   [$7]

RWANDA/CONGO-K
Ruzizi 3 Well on Track
   This year will prove decisive for financing the Ruzizi 3 power plant and management of the three dams on the river of the same name.  (...)  [272 words]   [$7]
GUINEA BISSAU
When the Electricity Vanishes...
   The World Bank would like to get a private company to run state-owned EAGB which now produces a mere 5.5 MW.  (...)  [330 words]   [$7]


GUINEA
Mahmoud Thiam
   Guinea’s mines minister who also handles the oil brief, Mahmoud Thiam, could retain his post in a government set up following the second round of presidential elections.  (...)  [152 words]   [$7]
TUNISIA
Benoit Debray
   A former deputy chief of the production and drilling department of the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP), the French national Benoit Debray was appointed non-executive chairman of the Canadian concern Candax Energy on June 29.  (...)  [137 words]   [$7]
 
UNITED KINGDOM
Justus van der Spuy
   The boutique bank Ambrian Capital, which advises Chariot Oil & Gas (AEI 623), has set up an affiliate dubbed Ambrian Energy to trade in crude and oil products.  (...)  [144 words]   [$7]
 
UNITED KINGDOM
Helen Tarnoy
   In early July, the co-founder of Aldwych International alongside Mark Fitzpatrick in 2004, Helen Tarnoy took over as head of the British firm which develops several power projects in Africa.  (...)  [158 words]   [$7]

GHANA
GNPC
 [125 words]   [$2,1]
 
SUDAN
Sudapet
 [100 words]   [$2,1]
 
NIGERIA
NNPC
 [101 words]   [$2,1]

NIGERIA
Standoff in the Delta
   The amnesty process for militants from the Niger Delta is marking time.  (...)  [218 words]   [$2,1]
MALI/NIGERIA
Bamako’s New Push for TSGP
   Mali’s government is pushing ahead with its drive to bring Mali into the Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project.  (...)  [167 words]   [$2,1]
 
SUDAN
Rift over Oil Pipeline
   Sudan’s new oil minister, Lual Acuek Deng, who hails from South Sudan, has come out formally against building a new oil pipeline between the province of South Sudan and Kenya.  (...)  [211 words]   [$2,1]
 
CHAD
N’Djamena Calls Oil Shots
   According to our sources, Chad will begin marketing its share of oil from the Doba field (40,000 bpd) starting in September.  (...)  [159 words]   [$2,1]

CONGO-K
Marc Bonnant
 [114 words]   [$2,1]
 
AFRICA
Renaissance Capital
 [101 words]   [$2,1]
 
SOUTH AFRICA
Webber Wentzel
 [91 words]   [$2,1]

MOZAMBIQUE
India to Finance Power Grid
   In late June the president of the Export Import Bank of India’s board, Venkat Subramanian, met with the director of Mozambique’s Treasury Department, Antonio Laice, in Maputo to sign  (...)  [141 words]   [$2,1]
RWANDA
Contour’s Bankers
   The U.S. group ContourGlobal is in the process of borrowing USD 82.  (...)  [124 words]   [$2,1]
 
EAST AFRICA
More Power Sharing
   The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced in Kigali on June 29 that it was launching a Powering Progress initiative worth USD 2.  (...)  [198 words]   [$2,1]
 
NIGERIA
Cost Overrun for Maurel?
   France’s BNP Paribas bank is mounting a bond issue convertible into shares and globally worth EUR 60 million for the French oil company Maurel & Prom.  (...)  [220 words]   [$2,1]

Brussels
Elton Mangoma
 [85 words]   [$2,1]
 
Abuja
Abdullah Gul
 [70 words]   [$2,1]
 
Khartoum
Serge Montesquieu
 [78 words]   [$2,1]
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