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Philippe Vasset
NIGER Editor in Chief
A milestone year ahead for oil
Spared for the moment from the insecurity spawned by Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the west and north of the country, Niger’s petroleum sector is growing in leaps and bounds under the leadership of the new oil minister, Djibo Salamatou Gourouza, who was named two months ago. (...)   [698 words]   [$11,2]
   
 
IVORY COAST
Total spurns its commitments
   The French major Total, which debuted on block CI 100 in Ivory Coast’s offshore in October, wants to invoke force majeure to put back work on the acreage. (...)
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CONGO-K
Italian firms waiting to pounce
   With ENI hoping to get its hands on block 4 near Lake Edward, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s consul in Italy is also trying to break into Congo-K’s oil sector.  (...)  [294 words]   FREE
 
MADAGASCAR
Top salesman for China Sonangol
   The Sino-Angolan consortium is employing a former mines minister in Guinea to help it win exploration blocks in the country.  (...)  [366 words]   [$7]
WEST AFRICA
Grynberg keeps plugging away
   Although a first ruling deprived him of rights on a concession in Central African Republic, Jack Grynberg is continuing his battle against Bangui before the ICSID.  (...)  [253 words]   [$7]

Kampala    Uncertainty over Tamoil’s position
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NIGERIA
Total throws spanner into sale
   Just as the deadline for bids was closing, Total forced Shell to change the rules of the game with regards the disposal of its concessions in the Niger delta.  (...)  [325 words]   [$7]
WEST AFRICA
Lukoil sees buying opportunities
   Failing in its efforts to increase operations in Russia, where it finds itself competing against state-owned Gazprom, Lukoil is thinking of investing more in Africa.  (...)  [233 words]   [$7]

NAMIBIA
New terms for Kudu
   The government is reducing royalties even before shareholders decide on whether to develop the Kudu field.  (...)  [224 words]   [$7]
NIGERIA
LNG in return for votes
   Ogun and Ondo states are to follow Bayelsa in becoming shareholders in a gas liquefaction plant. Nigeria’s president is seeking to drum up votes in the Delta region.  (...)  [313 words]   [$7]

Tunis    OMV to buy out Pioneer’s assets
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AFRICA
BHP’s two-way bet on oil group
   In the works for almost a year but not yet formally announced to the market, a move by BHP Billiton to buy out Anadarko Petroleum would be aimed primarily at acquiring new assets in the Gulf of Mexico.  (...)  [308 words]   [$7]

CAPE VERDE
State-owned utility is privatized
   Burdened by heavy debts for years, Cape Verde’s state-owned Electra company will shortly be put on sale.  (...)  [228 words]   [$7]
ANGOLA
Luanda looks at export prospects
   Already the second biggest producer of oil in Africa, Angola is using its hard currency reserves to invest in the power sector and become an exporter.  (...)  [350 words]   [$7]

Lilongwe    US the driving force behind electricity sector
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TANZANIA
Texas shoot-out for power plant
   A case pitting the Gulf-financed power generation company Dowans Holding SA against the Texas-based concern Richmond Development Company (RDEVCO) headed by a businessman of Tanzanian origin, Mohamed Gire, will probably be heard this coming autumn.  (...)  [224 words]   [$7]

AFRICA
Jean Bie
   Maurel & Prom has just named Jean Bie as the new head of its exploration division.  (...)  [133 words]   [$7]
 
GHANA
Brian Maxted
   Kosmos Energy appointed Brian Maxted as its new managing director on Jan. 3 following the departure of the company’s chief executive, James Musselman, at the end of December.  (...)  [109 words]   [$7]
 
IVORY COAST
Odette Sauyet Likikouet
   Laurent Gbagbo, whose re-election as president is hotly contested by the international community, is appointing officials to key posts in his regime.  (...)  [145 words]   [$7]
GUINEA
Mohamed Lamine Fofana
   In the end, the prime minister’s adviser on mining and oil issues, Mohamed Lamine Fofana, was named mines and geology minister on Jan.  (...)  [156 words]   [$7]

ALGERIA
Sonatrach
 [99 words]   [$2,1]
 
ANGOLA
Sonangol
 [93 words]   [$2,1]
 
SUDAN
Nile Petroleum
 [154 words]   [$2,1]

KENYA/UGANDA
Essar and Uganda’s crude
   The Indian concern Essar, which bought a 50% holding in the Mombasa refinery in 2009, could seize the occasion of a board meeting at the end of January to change its plans to rehabilitate  (...)  [166 words]   [$2,1]
 
UGANDA
Oil bill postponed
   The campaign for legislative and presidential elections in February has led to a new postponement of the country’s Petroleum Bill (PB).  (...)  [165 words]   [$2,1]
 
CONGO-K
Cohydro to be dismantled
   The latest draft of a new bill on oil and gas that the National Assembly and Senate have been examining since 2009 calls for the dismantlement of the state-owned company Cohydro.  (...)  [190 words]   [$2,1]
SUDAN
A very belated oil audit
   With the referendum on South Sudan’s independence scheduled to be held between Jan.  (...)  [209 words]   [$2,1]

AFRICA
Stephan Alamowitch
 [68 words]   [$2,1]
 
IVORY COAST
JWI
 [118 words]   [$2,1]
 
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
SBM
 [127 words]   [$2,1]

KENYA
A USD 100 million guarantee
   The World Bank is poised to offer partial guarantees worth a total of USD 100 million for several power programs in Kenya.  (...)  [102 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA
NLNG seeking USD 2 bn
   Standard Chartered Bank is currently putting together a USD 2 billion loan for Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), the liquefaction plant at Bonny, to bankroll construction of new  (...)  [136 words]   [$2,1]
 
IVORY COAST
Rialto goes against the grain
   As other oil companies in Ivory Coast rush to take their distance from Laurent Gbagbo, whose re-election last month as president is contested by the international community, the Australian  (...)  [79 words]   [$2,1]
 
ALGERIA
Counter-attack on tax
   After 18 months of arbitration on Algeria’s windfall tax on petroleum profits, the country’s oil ministry has clearly staked out its position on the question for the first time.  (...)  [184 words]   [$2,1]
ALGERIA
Still no trial in sight
   A year after Sonatrach’s chief executive, Mohamed Meziane, and three of the state-owned oil company’s executives were charged with “embezzlement,” the prosecution hasn’t finished building  (...)  [162 words]   [$2,1]

Yenagoa
Timi Alaibe
 [85 words]   [$2,1]
 
Abuja
Austen Oniwon
 [75 words]   [$2,1]
 
Juba
Lual Deng
 [62 words]   [$2,1]
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