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Philippe Vasset

NIGERIA

Editor in Chief

Dan Etete's Case in U.S. Court

Dan Etete, oil adviser to the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, could return to his country's petroleum and political arena. (...) [ 689 words] [$8,2]

OIL & GAS

AFRICA
Africans Trade in Iraqi Crude
Still under embargo and obliged to seek U.N. approval to export its crude, Iraq has increased the number of its contracts with African traders, all of them linked to Western trading firms, in recent months. (...) [ 144 words] [$4,7]

AFRICA
Pancontinental's Web of Companies
After winning three licenses in Kenya, companies controlled by Henry David Kennedy, president of Pancontintal, look set to keep expanding in Africa. (...) [ 349 words] [$4,7]

MOROCCO
Shell Foothold in Offshore
Shell's proposed acquisition of Enterprise Oil, the last British independent, would give it a foothold in Morocco's offshore and onshore. (...) [ 90 words] [$4,7]

WEST AFRICA
How Abuja has Sidelined Yaounde
With tension rising constantly between Nigeria and Cameroon – the two are slugging it out in court in The Hague and on their borders – Abuja is busy sewing up oil pacts with its other neighbors. (...) [ 382 words] [$4,7]

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
The Bush-Obiang Connection
Underway since Bill Clinton was in the White House, a move to establish closer ties between Washington and Equatorial Guinea looks likely to soon win the blessings of the Republican administration. (...) [ 400 words] [$4,7]

ANGOLA/CONGO - B
A Look at "Structure K"
The settlement of the dispute between Angola and Congo-B on their maritime borders will benefit ChevronTexaco most of all. It's going to explore "Structure K" that straddles the two countries. (...) [ 419 words] [$4,7]

CONGO-K
Trader Left in Lurch
Managed by the South African trading company Thebe Petroleum, a contract to supply Congo-K with oil products looks like being ditched. (...) [ 289 words] [$4,7]

ETHIOPIA
Rival Financial Packages for Calub
Rivalry between Russia's Methanol and the U.S. firm Sicor to extract gas from the Calub field has boiled down to how the projects are to be funded. (...) [ 231 words] [$4,7]

AT A GLANCE

ALGERIA
Indians Seek Acreage
[ 79 words] [$1,5]

GUINEA BISSAU
Bidding Deadline Put Back
[ 86 words] [$1,5]

WHO'S WHO

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Bruce McColm
Washington's rapprochement with Equatorial Guinea (see report on P.4) owes a lot to Bruce McColm, president of the NGO Institute for Democratic Strategies (IDIS). (...) [ 139 words] [$4,7]

CAMEROON
Jean-Pierre Cot
Currently representing Cameroon in its case against Nigeria on the delimitation of maritime and land boundaries (see our report P. (...) [ 93 words] [$4,7]

MADAGASCAR
Elise Razaka
Named by Jacques Sylla, prime minister of Madagascar's "self-proclaimed" president Marc Ravalomanana, Elise Razaka has been appointed Madagascar's energy and mines minister. (...) [ 110 words] [$4,7]

ITALY
Gian Maria Gros-Pietro
The mandates of ENI president Gian Maria Gros-Pietro and the managing director, Vittorio Mincato, will both come up for renewal on May 29. (...) [ 88 words] [$4,7]

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Gabriel Costa
The new president of Sao Tome e Principe, Fradique de Menezes, named Gabriel Costa as prime minister on March 27. (...) [ 125 words] [$4,7]

CONGO-B
Denis Ngokana
Holding degrees in mathematics and management, 44-year-old Denis Ngokana might be named oil and energy adviser to president Denis Sassou Nguesso in succession to Bruno Itoua, who will nonetheless retain his post of chairman of the Societe National des Petroles du Congo (SNPC). (...) [ 224 words] [$4,7]

AGENDA

UNITED KINGDOM
Global GTL Summit
[ 119 words] [$1,5]

ELECTRICITY

	NIGERIA
	Chinese in Power Push
	On the eve of Chinese president Jiang Zemin's visit to Nigeria two Chinese firms have just won a $390 million BOT contract. (...) [ 276 words] [$4,7]

	SENEGAL
	Secret Negotiations with AES
	Since the break with Vivendi concerning the privatization of Senelec, the government's negotiations with AES are unfolding in the deepest secrecy. Here are some details. (...) [ 434 words] [$4,7]

STRATEGIES

	LUNDIN PETROLEUM
	Debut in Tunisian Offshore
	If the deal goes through, Lundin's acquisition of the small French oil company Coparex will give the Swedish group significant assets in Tunisia. (...) [ 268 words] [$4,7]

	TOTALFINAELF
	Elusive Goals in the Gulf of Guinea?
	After completing the development of Girassol, France's TotalFinaElf group must meet a number of development objectives in Nigeria, Angola and Congo-B this year. (...) [ 361 words] [$4,7]

AT A GLANCE

REPSOL YPF
Discovery in Libya
[ 43 words] [FREE]

ENI
Libyan Development
[ 44 words] [FREE]

PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES
License in Tunisia
[ 53 words] [$1,5]

CHEVRONTEXACO
New Partners for Angola LNG
[ 93 words] [$1,5]

FOSTER WHEELER
Development Contract for Temane's Gas
[ 23 words] [FREE]

SASOL
Central Bank Inquiry
[ 46 words] [$1,5]

ANADARKO
Fourth Train at Hassi Berkine
[ 28 words] [FREE]

LEGAL ISSUES & FUNDING

	AFRICA
	Natexis Wins Control of COFACE
	Natexis Banques Populaires, the investment bank of the French cooperative group Banques Populaires, has won a controlling 54. (...) [ 82 words] [$1,5]

	AFRICA
	Barclay's Spins its Web
	Barclay's Bank, which at present uses the services of the South African firms Webber Wentzel Bowens and Bowman Gilfillan for its operations in Africa, is currently setting up a legal department specifically designed to manage its transactions – most of them in the energy field –on the continent. (...) [ 83 words] [$1,5]

	AFRICA
	ECL Takes Over RBT Petroleum
	The U.K. firm Exploration Consultants Group, which operates in Africa and particularly in Equatorial Guinea, has merged with the Australian consultants RBT Petroleum Associates Pty. (...) [ 48 words] [$1,5]

	MOROCCO
	Deutsche Bank Backs SAMIR
	Germany's Deutsche Bank and Morocco's BCME Capital are going to mount an ambitious investment program for Societe Anonyme Marocaine de l'Industrie de Raffinage (SAMIR), an affiliate of the Saudi Arabian-Swedish group Corral Petroleum. (...) [ 91 words] [$1,5]

	MOROCCO
	Three Donors Line Up for Madrid-Algiers Interconnection Project
	The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) and the African Development Bank (ADF) have all offered to help Morocco's Office National d'Electricite (ONE) to finance the upgrading of its grid to Spain and Algeria. (...) [ 112 words] [$1,5]

	MOROCCO
	American Funding for Enhanced Recovery Project
	The U.S. Trade Development Agency has offered Office National Marocain de Recherches et d'Exploitation Petrolieres (ONAREP) a $177,063 grant to cover part of the cost of a feasibility study to improve production on the Toukimt and Meskala gas fields. (...) [ 79 words] [$1,5]

	NIGERIA
	Baker Hugues Accused of Bribery
	Alan Fergusson, former Nigeria manager for the Baker Hughes oil services company, has filed a suit against his ex-employer whom he claims fired him for refusing to pay a bribe. (...) [ 146 words] [$1,5]

	NIGERIA
	Chrome Energy Seeks to Raise Finance
	Holding assets in the offshore area between Nigeria and Sao Tome (AEI 313/315), the American company Chrome Energy has announced it will seek a listing on the Berlin Stock Exchange, one of Germany's provincial bourses, to raise funds. (...) [ 66 words] [$1,5]

	KENYA
	CFC to Launch KLPC Rights Issue
	The Kenyan Power and Lighting Corporation has chosen a team of consultants to assist it in issuing bonds worth $24. (...) [ 78 words] [$1,5]

	LIBYA
	Talks Press on With Americans
	Over the past six months U.S. government envoys and officials from American oil companies have taken turns in negotiating with the Libyan authorities at the Hotel Intercontinental in Vienna. (...) [ 132 words] [$1,5]

	NIGERIA
	Government Retains Hold on Offshore
	Nigeria's Supreme Court handed down its findings on April 5 on the case pitting 17 states in the southern part of the country against the federal government concerning the exact limit of maritime boundaries. (...) [ 137 words] [$1,5]

	EQUATORIAL GUINEA
	Cooperation with South Africa
	South Africa's energy minister, Phumsile Mlambo, is presently leading a delegation made up of officials from several South African companies to Equatorial Guinea. (...) [ 88 words] [$1,5]


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