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	Africa Energy Intelligence /Latest Issue

N°621

Paris, 02/03/2010

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Philippe Vasset

CHAD

Editor in Chief

An Oil Tug-of-War with Brussels

Although it became an oil producer seven years ago, Chad still hasn’t been able to sell its share of crude on international markets. Africa Energy Intelligence understands that the European Union, which financed a significant part of the oil pipeline between the Doba fields and Kribi through the intermediary of the European Investment Bank (EIB), is working to prevent Chad from managing the oil alone. (...) [688 words] [$9.5]

	NIGERIA
	Maurel Has Foot in Delta’s Door
	Breaking into Nigeria for the first time , France’s Maurel & Prom has bought stakes on three of Shell’s fields that the Anglo-Dutch company stopped working two years ago. (...) [252 words] [$5.4]



GUINEA
Hyperdynamics Denied Accord
A trip by the chief executive of Hyperdynamics to Conakry failed to result in the signing of an agreement. (...) [299 words]


UGANDA
Tullow & ENI Battle for Heritage
Ireland’s Tullow Oil has presented an offer to Uganda’s president to persuade him of the merits of its project as opposed to major investment pledges by ENI. (...) [385 words] [$5.4]


CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Grynberg Pursues Crusade
The American oil man whose company controls the entire north of Central African Republic is marking points against the government of Francois Bozize. (...) [354 words] [$5.4]


Algiers Sinopec in Trouble on Zarzaitine
[136 words] [$1.8]


Nairobi Centric Tries its Luck
[58 words] [$1.8]


CONGO-K
Soco in Talks for Basin Acreage
Britain’s Soco is negotiating for a concession in the inaccessible but highly coveted central basin. (...) [174 words] [$5.4]


GHANA
Kufuor’s Friends Sidelined
The current government has been taking a critical look since last year at all contracts with local firms close to the former president and the oil majors. (...) [241 words] [$5.4]


RWANDA
Call for Bids for Kivu’s Methane
Rwanda is intent on delineating zones in which Lake Kivu’s methane will be extracted - this at a moment when several projects are to start producing the gas. (...) [362 words] [$5.4]


ALGERIA
Gas Output Starts to Taper Off
Sonatrach is banking on new fields to compensate for the decline of its gas fields. (...) [211 words] [$5.4]


Yaounde Victoria Seeks Funding
[32 words] [FREE]


MALI/ALGERIA
Four In TransSahara Pipeline?
According to our sources, Algeria’s energy minister, Chakib Khelil, has agreed to meet with the authorities in Mali to discuss their proposal to take part in the future Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP: (...) [290 words] [$5.4]


MOZAMBIQUE
Mphanda & Benga Firmly on Track
The Maputo government and private investors are moving together to make headway on the Mphanda Nkuwa and Benga projects. (...) [244 words] [$5.4]


BURUNDI
Miners Look After Themselves
Because they can’t count on Burundi’s government to supply electricity, mining companies are intent on building their own power stations. (...) [247 words] [$5.4]


Kinshasa Legislators in Push to Help SNEL Collect Unpaid Bills
[109 words] [$1.8]


SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Taiwan Pampers Last Allies
According to our sources, Sao Tome’s power utility Empresa de Agua e Electricidade (EMAE) will have a new, 8. (...) [268 words] [$5.4]


NAMIBIA
Martin Richards
The Canadian firm Chariot Oil & Gas has hired Martin Richards as its new chief geologist and specialist in reservoirs at a very timely moment. (...) [149 words] [$5.4]



ETHIOPIA
Gregory Halvatzis
The Canadian concern Epsilon Energy Ltd., which has been exploring a block in Ethiopia since 2008, has hired Gregory Halvatzis as a new member of its board. (...) [126 words] [$5.4]


NIGERIA
John Gorman
Financial director of Vanco Energy for 11 years, the American financier John Gorman joined the board of the Canadian explorer Mart Resources, a firm chaired by Canada’s Wade Cherwayko, on Jan. (...) [151 words] [$5.4]


GHANA
Inusah Abdulai Fuseini
In a cabinet re-shuffle in Ghana on Jan. 25, Inusah Abdulai Fuseini replaced deputy energy minister Kwabena Donkor. (...) [181 words] [$5.4]


TUNISIA/RWANDA
STEG
[75 words] [$1.8]



LIBERIA
LPRC
[116 words] [$1.8]


ANGOLA
Sonangol
[109 words] [$1.8]


	NIGERIA
	Stalemate over Amnesty
	After a three-month truce, the Movement for the Emancipation for the Niger Delta (MEND) said on Jan. (...) [156 words] [$1.8]



	AFRICA
	Indians Struggling
	India still hasn’t managed to catch up with China concerning oil investment in Africa. (...) [133 words] [$1.8]


	MAURITANIA/VENEZUELA
	A Vaguely-Worded Pact
	Mauritania’s ambassador to the United Nations, Abderrahmane Ould Elhadhrami signed an oil and energy cooperation accord in Washington on Jan. (...) [182 words] [$1.8]


	ALGERIA
	Khelil In Cross-Hairs
	A trusted ally of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil is being directly targeted in a corruption case involving the former chief executive of Sonatrach, (...) [191 words] [$1.8]


ANGOLA/NIGERIA
Patton Boggs
[88 words] [$1.8]



NIGERIA
BNP Paribas
[116 words] [$1.8]


CONGO-B/CONGO-K
JP Morgan Cazenove
[108 words] [$1.8]


	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
	ERHC To List in London?
	Listed on the free market (OTC Bulletin Board) in the United States, the junior ERHC, which holds four concessions in the Joint Development Zone (JDZ) between Sao Tome and Nigeria, (...) [148 words] [$1.8]



	UGANDA
	Tullow All Set for Heritage
	The Irish company Tullow Oil, which is seeking to buy Heritage Oil’s stake on blocks 1 and 3A in Uganda (see P. (...) [188 words] [$1.8]


	NIGERIA
	Indirect Listing for CAMAC
	Less than a month after beginning to pump oil on its Oyo field, Nigeria’s CAMAC, which owns 60% of the field, is finalizing a transaction with the American group Pacific Asia Petroleum, (...) [299 words] [$1.8]


	AFRICA
	Arcardia Spreads Wings
	The small British trader Arcadia, less established in Africa than its rivals Vitol and Trafigura, has just bought a trading company that boasts a bigger footprint on the continent, (...) [97 words] [$1.8]


Amman
Chakib Khelil
[79 words] [$1.8]



Lome
Joe Oteng Adjei
[84 words] [$1.8]


Khartoum
Ahmed Ould Moulaye Ahmed
[56 words] [$1.8]

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