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Philippe Vasset
AFRICA Editor in Chief
How Oil Groups Can Manage Your Money
Lacking access to international banking circuits because of their functions, African presidents and government ministers often entrust oil companies with managing their personal assets. With easy access to capital markets, oil executives can open accounts, transfer money and make purchases, and thus win favor with the leaders for whom they act. (...)   [611 words]  [$9.5]
   
 
NIGERIA
Shell Walks a Tightrope
   RoyalDutch/Shell is selling off its assets with extreme care in order to avoid giving the impression of pulling out of Nigeria. (...)
 [220 words]  [$5.4]
 
CONGO-K
Kinshasa Tries to Lure ENI Back
   After an abortive visit by the chief executive of ENI who left Congo-K without a contract last August the government is trying to make up for the rebuff.  (...)  [293 words]  [FREE]
CENTRAL AFRICA
Total Plays its Cards
   On the verge of debuting in Uganda, the French group is already thinking of the next step.  (...)  [163 words]  [$5.4]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Gazprom’s Foot in Africa Door
   The Russian behemoth has been negotiating for acreage in Africa since last November. An agreement appears imminent in Equatorial Guinea.  (...)  [328 words]  [$5.4]

Rabat    New Acreage Awarded
 [119 words]  [$1.8]
Conakry    Countdown for Hyperdynamics
 [120 words]  [$1.8]
Kigali    Vangold Becomes Vanoil
 [72 words]  [$1.8]
NIGERIA
Setting a Trap for Traffickers
   The government wants to introduce a system to fight against trafficking in stolen fuel.  (...)  [227 words]  [$5.4]
LIBERIA
Frank Timis’ Smoke & Mirrors Act
   The blocks 8 and 9 have been bought and sold four times since 2004 and always by firms controlled by Frank Timis. The latest newcomer is Australia’s Global Iron.  (...)  [296 words]  [$5.4]

WEST AFRICA
How to Pay for WAGP Overruns
   The technical hitches that have dogged the West African Gas Pipeline are going to be paid for by consumers and not the operators.  (...)  [280 words]  [$5.4]
ALGERIA
Saipem in the Cross-Hairs
   The highly political investigation into allegations of corruption at Sonatrach has turned a spotlight on links between former CEO Mohamed Meziane and Italy’s Saipem.  (...)  [287 words]  [$5.4]

Algiers    Belkacem Boumediene’s Abortive Projects
 [105 words]  [$1.8]
ALGERIA/FRANCE
Galsi Pipeline for Corsica
   French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s latest trip to Corsica on Feb. 2 gave him an occasion to announce that the future Galsi gas pipelines between Algeria and Italy is to pass by way of the island.  (...)  [287 words]  [$5.4]

ZIMBABWE/ZAMBIA
Fresh Start for Batok Dam?
   With economic growth finally picking up in Harare, Zimbabwe’s regional relations are improving and raise the prospect of joint energy projects.  (...)  [276 words]  [$5.4]
CONGO-K
Inga 2 Restored but Flawed
   One of the turbines at the Inga 2 dam was restored to working condition in December but cracks in the dam stir fears it might burst.  (...)  [211 words]  [$5.4]

Addis Ababa    Gilbel Gibe 2 Already Stalled
 [105 words]  [$1.8]
RWANDA/CONGO-K
France To Push for Ruzizi 3
   French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s stopover in Kigali in late February to mark the resumption of diplomatic relations (broken between 2006 and 2009) with Rwanda will provide France with an occasion to propose several energy projects.  (...)  [310 words]  [$5.4]

ANGOLA
Emmanuela Viera Lopes
   A cabinet reshuffle in Angola on February 3 worked to the advantage of energy minister Emmanuela Viera Lopes who was put in charge of water supply in addition to her energy portfolio.  (...)  [118 words]  [$5.4]
TANZANIA
Stephen Staley
   The British firm Cove Energy has taken on a specialist in exploration in Tanzania, recruiting Australian geologist Stephen Staley in January.  (...)  [130 words]  [$5.4]
LIBERIA
Nelson Williams
   The dismissal of Harry Greaves, boss of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) in September on suspicion of corruption left a vacancy at the top of the company for over six months.  (...)  [113 words]  [$5.4]
TUNISIA
Guglielmo Moscato
   The Canadian group Canoel International Energy Ltd appointed Guglielmo Moscato, former chairman of the board of the Italian major ENI, to its own advisory board on February 8.  (...)  [148 words]  [$5.4]
FRANCE
Daniel Pelerin
   Exploration director at Maurel & Prom since 2001, Daniel Pelerin is expected to soon announce he is retiring, according to our sources.  (...)  [58 words]  [FREE]

GHANA
GNPC
 [87 words]  [$1.8]
ALGERIA
Sonatrach
 [139 words]  [$1.8]
CONGO-K
SNEL
 [83 words]  [$1.8]

CONGO-K
SNEL
   The managing director of Congo-K's Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL), Yengo Massampu, and its financial director, Muhiya Lundu, appeared before the Gombe appeals court in Kinshasa  (...)  [83 words]  [$1.8]
ALGERIA
Sonatrach
   An energy agreement allowing Warsaw to diversify its sources of gas supplies was signed on February 14 between Algeria's oil minister, Chakib Khelil, and the deputy Polish prime minister  (...)  [139 words]  [$1.8]
GHANA
GNPC
   Ghana's Parliament will shortly mull a new oil law that was initially drafted during the presidency of John Kufuor.  (...)  [87 words]  [$1.8]

SOUTH AFRICA
Webber Wentzel
 [100 words]  [$1.8]
SOUTH AFRICA
Mott MacDonald
 [110 words]  [$1.8]
UGANDA
Ogec Krakow
 [112 words]  [$1.8]

SOUTH AFRICA
New Game Plan for Eskom
   The state-owned power company Eskom has decided to sell off part of its on-going projects as a result of the South African government’s incapacity to guarantee new loans to bankroll  (...)  [184 words]  [$1.8]
NIGERIA
EIB in Energy Play
   The vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in charge of sub-Saharan Africa, Plutarchos Sakellaris, signed an outline agreement in Lagos in February for three loans totaling  (...)  [186 words]  [$1.8]
TUNISIA
IDB Funds Power Project
   The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has just granted a USD 46 million loan to Societe Tunisienne de l’Electricite et du Gaz (STEG) to promote growth in Tunisia’s energy sector.  (...)  [158 words]  [$1.8]
MAURITANIA
Vitol Wins on Chinguetti
   Africa Energy Intelligence understands the Switzerland-based trader Vitol has been picked to sell crude from the Chinguetti field this year.  (...)  [186 words]  [$1.8]

Accra
Jimmy Carter
 [70 words]  [$1.8]
Accra
John Lipsky
 [63 words]  [$1.8]
Entebbe
Andrei Sapozhnikov
 [88 words]  [$1.8]
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