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Philippe Vasset
WEST AFRICA Editor in Chief
Abuja: Turmoil in region’s gasoline market
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan promised to do it and he kept the pledge. On January 1, the government did away with subsidies on oil products sold in Nigeria, which amount to between 300,000-400,000 BOE. In response to demonstrations and strikes, Jonathan backtracked slightly on Jan. (...)   [669 words]   [$11,2]
   
 
CONGO-K
Total lands block 3 at last
   A week after his inauguration, Congo-K president Joseph Kabila honored his word by signing a decree allowing Total to operate block 3 in the country. (...)
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NIGERIA
New fields up for sale
   Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources is getting ready to sell off 22 fields abandoned by majors operating in the country.  (...)  [212 words]   FREE
 
MADAGASCAR
Exxon keeps eye on offshore
   Discoveries by Anadarko and ENI in Mozambique’s offshore make blocks north of Madagascar look increasingly important.  (...)  [262 words]   [$7]
SUDAN/CHAD
A first well in Darfur
   The Great Sahara consortium is about to drill the first well in the Sudanese part of the Kufra basin. Oil companies in neighboring Chad are interested in the outcome.  (...)  [315 words]   [$7]

Kinshasa    Pluspetrol on the right track
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NIGER
Fight for Tenere’s leftovers
   CNPC has relinquished 50% of its Tenere block to the government, setting the stage for a scramble for the acreage.  (...)  [280 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
Addax’s sales saga nears end
   Two bids have finally been submitted for Addax/Oryx’s trading and distribution business in Africa. But the offers fall short of the price the seller wants.  (...)  [374 words]   [$7]

MOZAMBIQUE
Gazprom waiting for its moment
   Attracted by finds in Mozambique’s offshore by Anadarko (between 15-30 TCF) and ENI (22.5 TCF) Russia’s Gazprom is thinking of planting its flag there, too.  (...)  [280 words]   [$7]
IVORY COAST
Bouygues in a tight corner
   France’s Bouygues group and the government in Abidjan are engaged in tense talks on the price of gas. The authorities appears intent on diversifying suppliers as quickly as possible.  (...)  [216 words]   [$7]

Abuja    Headway on Brass LNG
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GHANA
GNGC bows to tribal chiefs
   The Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) has changed the location of the future processing plant for gas from the Jubilee field.  (...)  [285 words]   [$7]

MOZAMBIQUE
Bright Future for Cahora Norte
   Funding is still lacking for the Cahora Bassa Norte dam but there’s a long list of potential customers for its power in Mozambique and neighboring nations.  (...)  [338 words]   [$7]
LIBERIA
Hike for LEC’s subscriber list
   Managed for over a year by Manitoba Hydro, the Liberian Electricity Corporation is going to gain from new funding from the World Bank and Japan.  (...)  [178 words]   [$7]

Yamoussoukro    Alstom seeks to lock in contracts
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GUINEA
China dominates dam market
   Will a meeting of Western donors in Conakry on Jan. 16-17 on electricity questions in Guinea result in any changes?  (...)  [261 words]   [$7]

MOROCCO
Fouad Douiri
   Morocco’s brand new energy and mines minister, Fouad Douiri, is one of the rare survivors of the Istiqlal party in the new government dominated by moderate Islamists from the PJD party.  (...)  [142 words]   [$7]
 
AFRICA
Willem Meyer
   The South African firm SacOil seems to have a penchant for hiring former executives from the national oil company PetroSA.  (...)  [154 words]   [$7]
 
IVORY COAST
Daniel Gnangni
   The managing director of the national oil company PetroCI, Daniel Gnangni, is making slight changes in his executive line-up to make room for officials close to the government of president Alassane Ouattara.  (...)  [131 words]   [$7]
IVORY COAST
Thomas Pogabaha Camara
   Africa Energy Intelligence understands that the managing director of Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR), Joel Dervain, was discreetly replaced in December by an executive close to him, Thomas Pogabaha Camara.  (...)  [137 words]   [$7]

ALGERIA
Sonatrach
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SIERRA LEONE
Petroleum Resources Unit (Sierra Leone)
 [110 words]   [$2,1]
 
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
GEPetrol
 [104 words]   [$2,1]

MADAGASCAR
E&P leadership undecided
   The question of whether the mines or hydrocarbons ministry will oversee exploration and production in Madagascar still hasn’t been decided.  (...)  [156 words]   [$2,1]
NIGERIA
How Abuja wooed governors
   Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan spent months in softening Nigeria’s governors up to the idea of gradually weaning the country off gasoline subsidies.  (...)  [186 words]   [$2,1]
 
NIGERIA
Nigerian pirates in Benin
   Will oil companies in Nigeria soon be able to cut back on their security bills?  (...)  [204 words]   [$2,1]
 
ALGERIA
Meziane never to stand trial?
   The question of if and when former Sonatrach chief executive Mohamed Meziane, who was stripped of his post and charged with corruption two years ago, will appear in court seems to  (...)  [132 words]   [$2,1]

GUINEA
Geoex International
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CAMEROON
Jean-Pierre Ancel
 [137 words]   [$2,1]
 
ALGERIA
King & Spalding
 [56 words]   [$2,1]

KENYA
MIGA guarantee for Triumph
   The World Bank is poised to offer not only financial guarantees to the independent power producer Triumph Power and Gas Systems for its projects in Kenya but also a political guar  (...)  [164 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
EEPCO to land major loan
   On May 24, the World Bank’s directors are going to decide on a program involving loans of nearly $200 million to Ethiopia’s power sector.  (...)  [215 words]   [$2,1]
 
GHANA
Modec still being probed
   Tullow Oil is expected to announce in its interim statement to the London Stock Exchange this week that it has joined with Kosmos Energy, Anadarko and the Ghana National Petroleum  (...)  [184 words]   [$2,1]
 
NIGERIA
Uncertainty over OML 245
   Despite announcements in December (AEI 665), the acquisition of Malabu Oil & Gas’ block OPL 245 by Shell and Agip hasn’t yet been finalized.  (...)  [128 words]   [$2,1]

Addis Ababa
Tewodros Ashenafi
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Kampala
Aidan Heavey
 [73 words]   [$2,1]
 
Tripoli
Abed Elrhaman Ben Yaza
 [65 words]   [$2,1]
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