My Account   E-mail Password  Reminder   Create an account

Latest Issue   |  French edition   |  My Account  |  Subscribe  |  Archives  |  Contacts

Africa Energy Intelligence /Archives

previous Archive n° 622  - 02/17/2010 next   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]   previous Archive n° 622  - 02/17/2010 next

Archives 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 N°623 - 03.03.2010 N°622 - 02.17.2010 N°621 - 02.03.2010 N°620 - 01.20.2010 N°619 - 01.06.2010 Latest issue Search a Section Government Strategies State-Owned Companies Oil Gas Electricity Financial Operations Consultants Who's Who   Subscribe Covered Countries Algeria Angola Botswana Cameroon Chad Congo-B Congo-K Gabon Guinea Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Uganda Rwanda Sudan Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe   Subscribe Subscriptions All our Exclusive Offers Country Channels PayPerNews Account Biographical Works Free Services Monitoring Service Receive contents RSS webfeeds Ask for sample issue Media Partnerships The events supported by Africa Intelligence

|  Latest Issue   |  French edition   |  My Account  |  Subscribe  |  Archives  |  Contacts  |  Legal Notices  |