CONSULTANTS

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°668 - 01/02/2012
IVORY COAST
LTL Strategies
Ivory Coast has picked a third lobbyist to defend its interests in the United States, after Jefferson Waterman International (AEI 657) and Covington & Burling (AEI 644). (...)  [130 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°668 - 01/02/2012
ALGERIA
Amarante
Since early this year, the Amarante firm headed by Pierre-Antoine Lorenzi and Alexandre Hollander has been seeing to the security of the gas-fired power station that Alstom is building at Terga in Algeria. (...)  [95 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°667 - 18/01/2012
CAMEROON
Jean-Pierre Ancel
A former adviser to France's Cour de Cassation, legal expert Jean-Pierre Ancel was retained early this month by Cameroon to try to reach an out-of-court settlement with Jack Grynberg’s RSM Production Corporation. (...)  [137 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°666 - 04/01/2012
SIERRA LEONE
David Triesman
A British company in charge of developing the second section of the Bumbuna dam in Sierra Leone, Joule Africa, appointed David Triesman to its board at the end of last year. (...)  [94 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°666 - 04/01/2012
CAMEROON
Zebra Data Science
Scotland’s Bowleven group has retained Zebra Data Science to find partners for its Bomono concession in Cameroon. (...)  [110 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°665 - 14/12/2011
SUDAN
Bart S. Fisher
In a bid to persuade Washington to lift sanctions against it, the Sudanese government has retained the firm Bart S. (...)  [140 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°664 - 30/11/2011
AFRICA
Genesis
Technip is bringing its subsea affiliate Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants and its engineering team specializing in working in deep water under the roof of a new independent company devoted to undersea engineering and named Genesis. (...)  [82 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°664 - 30/11/2011
LIBYA
Franklin Partnership
The lobbying concern of a former Congressional staffer Omar Nashashib, Franklin Partnership, has signed an agreement to represent Libya El Hurra Charity that was founded by Egyptian tycoon Hassan Tatanaki, leading stakeholder in the drilling concern Challenger Drilling. (...)  [93 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°663 - 16/11/2011
AFRICA
Norton Rose
A former partner of the Montreal-based firm Heenan Blaikie, where she handled African business, Poupak Bahamin joined Norton Rose’s Corporate team in Paris last month, with the status of partner. (...)  [117 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°662 - 03/11/2011
IVORY COAST
Strategies et Developpement
A French consulting firm headed by Michel Billard de la Motte and named Strategies et Developpement, advised the Ivory Coast firm CIPEM on its acquisition of Afren’s stakes on block CI-11 and in the Lion butane company. (...)  [88 words]   [$2,1]
 
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°668 - 01/02/2012
NIGERIA
Sada, Idris & Co.
The Nigerian auditing concern was retained last week to conduct a fresh audit of the Nigerian oil industry as part of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). (...)  [80 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°667 - 18/01/2012
GUINEA
Geoex International
According to the annual report of Guinea's Bureau de Recherche et de Promotion Petrolieres, the government has penned a memorandum of understanding with Geoex International to assess the oil potential of Guinea’s offshore. (...)  [97 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°667 - 18/01/2012
ALGERIA
King & Spalding
An arbitration procedure between Denmark's Maersk and Sonatrach over a windfall tax on oil profits is bogged down for the moment over technical details. (...)  [56 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°666 - 04/01/2012
AFRICA
Citibank
The American bank has teamed up with the International Finance Corp. (...)  [128 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°665 - 14/12/2011
NIGERIA
Herbert Smith
First Hydrocarbon Nigeria (FHN) was advised by Jason Fox who handles oil funding for the Herbert Smith law firm in London when it put together a financial package to buy the stakes of Shell, Agip and Total in OML 26 (see opposite). (...)  [105 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°665 - 14/12/2011
NIGERIA
Templars
The Nigerian law firm Templars advised First Hydrocarbon Nigeria (FHN) on a $50 million loan the company contracted with Kingdom Zephy Africa , a fund owned by Saudi prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. (...)  [60 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°664 - 30/11/2011
ALGERIA/FRANCE
King & Spalding
A lawyer representing Maersk in its dispute with Sonatrach over taxes on windfall oil profits, Doak Bishop from the firm King & Spalding appeared before a panel of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), which is handling the case, in Paris between Nov. (...)  [140 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°663 - 16/11/2011
KENYA
Bill Brumbaugh
Swiss Oil, a firm owned by geologist Bill Brumbaugh, has wound up by relinquishing two licenses it won in 2008 in the Lamu basin in Kenya, for want of partners willing to help develop it. (...)  [105 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°663 - 16/11/2011
NIGERIA
Jagal Ventures
Having bought the former oil services company NigerDock in 2003, the firm Jagal Ventures headed by Answar Jamakani has teamed up with Globestar, the local affiliate of Britain’s Subsea 7, to offer integrated services to the oil industry in Nigeria. (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°662 - 03/11/2011
SIERRA LEONE
Goodworks International
Capitalizing on the excitement over Anadarko’s discoveries in 2009 and 2010 (Venus and Mercury). (...)  [106 words]   [$2,1]

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