GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°624 - 17/03/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Squabble Over Boundary Ivory Coast’s newly-appointed mines and energy minister, Augustin Komoe, found himself forced on March 9 to deny there was any open dispute over the country’s maritime boundary with Ghana. (...)  [217 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°624 - 17/03/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES New Snub to Hyperdynamics The chief executive of the Texas-based oil company Hyperdynamics, Ray Leonard, and a senior aide from Dana Petroleum, John Downey, left Conakry in early March without a signed agreement in their pockets. (...)  [162 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°623 - 03/03/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Private Oil Security Ten years after the Democrat administration of Bill Clinton vetoed the idea, Equatorial Guinea has finally signed a contract with the private military concern MPRI, an affiliate of L3 Communications, to see to the security of the country’s offshore. (...)  [228 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°623 - 03/03/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Poles Make Fresh Stab After failing to gain a foothold in Guinea (AEI 589), Poland’s Summa Energy and Bumar are now knocking on Nigeria’s door. (...)  [107 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°622 - 17/02/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Lukman Could be Sidelined Nigeria’s new acting president Goodluck Jonathan, who replaced Umaru YarAdua on Feb. (...)  [185 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°622 - 17/02/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES How to Go Easy on Khartoum Many believe the referendum on self-rule for South Sudan in 2011 will lead to the breakup of Sudan. (...)  [197 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°621 - 03/02/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES 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, Mohamed Mezziane (AEI 620). (...)  [191 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°621 - 03/02/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Indians Struggling India still hasn’t managed to catch up with China concerning oil investment in Africa. (...)  [133 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°620 - 20/01/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Ubiquitous Beijing Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi seized the occasion of a tour of Africa between Jan. (...)  [187 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°620 - 20/01/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Kadhafi Behind Bunyoro? The Uganda government is increasingly irritated by the close ties of the king of Bunyoro, a territory that lies in an oil zone, with Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi. (...)  [210 words]  [$1.8]   AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°624 - 17/03/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES A Key Panel Set Up Basil Omiyi, a former managing director of RoyalDutch/Shell in Nigeria, has been put in charge of oil and gas issues on Nigeria’s new Presidential Advisory Council (PAC). (...)  [137 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°624 - 17/03/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Diplomatic Alliance in Sight During a trip to Kampala on March 5, Iranian foreign minister Manuchehr Mottaki once again underlined his country’s wish to invest in Uganda’s oil industry. (...)  [162 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°623 - 03/03/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Washington Backs IPPs The American ambassador to Nigeria, Robin Renee Sanders, signed a partnership pact on Feb. (...)  [147 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°623 - 03/03/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Nigerian Training Sessions? The special envoy of Uganda president Yoweri Museveni in Nigeria, deputy mining affairs minister Peter Lokeris, met on Feb. (...)  [173 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°622 - 17/02/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Abuja Fights Shortages On February 2 the chief executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC), Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, announced the creation of a “war room” aimed at putting an end to Nigeria’s shortage of oil products. (...)  [191 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°622 - 17/02/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Has Eskom Been Disowned? On Feb. 11, South African president Jacob Zuma told Parliament the government was setting up an inter-departmental committee on energy. (...)  [141 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°621 - 03/02/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES 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] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°621 - 03/02/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES 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 ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°620 - 20/01/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Offshore Blocks Queried According to our sources, Ray Leonard, chief executive of Hyperdynamics, and John Downey, the man in charge of new ventures at Dana Petroleum, arrived in Conakry on Jan. (...)  [121 words]  [$1.8] AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°620 - 20/01/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES Politics Barges into Tender A new call for bids to supply Zambia’s Indeni refinery with crude oil has turned into a political free-for-fall. (...)  [165 words]  [$1.8]