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GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°633 - 28/07/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Crude for Washington

According to the latest figures from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics for July, the United States doubled its imports of crude from Nigeria between 2009 and 2010. (...) [232 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°633 - 28/07/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Sonangol Forges New Ties

Angola’s Sonangol is currently in talks with Occidental Petroleum and Indonesia’s Pertamina to sell them 30% of the Iraqi blocks of Najmah and Qaiarah on which it has owned 75% since last December. (...) [173 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°632 - 14/07/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
N’Djamena Calls Oil Shots

According to our sources, Chad will begin marketing its share of oil from the Doba field (40,000 bpd) starting in September. (...) [159 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°632 - 14/07/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Bamako’s New Push for TSGP

Mali’s government is pushing ahead with its drive to bring Mali into the Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project. (...) [167 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°631 - 30/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Elections Looming Large

Expected to stand in Nigeria’s presidential ballot in 2011, head of state Goodluck Jonathan is pulling out all the stops to improve electricity supply in the country. (...) [159 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°631 - 30/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
New Gas Pipeline Plan

Energy ministers from the East African Economic Community (EAEC) agreed on June 17 to launch a study on a project for a gas pipeline that would run from Dar Es Salaam to Mombasa in Kenya. (...) [176 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°630 - 16/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Oil a State Affair

According to our sources, the highly sensitive question of setting up a national oil company in Gabon is being handled directly by the staff of president Ali Bongo. (...) [178 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°630 - 16/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Oil Minister from South

President Omar El Bechir told leaders of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) early this month that Sudan’s next oil minister will come from the ranks of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the south. (...) [153 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°629 - 02/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Khelil’s Final Battle

The target of attacks by Algeria’s military decision-makers since the beginning of the year, the long-standing energy minister, Chakib Khelil, ended up by losing the backing of Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and was replaced on May 28 by Youcef Yousfi. (...) [197 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°629 - 02/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Tripoli Ups Pipeline Stake

Libya’s National Oil Corp (NOC) now holds an equal share with Italy’s ENI in the GreenStream gas pipeline. (...) [188 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°633 - 28/07/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Two in Boat for Lake Kivu

According to our sources, a delegation from Congo-K was in Kigali on July 9 to meet with Rwandan officials involved in projects to extract methane from Lake Kivu. (...) [210 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°633 - 28/07/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Bigger Continental Shelf?

The United Nations committee that examines limits of maritime boundaries will mull Mozambique’s request to extend its continental shelf next March. (...) [99 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°632 - 14/07/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Rift over Oil Pipeline

Sudan’s new oil minister, Lual Acuek Deng, who hails from South Sudan, has come out formally against building a new oil pipeline between the province of South Sudan and Kenya. (...) [211 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°632 - 14/07/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Standoff in the Delta

The amnesty process for militants from the Niger Delta is marking time. (...) [218 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°631 - 30/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Tamoil Pipeline Stalled

According to our sources, the two months that Kenya and Uganda had given themselves to decide whether to build a oil pipeline between Eldoret and Kampala have run out without the least headway being made with the project. (...) [260 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°631 - 30/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Pretoria Intent on LNG Deal

A new phase recently began in bargaining between South Africa’s envoy to Qatar, Vincent Zulu, and state-owned Qatargas for the purchase of liquefied natural gas. (...) [131 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°630 - 16/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
A Hypocritical Offer?

Emmanuel Egbogah, a special advisor to Nigeria’s president, last week signed a memorandum of understanding with Uganda’s mines minister, Peter Lokeris. (...) [205 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°630 - 16/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Luanda: No Fuss on Borders

According to our sources, a draft bill is being prepared by the Angolan government to set the country’s maritime boundaries. (...) [166 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°629 - 02/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
An Ex Minister Says it All

As Africa Energy Intelligence has reported on numerous occasions (numbers 616, 618, 619 and 623), Malaysia’s Petronas group still hasn’t succeeded in getting the Mauritanian authorities to renew its offshore concessions on zone A and zone B, which expired respectively on July 31, 2009 and July 20, 2009. (...) [221 words] [$1.8]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°629 - 02/06/2010 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
Sonangol Spreads its Wings

A new chapter has begun in Sonangol’s plan to build up its international business. (...) [128 words] [$1.8]

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