In inaugurating its new Angolan field of Pazlor , which will pump 220,000 bpd, on November 22 Total found itself in the process of becoming Africa's biggest crude producer ahead of Exxon and Chevron. Africa has already been the major's [.
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Although hardly anybody noticed it at the time, a decree numbered 017 that oil minister Celestin Mbuyu Kabango signed on [...]
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Algeria’s presidential office has strengthened its control over Sonatrach by replacing Nordine Cherouati by Abdelhamid Zerguine.
The latest meeting between the Chinese and the oil ministry indicated that a major drilling campaign is in the offing on Agadem.
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The state-run oil company wants the Russians to commit themselves to wider involvement in Ghana’s economy.
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Worried over the capacity of the Pipeline & Product Marketing Co to pay its huge bills, French banks are privately talking of declaring it in default.
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A unknown Canadian company has been awarded three blocks in Puntland. For the first time, two are offshore concessions.
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Partner of the U.S. firm Hyperdynamics in Guinea’s offshore since [...]
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Cevital, the Algerian group founded by Issad Rebrab, has won an initial green light from the Conseil National de l’Investissement [...]
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Egypt’s Orascom and Suhail Bahwane from Oman succeeded in negotiating sweetheart deals with regards gas prices.
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The World Bank has approved a $168 million loan for a power plant at Kribi. It will be supplied by gas from the Sanaga field being developed by Perenco.
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The Mossel Bay refinery in Western Cape province has resumed [...]
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Early last week Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara once again summoned his energy minister, Adama Toungara, for talks about the [...]
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Congo-K’s Societre National d’Electricite is on the point of losing full control over its affairs. An outside operator is about to be chosen to help run it.
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China is expected to build a new hydro power station to supply a major bauxite export project.
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The South African concern Sasol is expected to decide in [...]
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Less than 18 months after his appointment as boss of the Department of Petroleum Resources, Andrew Obaje was dismissed without [...]
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The oil products sector has its back to the wall at the moment because of president Goodluck Jonathan’s determination to [...]
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A cabinet meeting in late November decided on a major overhaul of Niger’s oil ministry just as the country is [...]
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With a new government of national union taking office on Nov. 21, considerable uncertainty hangs over who will take charge [...]
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Executives from Guinea’s Bureau de Recherche et de PromotionPetrolieres (BRPP) [...]
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According to our sources, Angola’s government, in tandem with state-owned [...]
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Executives from the Brazilian state-run company were in Ghana in [...]
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Libya’s National Transition Council (NTC) has picked Abed Elrhaman Ben [...]
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After much equivocation, Ghana finally formed a Petroleum Committee to [...]
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Nearly 250 former rebels from the Niger Delta (247, to [...]
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On November 14, Niger’s energy and oil minister, Pierre Foumakoye [...]
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The board of International Finance Corp., the private investment arm [...]
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The establishments BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and Standard Chartered Bank [...]
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Officials from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) dropped in [...]
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Despite an announcement by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) [...]
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Technip is bringing its subsea affiliate Genesis Oil and Gas [...]
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A lawyer representing Maersk in its dispute with Sonatrach over [...]
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The lobbying concern of a former Congressional staffer Omar Nashashib, [...]
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Mohamed Bazoum, Niger's powerful foreign minister, was in the Algerian [...]
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Alassane Ouattara, the president of Ivory Coast, dropped in briefly [...]
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Bart Nnaji, Nigerian energy minister accompanied president Goodluck Jonathan during [...]
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