AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n° 380 - 03/11/2004

gulf of guinea Gulf of Guinea an Experimental Lab for Pentagon? Already working with West African armies which it advises and trains, the Pentagon also harbours an interest in the Gulf of Guinea's offshore. (...). [Total : 596 Words]. (8,2USD) 3 3

CONGO - B Delhi Has Designs on M'Boundi India has followed in China's footsteps in taking a close look at Maurel & Prom's M'Boundi field in Congo-B that is set to be producing 25,000 bpd at the end of the year. (...). [Total : 184 Words]. (4,7USD) 4 1 ALGERIA PetroSA Finally Lands Acreage Working to flesh out the group's African portfolio, executives of state-owned PetroSA have made many a trip to Algeria in recent years and even taken part in licensing rounds in the country, to no avail up to present. (...). [Total : 129 Words]. (4,7USD) ALGERIA Newcomers in the On-shore Among the 54 companies that travelled to Algiers on Oct. 20 to attend Sonatrach's presentation of new acreage were a number of firms which have never worked in the country, including: (...). [Total : 227 Words]. (4,7USD) 3 MAURITANIA Fusion's New Owner Returns Britain's Sterling group has made a deal with the Mauritanian government which lacks the least share in the country's offshore. (...). [Total : 260 Words]. (4,7USD) MAURITANIA Others Knocking on Door The Taoudeni basin and Mauritania's offshore have suddenly begun to interest both independents and majors. BP is eyeing the offshore and has already made an offer to the government in that respect, as has China National Petroleum Corporation. (...). [Total : 150 Words]. (4,7USD) MALI Sinopec Trumps Countryman CNPC Since this summer, Max de Vietri, chairman of Brimax Petroleum and the man who discovered the Chinguetti field in Mauritania, has repeatedly stated his intention of buying up several concessions in the Taoudeni basin in Mali. (...). [Total : 257 Words]. (4,7USD) 3 1 NIGERIA Chagoury Drags Total into Battle Africa Energy Intelligence understands that France's Total group signed an agreement with South Atlantic Petroleum, its partner on OPL 246, only weeks before Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo signed the DeepWater Offshore Regulation of 2003 in December that gave NNPC rights to pre-empt offshore acreage, particularly that of local companies. (...). [Total : 239 Words]. (4,7USD) 3 1 NIGERIA Kosmos Debuts in Nigeria Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that Kosmos Energy, a firm founded by ex-executives of Triton, has teamed up with Oranto Petroleum to make its entry on OPL 320. (...). [Total : 229 Words]. (4,7USD) 3 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Licensing Round Cancelled As Africa Energy Intelligence anticipated in its latest issue (AEI 379), the Joint Development Authority that manages the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and Sao Tome announced on Oct. (...). [Total : 220 Words]. (4,7USD) 3 ANGOLA Total Evicted in Favor of Juniors Relations between France's Total group and Angola have turned chilly once again after a brief sunny spell. Despite frequent contacts (Sonangol boss Manuel Vincente and industry minister Joaquim David were in Paris on Oct. (...). [Total : 377 Words]. (4,7USD) 3 1 ANGOLA Roc Seeks a Partner It took nearly six years for Australia's ROC to win full control of Cabinda South. Entering the acreage in 1998, it acquired 45% of the concession in 2001 and then went on successively to buy out the interests of Lacula Oil (15%), the Angolan affiliate of Baker Hugues, and then of Force Petroleum (40%: (...). [Total : 169 Words]. (4,7USD)

LIBYA Siemens Plants its Flag Highly active in Algeria, Germany's Siemens signed its first contract in Libya at the end of October. Officials from the group accompanied chancellor Gerhard Schroder during a visit to Tripoli. (...). [Total : 91 Words]. (4,7USD) CONGO - K Inga's Power for Pretoria Systematically promoted by South Africa's government for the past two years, the Western Corridor project gave rise in Johannesburg last week to an agreement providing for the formation of a power company owned in equal shares by Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa and Botswana. (...). [Total : 367 Words]. (4,7USD) 3 3 CONGO - K ABB Scouting for Contracts A delegation of Swedish businessmen including officials from ABB, Ericsson, Sandvik and Atlas Copo wound up a visit to Kinshasa on Oct. (...). [Total : 137 Words]. (4,7USD) SOUTH AFRICA Rush for Power Station Projects Ever since South Africa announced in June that it would start facing a power shortage in 2007 and that it wanted to increase its generation capacity by 7,000 MW, the country has been wooed by any number of equipment suppliers. (...). [Total : 192 Words]. (4,7USD) 3

AUSTRALIA/AFRICA Scott Spencer A former diplomat, Scott Spencer, is to serve as acting head of Hardman while waiting for the Australian group to appoint a new CEO. (...). [Total : 174 Words]. (4,7USD) UNITED KINGDOM John Bentley Only months after their firm Osprey was bought out by Sweden's P.A. Resources, John Bentley and Jim Rutland have quit the latter firm's board. (...). [Total : 94 Words]. (4,7USD) FRANCE/ALGERIA Fabien Chalandon Son of former Elf Aquitaine chairman Albin Chalandon, Fabien Chanaldon was appointed to the board of the French oil group Maurel & Prom this summer in succession to Bernard Polge de Combret. (...). [Total : 174 Words]. (4,7USD) CHAD Tidjani Thiam Former oil adviser to Chad president Idriss Deby and then to Central African Republic president Ange-Felix Patasse, Tidjani Thiam has just crossed the border again to work with Chad's leader. (...). [Total : 157 Words]. (4,7USD) SPAIN/AFRICA Antonio Brufau A member of Repsol's board since 1996, the CEO of Grupo Gas Natural, Antonio Brufau, was named head of Repsol last week. (...). [Total : 112 Words]. (4,7USD)

LIBYA The Inaugural US-Libyan Economic Summit The CWC Group is organizing a conference at the Noga Hilton hotel in Geneva on Dec. (...). [Total : 133 Words]. (1,5USD) NIGERIA Nigerian Upstream Oil & Gas 2004 Global Pacific & Partners and the British Nigeria Business Council are organizing a conference in London on Nov. (...). [Total : 89 Words]. (1,5USD)