Angola

DEVELOPMENTS RESUME ON BLOCK 2

Although Texaco's recent inquiries involving the drilling rigs it will need in Angola sowed some confusion in oil services circles [...]

1,700 BPD ON BLOCK 16

Shell obtained 1,700 bpd during tests on the first well ever drilled in Angola's deep offshore, the managing director of [...]

JULIUS NYERERE

The former Tanzanian head of state (1961-1985) told the South [...]

The Southern Africa Development Community's Mining Coordinating Unit and the [...]

NO STEP-UP FOR NEMBA

Cabinda Gulf Oil (Chevron) has dropped a plan for an early production system on the Nemba field because it failed [...]

MAJOR EUROPEAN UNION/SADC MINING FORUM

The European Commission and the 11-member Southern African Development Community [...]

PELERIN TAKES BREATHER

The dynamically positioned drillship Pelerin is undergoing engine repairs off [...]

KATHERINE MARSHALL

Ms Katherine Marshall has headed the Southern Africa Department of the World Bank since September 1, covering ten countries in [...]

ELF LOOKS FOR ACCOMMODATION RIG FOR COBO

Elf has issued tender invitations for a jack-up or semi [...]

RANGER TO DRILL NEXT MONTH

Ranger Oil is due to start a two well plus [...]

TEXACO PLANS EARLY PRODUCTION

Texaco, which operates on Block 2 alongside Total, Braspetro and [...]

GATT STUDENTS

The 78th General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) course on trade policies commenced in Geneva on August 29 and [...]

Spotlight
THE ELECTRICITY CLUB

In announcing an accord with Mozambique for starters, Malawi has moved in its turn to espouse the South African utility Eskom's plans to connect up all of Southern Africa in order to export its surplus of coal-fuelled electricity in the [.

TARGETS FOR BRITONS

Overseas Trade Services, a British government body which coordinates export promotion, has published a list of target countries for Britain's [...]

PRODUCTION AT 320,000 BPD MARK

Total Angolese output was estimated at 320,000 bpd for June and July, the same average as in 1993 when the [...]

BLOCK 15 SIGNED

Exxon announced early last week that a production sharing agreement had been signed on Block 15 in Angola (deep offshore), [...]

COBO-PAMBI RESERVES UPGRADED

In an unspectacular but important development, it has been confirmed [...]

DRILLING SWITCHES ON BLOCKS 16-17

The dynamically positioned drillship Pelerin has been awarded a $4 million contract from Elf to drill on Block 17. The [...]

GERMAN FINANCIAL COOPERATION

Three countries of Southern Africa (plus the Cameroon in West Africa) saw an increase in 1993 of the financial aid [...]