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Angola

Total in Tight Corner

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that the transaction concerning relinquished parts of block 17 that Total acquired in the latest licensing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2006

Strategic Alliance with KNOC

The state-owned Angolan concern Sonangol and its South Korean counterpart, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2006

Petra Diamonds in the Red but Smiling

A partner of BHP Billiton in exploring and mining the Alto Cujilo project since December, 2004, Petra Diamonds posted a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.10.2006

Samuel Tito Armando

Angola’s deputy geology and mines minister, Samuel Tito Armando, was appointed Luanda’s new ambassador to Moscow in a major shakeup [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.10.2006

Reaction to Marques Report

The report by Angolan newsman Rafael Marques on "the Diamonds [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.10.2006

Russian Banks in Diamond Deal

The Russian state-owned Vneshtorgabank (VTB) and the Moscow establishment Narodny [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.10.2006

IEA Takes a Look at Luanda

William Ramsay, the deputy director-general of the International Energy Agency (IEA) was in Luanda on Sept. 25-26 to present the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.10.2006

Epupa Back in Play

Ten years after shelving the project, Namibia and Angola have ordered a new study on the Epupa dam.

Subscribers only Energy 03.10.2006

Norsk Hydro Looks at Dam Plan

The Norwegian group Norsk Hydro wants to build an aluminum smelter in Angola and to supply it with electricity from a big hydro power dam.

Subscribers only Energy 03.10.2006

Two Public Russian Firms Team up

The state-owned Russian concern Alrosa, the world’s second-ranking diamond producer, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.10.2006

A new operations director for southern Africa

Ritva Reinikka, from Finland, is the new operations director of [...]

Subscribers only 29.09.2006

Spotlight
How Private Security Bullies Rule Cuango Region

Appearing in July. a report entitled "Diamonds of Humiliation and Misery," which was written by Angolan journalist Rafael Marques and described how three private security companies use violence to cow small-scale miners ("garimpeiros") in the Cuango region of Angola, has [.

Subscribers only Mining 26.09.2006

Gas Developments on Block 17

Total is poised to award a series of contracts to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2006

Private Firm Accused of Abuses

Entitled "Operation Kissonde: the Diamonds of Humiliation and Misery," a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2006

Chavez-dos Santos Pact

During an official visit to Angola, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has penned a bilateral cooperation agreement with his Angolan counterpart, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.09.2006

Gazprom/Sonangol Tie?

Inversiones Ibericas, a group controlled by businessman Americo Amorin and the state-owned Angolan firm Sonangol, and which owns a 32.5% [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.09.2006

Pan-African Diamond Initiative

Manuel Watanga, the geology and production director at Endiama, flew [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.08.2006

Power-Sharing in Cabinda

Angola is about to bring representatives from Cabinda into government following last month’s agreement between Luanda and Antonio Bento Bembe, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.08.2006

Sonangol Locks in LNG Chain

Already a stakeholder in the American terminal that will be supplied by Angola LNG, Sonangol also intends to be involved in the construction of tankers that will carry the gas.

Subscribers only Energy 22.08.2006

Tullow Builds Up Portfolio

Ireland’s Tullow Oil announced early this month that state-controlled Sonangol [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.08.2006

Peace in Sight in Cabinda

With state-owned Sonangol poised to resume exploration in Cabinda (see P. 5), the Angolan government has signed a memorandum of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.07.2006

Sonangol in Cabinda

The state-owned Angolan group is scheduled to make its debut on the Cabinda North license that was operated in the past by Occidental.

Subscribers only Energy 18.07.2006

Contract Awarded on Angola LNG

An affiliate of state-owned Sonangol, Sonangol Natural Gas, was set [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.07.2006

Norsk Launches Block 4 Development

Norsk Hydro and Sonangol Pesquisa e Producao (Sonangol P&P), the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.07.2006

Lobito Producing

The Lobito field operated by Chevron off the enclave of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.07.2006

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Total in Tight Corner

Strategic Alliance with KNOC

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Samuel Tito Armando

Reaction to Marques Report

Russian Banks in Diamond Deal

IEA Takes a Look at Luanda

Epupa Back in Play

Norsk Hydro Looks at Dam Plan

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A new operations director for southern Africa

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How Private Security Bullies Rule Cuango Region

Gas Developments on Block 17

Private Firm Accused of Abuses

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Pan-African Diamond Initiative

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Total in Tight Corner

Strategic Alliance with KNOC

Petra Diamonds in the Red but Smiling

Samuel Tito Armando

Reaction to Marques Report

Russian Banks in Diamond Deal

IEA Takes a Look at Luanda

Epupa Back in Play

Norsk Hydro Looks at Dam Plan

Two Public Russian Firms Team up

A new operations director for southern Africa

Spotlight How Private Security Bullies Rule Cuango Region

Gas Developments on Block 17

Private Firm Accused of Abuses

Chavez-dos Santos Pact

Gazprom/Sonangol Tie?

Pan-African Diamond Initiative

Power-Sharing in Cabinda

Sonangol Locks in LNG Chain

Tullow Builds Up Portfolio

Peace in Sight in Cabinda

Sonangol in Cabinda

Contract Awarded on Angola LNG

Norsk Launches Block 4 Development

Lobito Producing

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Spotlight
How Private Security Bullies Rule Cuango Region