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Mauritania

New drilling setback for Total

According to sources at Mauritania’s oil and mines ministry, the results of a second well that Total drilled in 2013 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

Ex-Tullow men pool their talents

A number of former Tullow executives have formed a brand new company to explore for oil in Africa. Here’s a rundown of the “all star group.”

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

New momentum in Banda saga

Tullow Oil, operator of the Banda gas field with its 1.3 TCF of reserves, is currently examining different bids to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

Ahmed Salem Tekrour

Mauritania’s government moved on Dec. 26 to approve appointments that new oil minister, Mohamed Ould Khouna made to his staff. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

Wane Ibrahima Lamine

Mauritania has been pumping oil since 2006 but up to now no local businessmen had crossed the Rubicon and formed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

Would-be suitors approach Charter Pacific

Anticipating that demand for steel could climb to 3.5 billion tons per annum around 2030, two Asian steel groups, including [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.12.2013

WAGP could soon be in full stride

The capacity of the West African gas pipeline could soon reach its contractual level at last.

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

Caddell wins Nouakchott US embassy contract

Washington is pressing on with its new embassy building programme [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.10.2013

Aggreko spies wider markets

Beyond its base in Ivory Coast, the British company is landing new contracts and remains on the lookout for further opportunities.

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2013

Gasoil stalled in WAGP gambit

Using the West African Gas Pipeline to supply Togo and Benin with liquefied gas is going to take time, even if businessmen behind the venture are well-connected.

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.2013

Somelec

Mauritania’s former equipment, town planning and housing minister Mohamed Ould [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.2013

Mohamed Ould Khouna

In a big government reshuffle, Mauritania’s former employment and vocational training minister, Mohamed Ould Khouna, has been named oil, mines [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.2013

Nouakchott

Taleb Ould Abdi Vall, Mauritania’s oil, energy and mines minister, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2013

Roadblocks lifted for Banda

Mauritania’s oil and energy ministry is moving ahead slowly but surely on the development of the Banda gas field and the power plants it will supply.

Subscribers only Energy 16.07.2013

Charter Pacific tries luck in gold

Charter Pacific Corp, a subsidiary of West Africa Gold, has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.07.2013

Abidjan wants to link up to WAGP

Despite the supply problems of the West African Gas pipeline from Nigeria countries in the region are keen on linking up to the facility.

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2013

A makeover and faster pace for Kanosak

A tiny junior making its way in exploration for gold in West Africa for some months, Kanosak Capital Venture Corp [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.05.2013

Alexey Mordashov

The non-executive director of Nordgold is keeping a close eye on the fall in the share price of mining juniors [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.05.2013

Anthony Sage

The chairman of International Petroleum (IP), Anthony Sage, is to step down on June 30. Very close to IP’s founder [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

Tasiast: Kinross finally picks 38,000 t/d option

Kinross’s decision in late April to carry out a feasibility study on extending the Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.05.2013

Tullow wants to rule in offshore

Not content with recovering the Banda field from Petronas, the British group is in talks to acquire a new license in the shallow offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 16.04.2013

Socar invests in gas

The international arm of Socar, the national oil company in Azerbaijan, has lent cash to Britain’s Gasoil to finance its gas projects.

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.2013

Free advice from U.S.

The United States is freely offering its advice to recent [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.2013

GE tipped for gas-fired plant

In poor shape for the past decade, Senegal’s power sector could shortly spring back with a future electricity station that the Americans are likely to build.

Subscribers only Energy 19.03.2013

Chinguetti falls to 7,000 bpd

The only producing oil field in Mauritania, Chinguetti, is continuing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.03.2013

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Mauritania

New drilling setback for Total

Ex-Tullow men pool their talents

New momentum in Banda saga

Ahmed Salem Tekrour

Wane Ibrahima Lamine

Would-be suitors approach Charter Pacific

WAGP could soon be in full stride

Caddell wins Nouakchott US embassy contract

Aggreko spies wider markets

Gasoil stalled in WAGP gambit

Somelec

Mohamed Ould Khouna

Nouakchott

Roadblocks lifted for Banda

Charter Pacific tries luck in gold

Abidjan wants to link up to WAGP

A makeover and faster pace for Kanosak

Alexey Mordashov

Anthony Sage

Tasiast: Kinross finally picks 38,000 t/d option

Tullow wants to rule in offshore

Socar invests in gas

Free advice from U.S.

GE tipped for gas-fired plant

Chinguetti falls to 7,000 bpd

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Faure Gnassingbe

Orano

Michaël Randrianirina

China National Petroleum Corp

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Mauritania

New drilling setback for Total

Ex-Tullow men pool their talents

New momentum in Banda saga

Ahmed Salem Tekrour

Wane Ibrahima Lamine

Would-be suitors approach Charter Pacific

WAGP could soon be in full stride

Caddell wins Nouakchott US embassy contract

Aggreko spies wider markets

Gasoil stalled in WAGP gambit

Somelec

Mohamed Ould Khouna

Nouakchott

Roadblocks lifted for Banda

Charter Pacific tries luck in gold

Abidjan wants to link up to WAGP

A makeover and faster pace for Kanosak

Alexey Mordashov

Anthony Sage

Tasiast: Kinross finally picks 38,000 t/d option

Tullow wants to rule in offshore

Socar invests in gas

Free advice from U.S.

GE tipped for gas-fired plant

Chinguetti falls to 7,000 bpd

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