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Mauritania

All Eyes on Total

The drilling campaign that Total is going to kick off on Sept. 25 in the Taoudeni region is vitally important for the future of exploration in the basin.

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Mohamed Salem Ould Bechir

To meet an emergency, the Mauritanian government appointed an official with wide knowledge of electricity issues as new chief executive [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Charles de Chezelles

Following the appointment of James Dick last week, the Canadian concern Gold Star Resources, which is active in exploration in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Chavez Does His Stuff

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced on September 14 that Venezuela [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Spain to Bankroll Electrification of Southern Mauritania

The Spanish ambassador to Mauritania has just made a EUR [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Government Calls on ETAP

According to our sources, the new Mauritanian oil minister, Ahmed Ouhd Moulaye Ahmed, is expected to shortly sign a service [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2009

Ahmed Ould Moulay Ahmed

Recently-elected president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz decided in mid-August to appoint a technocrat, Ahmed Ould Moulay Ahmed, as oil and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2009

Disturbing Drop in Output on Chinguetti

The latest report of the National Hydrocarbons Monitoring Committee issued [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2009

Camara Bakary

The oil portfolio in Mauritania’s national union government that will soon take office formally in Nouakchott will be held by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.06.2009

Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz

In its last issue, Maghreb Confidential mistakenly reported that Lyes [...]

Subscribers only 18.06.2009

Pathok Chodiev Looks at Iron Ore

The visit by Patrick Balkany, deputy mayor of Paris suburb Levallois-Perret and a close friend of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.06.2009

Petronas Soon to Face Ban?

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that all of the production sharing contracts of Petronas, the lone oil producer in the country, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

BIDC’s High Risk Projects

West Africa’s Banque d’Investissement et de Developpement is planning to invest in gas-fired power stations but supply for them remains uncertain.

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

India Subsidizes its Firms

India’s overseas development program had put up USD 500 million for power interconnections in Africa on condition they be installed by Indian groups.

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

A Social Sciences Degree for de Vietri

The man who discovered oil in Mauritania, Australia's Max de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

Felou Dam Plan Still Marking Time

Now that the European Union has backed out, the World Bank is forced to reduce the scope of the Felou dam project.

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

Findings of IUCN Report

Commissioned to begin work in October, 2007, with funding from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2009

Shell & GDF Suez in LNG Fight

The two European giants are battling it out on the LNG front in West Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 07.04.2009

Petronas Turns on the Charm

Petronas appears determined to win an extension of contracts it bought in 2007 from Woodside and has pledged to build a power station.

Subscribers only Energy 24.03.2009

New Budget for WAGP

A meeting of ministers of nations served by the West [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.03.2009

Baraka Wants to Wholly Own TA 11/12

The Australian concern Baraka, which was run until February by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.03.2009

Max de Vietri Throws in Towel

The problems dogging Baraka Petroleum has pushed its founder, Max de Vietri, to quit the firm.

Free access Energy 10.03.2009

Atip’s Play in Two Guineas

ATI Petroleum is attempting to acquire licenses in Conakry. It is already in talks with neighboring Guinea Bissau as well.

Free access Energy 24.02.2009

Vietri Stokes Mauritania Hopes

In the run-up to presidential elections in June, Max de Vietri is trying to persuade the government to set up a network of gas pipelines.

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2009

Shell Turns Up Heat on GDF-Suez

Mauritania’s government and Shell have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the possibility of producing gas in the country. That could spark competition between Shell and GDF Suez.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2009

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