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Mauritania

Petronas Aims to Wrap Up Deal

The Malaysian oil company is bringing all the pressure to bear it can to obtain the renewal of its contract in Mauritania’s A and B offshore zones.

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

WAGP On Track At Last?

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that the American firm ContourGlobal, which is currently building the 100 MW power plant in Lome, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Crackdown on Tax Havens

A conference on the theme of taxation and development organized [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Ernst & Young

Officials in charge of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2009

Who Will Market Country’s Oil?

Traders in Africa are on tenterhooks concerning the government’s decision on who will win a new contract to lift the Chinguetti field’s oil.

Free access Energy 01.12.2009

France to Rescue Somelec?

Failing to find a company capable of beefing up the capacity of the Arafat power plant, Nouakchott has put out a call to France.

Subscribers only Energy 17.11.2009

MinMetals Challenging Iron Ore Majors

China MinMetals Corp., propelled by its president, Zhou Zhongshu, wants to make its presence felt in the very select club [...]

Free access Mining 10.11.2009

Mali Covets a Pipeline

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Mali has been trying since this summer to see that the Trans Sahara Gas Pipeline [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Freeze on CCC’s Gas Projects

A creditor of Greece’s CCC oil services group has blocked the company’s accounts and assets, freezing its gas projects in Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Dy Ould Zein

Former Mauritanian oil minister Dy Ould Zein was appointed a special aide to the country’s president by the cabinet on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Nouakchott
Sarkozy’s Power Plant Gift

According to La Lettre du Continent (a sister newsletter of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

World Bank Showers Aid on Mining Sector

The World Bank is to set in motion a major programme to develop the mining sector in Africa via the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.10.2009

EIB Loan Awaits Commission’s Green Light

A loan of EUR 75 million to Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM), the Mauritanian iron ore producer, is under [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.10.2009

Oando to Usher In Gazprom?

After helping Saipem and Mitsubishi to set up shop, Nigeria’s Oando could give Gazprom a leg-up in the Gulf of Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Ba Houdou

On Oct. 15, the Mauritanian government appointed Ba Houdou as chairman of the board of Societe Mauritanienne des Industries de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Will Chavez Keep his Word?

The Latin American-African summit meeting organized by the Vezuelan president Hugo Shavez resulted in a flurry of energy contracts, including one for a refinery in Mauritania.

Free access Energy 06.10.2009

MEND Cuts WAGP Pipeline

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) that runs from Nigeria to Ghana by way [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Power Crisis Soon Over?

For the past two months Nouakchott has been hit by major power cuts but an end to the scorching summer and a contract with Aggreko ought to relieve the city.

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Cash Injection for SNIM Postpones Sale

The possibility of a privatisation of SNIM, Mauritania's national iron producer, seems now to be receding. In fact, the country's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.09.2009

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.