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Sao Tome and Principe

Uncertainty Haunts JDZ Deals

Manoeuvres by oil companies and a standoff between president Menezes and his ex-prime minister are continuing to hold up the award of acreage in the Joint Development Zone.

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2004

Damiao Vaz d'Almeda

President Fradrique de Menezes fired prime minister Maria das Neves last week and asked ex labor minister Damiao Vaz d'Almeida [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.2004

New Delays for WAGP

The signing of a final investment decision on the West [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.08.2004

Advisers Stay in the Shadows

Western advisers paid by the World Bank are seeing to the implementation of oil administration and an effective administrative system in Sao Tome.

Subscribers only Energy 20.07.2004

Ali Memon

A former executive of Marathon, Ali Memon has replaced Nigeria's Chude Mba as head of Chrome Energy, an oil company [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.07.2004

Two New Blocks Awarded

The Joint Development Authority is about to award two new blocks in Sao Tome's joint zone with Nigeria, licenses 2 and 4.

Subscribers only Energy 06.07.2004

Joao Gomes

Head of the holiday company Grupo HB which controls a dozen hotels in Sao Tome, Joao Gomes is also the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.07.2004

American Protection?

Although the American administration has always denied any intention to build a military base in Sao Tome e Principe, a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.06.2004

joint development zone
No Concessions Awarded

The latest meeting of the Joint Ministerial Council, a trans-national [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.06.2004

Carlos Gomes

In keeping with the rotating presidency rule at the Joint Development Authority, the body that manages the Joint Development Zone [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Kebir Ratnani

This civil engineer long active in the electrical sector joins Canadian mining company Semafo Inc as a director. Kebir Ratnani [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

Chevron's Mystery Sidekick

The lone winner of the licensing round in the Joint Development Zone, ChevronTexaco has teamed up with an almost entirely unknown company, Equity Energy Resources.

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Tajudeen Umar

Chairman of the Joint Development Authority which manages the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and Sao Tome, the Nigerian national [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Diplomacy's Spring Rites

A true diplomatic dance took place with the awarding of oil concessions on April 23-24 in the Joint Development Zone [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

PetroChina Joins DiamondWorks

The last Chinese major to lack a holding in Africa, PetroChina has just joined forces with Canada's DiamondWorks.

Subscribers only Energy 20.04.2004

Majors Dragging Their Feet

Delays in the licensing round for the Joint Development Zone have been due essentially to the misgivings of majors concerning the agreements that will tie them to their future Nigerian partners.

Subscribers only Energy 20.04.2004

Iamgold to merge with Wheaton River

The Canadian concern that discovered the Sadiola gold mine in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.04.2004

Ovidio Pequeno

President Fradrique de Menezes has named Ovidio Pequeno as foreign minister to replace Mateus Meira Rita who was fired last [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.04.2004

Arlindo Carvalho

Sao Tome prime minister Maria das Neves has won approval from president Fradrique de Menez to appoint four new ministers [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.03.2004

Island Hit by Oil Bust-Up

A trading contract awarded in January to DiamondWorks was cancelled by Sao Tome's government at a cabinet meeting last week. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.03.2004

Licensing Round Held Up

Five months after it officially closed, the bidding for licenses in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and Sao Tome still hasn't resulted in any awards.

Subscribers only Energy 24.02.2004

De Beers Closes Down and Heads for Congo-K

De Beers is running down its operation in Guinea following its failure to discover a world-class diamond deposit promising a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2004

Asians Step up Lobbying

Although no Asian oil group took part in the licensing round organized in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

DiamondWorks Named Trader

The trading affiliate of Canada's DiamondWorks, Petroplus Africa, has been appointed Sao Tome's official partner under the nose of several well-established traders.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

The President's U.S. Advisers

Since the American firm Williams & Connolly which handled Sao Tome's dispute with Chrome Energy left the country other American advisers have been assisting the Sao Tome leadership.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

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Sao Tome and Principe

Uncertainty Haunts JDZ Deals

Damiao Vaz d'Almeda

New Delays for WAGP

Advisers Stay in the Shadows

Ali Memon

Two New Blocks Awarded

Joao Gomes

American Protection?

joint development zone
No Concessions Awarded

Carlos Gomes

Kebir Ratnani

Chevron's Mystery Sidekick

Tajudeen Umar

Diplomacy's Spring Rites

PetroChina Joins DiamondWorks

Majors Dragging Their Feet

Iamgold to merge with Wheaton River

Ovidio Pequeno

Arlindo Carvalho

Island Hit by Oil Bust-Up

Licensing Round Held Up

De Beers Closes Down and Heads for Congo-K

Asians Step up Lobbying

DiamondWorks Named Trader

The President's U.S. Advisers

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Virtus Minerals

Paul Kagame

Savannah Energy

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Sao Tome and Principe

Uncertainty Haunts JDZ Deals

Damiao Vaz d'Almeda

New Delays for WAGP

Advisers Stay in the Shadows

Ali Memon

Two New Blocks Awarded

Joao Gomes

American Protection?

joint development zone No Concessions Awarded

Carlos Gomes

Kebir Ratnani

Chevron's Mystery Sidekick

Tajudeen Umar

Diplomacy's Spring Rites

PetroChina Joins DiamondWorks

Majors Dragging Their Feet

Iamgold to merge with Wheaton River

Ovidio Pequeno

Arlindo Carvalho

Island Hit by Oil Bust-Up

Licensing Round Held Up

De Beers Closes Down and Heads for Congo-K

Asians Step up Lobbying

DiamondWorks Named Trader

The President's U.S. Advisers

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No Concessions Awarded