BP DUCKS OUT

PRIDE ANGOLA TO DRILL ONE WELL FOR BP AMOCO 

BP Amoco is to take advantage of a slot with

EA PROJECT IN STARTING BLOCKS 

In late October Shell's board gave a go-ahead to the EA project that will involve a first venture in "alternative"

DISCOVERIES ON BLOCKS 15 AND 17 

Earlier this month Elf confirmed its sixth discovery on block

BP AMOCO CANCELS PEREGRINE DEAL 

BP Amoco has cancelled a three-year plus options drilling contract with R&B Falcon for the drillship Peregrine VII on the

TEXACO-R&B FALCON CONTRACT CONFIRMED 

R&B Falcon has been awarded a three-year contract by Texaco

TEXACO-R&B FALCON DEAL IN VIEW? 

R&B Falcon acknowledges that it is close to agreeing a contract for its planned newbuild deepwater drillship Deepwater IV which

CHEVRON TO DRILL WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE 

Chevron has secured a new rig for drilling in Angola's

STATOIL ON BLOCK 31? 

Luanda has just confirmed the already-known share-out of operating roles following the first phase of bidding for blocks 31 to

AMOCO TO DRILL TWO MORE WELLS WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE 

The fourth generation semi Ocean Alliance left the UK in

PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS 

The government announced just before the New Year that it had signed three PSA's concerning blocks 21, 22 and 24

FIND FOR ELF IN DEEP OFFSHORE 

Elf Petroleum has made an appearently substantial discovery in Nigeria's deep offshore. The French group remained silent about results of

SEMI-SUB SHIFT CANCELLED 

Amoco has dropped plans to mobilize the DP drillship Discovery 543 from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to drill a

NEW FINDS ON BLOCKS 14-15 

Within a week of one other Chevron and Exxon each announced new discoveries on blocks 14 and 15 where they

ELF AND AMOCO WIN DEEPWATER BLOCK 

After largely pulling out of Egypt, Elf Aquitaine has made

FOURTH DISCOVERY ON BLOCK 17 

On Sept. 3 Elf announced its fourth discovery on block 17 in the deep Angolan offshore, Lirio. It follows Girassol

DECISION ON IN SALAH NEXT YEAR 

The In Salah Gas consortium set up by BP and Sonatrach is continuing to assess reserves on the In Salah

DOUBTS ON R&B FALCON/TEXACO DEAL 

The drilling contractor R&B Falcon may be negotiating the possible cancellation of a three to five year drilling contract with

PETROFINA SELLS DOWNSTREAM ASSETS IN FOUR COUNTRIES 

Although Petrofina intends to remain active in the upstream in

AMOCO TO PRODUCE 7 BILLION CU.M./YEAR OF GAS 

On June 29 Amoco signed a contract with Sonatrach to

TWO DRILLSHIPS MOBILIZE FROM GULF OF MEXICO 

Exxon is planning to mobilize the drillship Discoverer Seven Seas

EXXON CONFIRMS MAJOR STRIKE 

Sonangol and Exxon have confirmed a discovery recorded by Esso Exploration Angola on block 15 in the deep Angolan offshore.

ACCORD WITH BP FINALIZED 

An agreement between the Mozambique government and British Petroleum that dated from September, 1996 was finalized in Maputo on Feb.

PETROFINA, RANGER, UMC ON 19 

Petrofina will operate on block 19 in Angola's deep offshore with a 30% stake alongside four partners—Ranger Oil (25%), United

BP LOOKING FOR DEEPWATER RIG 

BP is checking the market for a deepwater rig for

BP HIRES FORMER WHITE HOUSE AIDE 

With an eye to developing its interests in Angola, British

ROBERT F. BAUER'S SIDE TRIP TO CARIBBEAN 

It has emerged that Amoco will take the drillship Glomar

AMOCO TO DRILL WITH ROBERT F. BAUER 

Amoco has fixed the drillship Robert F. Bauer from the

BRITISH GAS CONFIRMS HASDRUBAL 

British Gas announced a test flow of nearly 600,000 cu.m./day

SASOL TO BUILD UP NATREF 

Sasol is considering a new extension to the Natref refinery and a decision will be made by the year's end.

IN SALAH GAS' HIGH TECH IT 

BP's staff in its In Salah Gas joint venture with

GAS PROJECT WITH ISRAEL REVIVED 

The Egyptian government recently put new proposals to Israel concerning a project to supply gas. The scheme had been put

AGIP SEEKS RIG 

Agip affiliate Nigerian Agip Oil (NAOC) has issued a market

SECOND DRILLSHIP FOR FALCON 

Falcon Drilling has bought a drillship to satisfy a three

GAS SEMINAR IN U.K. IN OCTOBER 

A conference on the theme of "North African gas and the implications for the European gas market" will be staged

STATOIL STILL SEEKING SEMIS 

Statoil has issued an availability inquiry for a rig to

CHEVRON REPORTS 2ND ELEPHANT 

Has Chevron discovered the second "elephant" field in Angola's offshore? It has certainly been hoping so since its first test

HARDMAN KNOCKS ON MAJORS' DOOR 

Taking its cue from UMIC in Ivory Coast which used a springboard tactic to promote the already-known Lion-Panthere prospect, the

FORCENERY TO DRILL ON PHENIX WITH OCEAN LIBERATOR 

Diamond Offshore's semi Ocean Liberator will be assigned to Forcenergy

RESERVES AT 7 BILLION BARRELS 

In the latest of its surveys on the oil industry in West Africa that covers seven countries -- from Cameroon

SLIM PICKINGS IN DEEP OFFSHORE 

Gabon has awarded the T-93 permit to Houston-based Vanco and the only zone that remains to be awarded in Gabon's

ELF AND BP JOIN ENERGY OBSERVATORY 

The Mediterranean Energy Observatory now counts 24 member companies following

ELF DRILLS GIRASOL 1 

A few days ago Elf Exploration Angola began drilling the Girasol 1 appraisal well on Block 17 on the most

ASHLAND TOO... 

Ashland his issued formal tender invitations for provision of a

EGYPTIANS SWITCH ROUTES 

An agreement to export Egyptian gas to Turkey in the form of LNG was announced on Nov 13, with Amoco

BP AND AGIP MARKETING AFFILIATES PRIVATIZED 

The government has completed the privatization of British Petroleum Zambia

MAERSK SHOWS INTEREST; PLUSPETROL AND GLOBAL SET UP SHOP 

Prime minister Daniel Kablan Duncan indicated that A.P. Moeller, the

AMOCO SEEKS DEEP WATER UNIT 

Amoco is examining bids in a tender that closed on

AMOCO TO START DRILLING 

The Ocean Liberator drilling rig has finished two firm wells

TAMADANET IN PRODUCTION 

Petro Canada announced that it had put the Tamadanet oil field which it discovered in 1994 in the Ghadames basin

GUPCO TENDERS FOR FLOATER 

Gupco, an affiliate of Amoco and EGPC, is in the

GAS PACT WITH ISRAEL BY JUNE 

Italy's ENI expects an agreement "in the next two or three months at latest" between Egypt and Israel on a

ELF INTERESTED; ARCO SIGNS UP 

Up until now Elf barely admitted its interest in returning one day to Algeria, saying in substance that "We're looking

AMOCO AND APACHE TO DRILL WITH OCEAN LIBERATOR 

Under the terms of new contracts, Amoco in Gabon and

FREDERIK PHASWANA 

BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd has appointed a company man and for the first time a Black South African as

SOUTH AFRICAN BLACK HEADS BP IN AFRICA 

British Petroleum has picked a black South African, Fred Phaswana,

KPRL SURVIVES FREE MARKET 

Although price controls on oil products were lifted in Kenya in late October, 1994 the move continues to stir strong

BP SETS THE PACE 

It took the November elections that legitimized Lamine Zeroual's presidency and prompted the leaders of FIS to take their distance

AMOCO SEEKS SEMI-SUB 

Amoco has issued a pre-qualification inquiry, which will close on

WHAT REFINING CAPACITY? 

The closedown of existing refineries in southern Africa apart from those in South Africa remains as high as ever on

PACT ALL BUT WRAPPED UP 

According to an informed Algerian source, an agreement with British

ELF SHOWS INTEREST IN EXPLORATION 

A delegation from Elf recently turned up in Asmara. The

DEEP WATER PLANS FOR MOBIL AND AMOCO 

Mobil is planning two wells in the deep Angola offshore in late 1995 and 1996 in depths of 600 and

ELF WILL KEEP NEDDRILL 1 TO DRILL ON BLOCK 3 

After drilling its second well in deep water in Block

AMOCO BUYS INTO AGIP, ESSO AND MOBIL BLOCKS 

Amoco has made what appears to be its debut in

PERMIT FOR WALTER-NUEVO 

A partnership set up by Walter International and Nuevo Energy to buy Amoco's (operator) 43.75% stake on the Yombo field

BP AIMS FOR 1 BILLION CFD 

With British Petroleum poised to sign an agreement with Sonatrach to start developing gas fields totalling 350 billion cu.m. of

"SUBSTANTIAL" DISCOVERY BY PETRO-CANADA 

Operating on the Tinrhert permit (8,200 sq.km) south east of

BP CLOSE TO SIGNING FOR ALRAR GAS 

BP is poised to sign an initial agreement to develop gas reserves already identified in the Alrar basin in south

ELF PLANS FRESH SELL-OFF 

Elf intends to sell off further non-core assets in Gabon following the sale of its interests on the Malembe permit,

AMOCO TO DRILL IN DELTA  Free

Amoco is planning an offshore well in the Nile delta

TANO ENTIRELY OFFSHORE 

Just as the Tano gas field will be developed by a floating rig so the turbine power station that will

AMOCO SEEKS PARTNER FOR DANAKIL BLOCK 

Rumours that Amoco is preparing to drill appear to true

TEETHING TROUBLES FOR PRIMA OIL 

Prima Eritrea Oil Company looks like seeing its very first contract put in question. The Eritrean petroleum company set up

FARMOUT DEALS BEFORE DRILLING 

Negotiations on farmout arrangements prior to drilling are taking place on a lot of offshore Nigerian blocks, mainly in the

BP ASKS FOR MORE 

A government source told AEM that talks with BP had

OIL PROJECT LAUNCHED 

The initial phase in a series of tenders will open this month to select oil storage and pipeline equipment as

SONANGOL DROPS GNPC 

Sonangol has signed two agreements to put field 4/26 into production. They take the place of an accord Sonangol had

AMOCO PULLS OUT OF YOMBO 

Operator Amoco has announced that it will sell its 47.75%

OIL IN THE PICTURE? 

Do oil considerations lie behind Washington's change of heart concerning warlord Gen. Mohamed Farah Aideed in Somalia? The Italian daily

WINNING BIDS FOR SHELL AND BP 

Shell and BP have been awarded contracts from the State

BP AND EXXON IN ACCORDS 

On the heels of Shell and Elf which acquired five blocks apiece at the end of April (AEM 110), BP

AMOCO DISAPPOINTED, AMOCO RETURNS 

Amoco has taken a $170 million charge against revenue in

Rising oil matters 

The Eritrean energy minister, Tesfaye Selassie, is planning a number of proposals to modify legislation for oil exploration and production.

PERMIT FOR BP 

BP announced on Feb. 3 it had signed an agreement

ELF AIMS FOR 10 MT IN 1996 

Set to reach 6 million tons this year, Elf Congo's output of crude could hit the 10 Mt mark by

CHEVRON DROPS EXPLORATION 

The Congolese news agency ACI reported that Chevron had withdrawn

Amoco and Texaco, the American oil companies have recently pulled

AMOCO LEAVES BLOCKS 1 AND 10 

Amoco and Texaco have withdrawn from block 1 as the postponement of the first well on the permit in late

TWO DISCOVERIES 

Amoco has continued to successfully explore the areas that remain to be developed on the structure in the October offshore

AMOCO: SECOND THOUGHTS. 

A closedown in Amoco's production in Gabon remains a possibility after the suspension of its exploration activity in the country.

GOMBE BETA TO CLOSE DOWN AFTER EIGHT MONTHS 

After deciding to suspend exploration in Gabon (AEM 82) Amoco will wind up all production operations as well. The Gombe