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OIL IN THE PICTURE?

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A year after its Agbami oil find pointed to very substantial reserves Texaco announced with considerable fanfare on Jan. 6

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LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

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The Japan Drilling semi-submersible Hakuryu V has secured a commitment

CANADA Energy 21/12/1999

SHELL PULLS OUT OF COASTAL FIELDS

Shell has sold its 45% stake in the coastal permits

ANGOLA Energy 08/12/1999

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BP Amoco is to take advantage of a slot with

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CHAD LIBYA Energy 08/12/1999

KHADAFI COMES TO RESCUE CHAD'S OIL

Colonel Muammer Kadhafi declared during a press conference on Nov. 30 that he intended to help Chad "replace Western oil companies" that pull out of the Doba oil fields project (AEM 264). He didn't dare add, however, that he was

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DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

The Chad government signed a preliminary accord with Vivendi to take over management of the Societe Tchadienne d'Electricitre et d'Eau

CONGO Energy 24/11/1999

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AEM has learned that Elf is negotiating with Shell to

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AFRICA Energy 24/11/1999

TOTALFINA-ELF, RESOLVED BUT SELECTIVE

A decision like the withdrawal – complete or partial – of Elf and Shell from the Chad oil project is automatically economic in nature. That, at any rate, was how the head of TotalFina Exploration-Production Christophe de Margerie portrayed the

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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"

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IVORY COAST Energy 27/10/1999

NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

Bids for the privatization of Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) are now set to close on Nov. 7. This follows changes in TotalFina's approach to the sell-off that prompted it to re-shape its bid by bringing Shell aboard in addition

NIGERIA Energy 29/09/1999

SHELL STILL SEEKING TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA

Shell is still in the market for two other jack-ups

RWANDA Energy 29/09/1999

METHANE GAS PROJECT

At the behest of Rwanda's energy ministry, the "special projects

ANGOLA Energy 15/09/1999

DISCOVERIES ON BLOCKS 15 AND 17

Earlier this month Elf confirmed its sixth discovery on block

LIBYA Energy 01/09/1999

CONOCO AND OXY WANT A LOOK

Two American oil companies that were previously active in Libya, Conoco and Occidental Petroleum, recently applied to the State Department

NIGERIA Energy 14/07/1999

NEW SHELL-SEDCO CONTRACT FOR TRIDENT VIII

Shell Nigeria has agreed a new contract with Sedco Forex

NIGERIA Energy 14/07/1999

SHELL REPLACES PUMPING STATIONS

Shell Nigeria has placed an order for two mobile pumping

IVORY COAST Energy 14/07/1999

DEEPWAER FRONTIER TO DRILL ON CI-105

AEM has learned that Ocean Energy will drill its East

MOROCCO Energy 14/07/1999

SHELL APPLIES FOR TWO BLOCKS

Shell and the Office National de Recherches et d'Exploitation Petrolieres

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AFRICA FRANCE Energy 14/07/1999

TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

A full week after Total Fina, which exists as such only since April 16, launched a 43 billion Euro takeover bid for Elf there is no solid indication of when Elf's board will meet to approve the "major project" that

AFRICA Energy 30/06/1999

EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

Exatrade is interested in extending its activities to the mining sector, concedes the South African trading company. But in fact

SENEGAL Energy 30/06/1999

WOODSIDE AND ROC OIL TAKE OPTION ON 120,000 SQ.KM. LEASES

The Australian gas company Woodside Petroleum and the Australian junior

NIGERIA Energy 30/06/1999

SHELL LOOKS FOR ELUSIVE HIGH PRESSURE JACK-UP

Shell has again invited bids for provision of a jack-up

WEST AFRICA Energy 16/06/1999

WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

A feasibility study on the West African Gas Pipeline project that the scheme's promoters handed to the German company Pipeline

NIGERIA Energy 16/06/1999

TOTAL TO USE SEDCO 709

Total will use the deepwater semi Sedco 709 as previously

WEST AFRICA Energy 19/05/1999

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

CAMEROON Energy 19/05/1999

WORKOVERS FOR ELF AND DEVELOPMENT IN SIGHT

Elf has fixed the Sedco Forex jack-up Trident VIII for

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Energy 19/05/1999

SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN GAS?

A state utility could team up with private firms in investing in the initial phase of a gas pipeline network in South Africa before itself being privatized. And the state pipeline company Petronet could be the key piece in that

NIGERIA Energy 14/04/1999

EARLY 2001 DRILLING FOR AMENAM

Elf is expected in late April to issue invitations to tender for two jack-ups that it needs to drill development

AFRICA Energy 14/04/1999

SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

The sale of Royal Dutch-Shell's exploration and production assets in Namibia, Congo Brazzaville and Ivory Coast came as a bolt

NIGERIA Energy 14/04/1999

SEDCO 709 JOB FOR SHELL

Shell Nigeria is shortly expected to resume operations with the

NIGERIA Energy 14/04/1999

SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

The swamp barges Searex IV and Searex VI have been

NIGERIA Energy 31/03/1999

KADUNA SLATED FOR PRIVATIZATION

President-elect Olusegun Obasanjo claimed there was no reason for rushing to privatize state-owned companies when he with met business leaders

EUROPE Energy 31/03/1999

SHELL POLISHES ITS PR

Beseiged on all sides by Ogonis, Ijaws, environment NGOs, human

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ALGERIA Energy 31/03/1999

GAS JV ERA JUST BEGINNING

Three of the biggest Algerian projects could well be brought under the same roof this year through a merger between BP-Amoco and Arco. News of the possible merger, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on March 29, came just

NIGERIA Energy 17/03/1999

ACCORD ON 3RD NLNG TRAIN

Nigeria LNG has awarded a consortium made up of Technip, Snamprogetti, Kellog Brown & Root and Japan Gasoline Corporation the

AFRICA Energy 17/03/1999

OIL & GAS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

A second conference on oil and gas investment in Africa

NIGERIA Energy 17/02/1999

SHELL SLOWS DOWN ON DRILLING

The deepwater semi Sedco 709 is due to return to Shell Nigeria at the beginning of March to begin a

NIGERIA Energy 17/02/1999

SHELL UNVEILS $8.5 BN PROJECTS

Shell wants to press ahead with new gas and oil developments involving $8.5 billion in investments despite the fact that

WEST AFRICA Energy 17/02/1999

TEXACO-R&B FALCON CONTRACT CONFIRMED

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

AFRICA Energy 03/02/1999

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

NIGERIA Energy 03/02/1999

BOS WINS SHELL TENDER FOR ODIDI

Bouygues Offshore has just won the tender issued in early

ANGOLA Energy 20/01/1999

CHEVRON TO DRILL WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE

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

NIGERIA Energy 20/01/1999

SHELL EXAMINES NEW BIDS FOR JACK-UPS

Shell has received new bids for its long-term shallow water

ANGOLA Energy 06/01/1999

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

ANGOLA Energy 06/01/1999

AMOCO TO DRILL TWO MORE WELLS WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE

The fourth generation semi Ocean Alliance left the UK in

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WEST AFRICA Energy 16/12/1998

LAST OBSTACLES TO GAS PIPELINE

Of the three regional gas or gas-electricity projects that could be completed by the end of the decade in sub-Saharan Africa the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPG) based on reserves in Nigeria, where 2 billion cu.

AFRICA Energy 02/12/1998

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

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Energy 02/12/1998

SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

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Shell has formally tendered requirements for two jack-up rigs to

MAURITIUS 07/11/1998

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The Mauritian government has just settled an old subject of controversy with the island's petroleum distribution companies (ION 802) by

GABON Energy 07/10/1998

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Gentry Petroleum indicated that several "significant leads" had been identified

NIGERIA Energy 23/09/1998

SHELL SEEKS JACK-UP

Shell Nigeria is in the market with its latest attempt

EGYPT Energy 23/09/1998

ELF AND AMOCO WIN DEEPWATER BLOCK

After largely pulling out of Egypt, Elf Aquitaine has made

AFRICA Energy 09/09/1998

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

ALGERIA Energy 09/09/1998

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

MAURITANIA Energy 26/08/1998

NEW ALLIES FOR HARDMAN

Australian junior oil explorer Hardman Resources has found new backers to bankroll exploration in the A and B areas in

NIGERIA Energy 26/08/1998

SHELL TO DRILL ON EA WITH TWO RIGS

Shell is shortly expected to invite bids for rigs for

UGANDA 25/07/1998

OIL CARTEL

Ugandan officials are up in arms lately over what they see as the danger of a cartel in the petroleum

CAMEROON Energy 22/07/1998

BIG IFC SYNDICATED LOAN FOR PECTEN'S PROJECTS

The World Bank affiliate International Finance Corp. has organized a

NIGERIA Energy 22/07/1998

TWO NEW DRILLING BARGES FOR SHELL

Shell Nigeria Eastern Division has received bids for a three

NIGERIA Energy 08/07/1998

TSKJ STUDYING NLNG EXTENSION

The TSKJ consortium made up of Technip, Snamprogetti, MW Kellogg and JGC Corp, which is already building the first two

ALGERIA Energy 08/07/1998

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

On June 29 Amoco signed a contract with Sonatrach to

ANGOLA Energy 24/06/1998

TWO DRILLSHIPS MOBILIZE FROM GULF OF MEXICO

Exxon is planning to mobilize the drillship Discoverer Seven Seas

GABON Energy 10/06/1998

NO EXPLORATION WELLS FOR ELF

Elf Gabon has acquired 11,000 km of seismic data out of the 13,000 km available for the eighth bidding round

AFRICA Energy 27/05/1998

CONOCO ON AUCTION BLOCK

The DuPont group announced it was selling off its oil

GABON Energy 13/05/1998

RABI KUNGA PRODUCING TOO FAST?

"Rabi very quickly broke production records but its output will

NIGERIA Energy 29/04/1998

SHELL EXTENDS BIDDING FOR JACK-UP CONTRACT Free

Shell has put back the closing date for bids for

NIGERIA Energy 29/04/1998

SHELL-ABACAN PROJECT FOR TRIDENT VII LEFT HANGING

Shell Nigeria and Abacan continue to await NNPC approval of

NIGERIA Energy 08/04/1998

TOTAL-PETROBRAS FOR DEEP BLOCK?

Total and the Brazilian company Petrobras, which produces oil off Brazil in water depths of over 1,500 meters, are reportedly

GABON Energy 11/03/1998

SHELL TO DRILL WITH ADRIATIC IX

Shell has negotiated a two well assignment with the jack-up

GABON Energy 25/02/1998

VANCO SEEKS PARTNER

Vanco Energy is seeking a leading company to buy up to 50% and to perhaps act as operator on its

NIGERIA Energy 25/02/1998

ABACAN WIL KEEP TRIDENT VIII ON SHARE WITH SHELL

The rig Trident VIII looks like remaining a long time

NIGERIA Energy 25/02/1998

SHELL LOOKS FOR SHALLOW-WATER RIG

Shell Nigeria has issued a formal tender for a contract

ANGOLA Energy 11/02/1998

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

CONGO Energy 11/02/1998

TOTAL RETURNS IN REFINING-DISTRIBUTION

Total has entered the picture for the privatization of the

CAMEROON CHAD Energy 28/01/1998

KICKOFF FOR PIPELINE

Work on the pipeline that is to link the Doba oil basin in southern Chad to the future terminal at

MAURITANIA MOROCCO Energy 28/01/1998

TWO-WAY MOVE FOR SHELL

Shell has rejected a proposal to buy a 70% stake and operate in blocks 4 and 5 in the deep

GUINEA BISSAU SENEGAL Energy 31/12/1997

AGC OPTIONS FOR JUNIORS

Two little-known companies that, to our knowledge, haven't yet worked in Africa have signed an agreement with the Agence de

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NIGERIA Energy 31/12/1997

OIL WATERS UNRUFFLED

The supposed putsch in Nigeria on Dec. 21 stirred some media interest but only briefly. From the oil standpoint, however, the re-appearance of oil minister Don Etiebet in the government formed on Dec. 16 when he had been scheduled to

CONGO Energy 12/11/1997

SASSOU TO REVIEW SELL-OFF

Congo's new president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, wants to see an inventory drawn up on state-owned companies, including Hydro Congo, before

NIGERIA Energy 12/11/1997

SHELL CONFIRMS SEDCO 709 UNTIL 2001

Shell confirmed its first extension option (three years) for the

AFRICA Energy 29/10/1997

SHELL ANNOUNCE RECORD SOLAR ENERGY PROGRAM

The Royal Dutch-Shell group has unveiled a five year investment

NIGERIA Energy 29/10/1997

ROBERT F. BAUER'S SIDE TRIP TO CARIBBEAN

It has emerged that Amoco will take the drillship Glomar

ANGOLA Energy 01/10/1997

AMOCO TO DRILL WITH ROBERT F. BAUER

Amoco has fixed the drillship Robert F. Bauer from the

ANGOLA Energy 17/09/1997

HAKURYU V STARTS WORK FOR SHELL

The semi-submersible drilling rig Hakuryu V has arrived from Africa

TUNISIA Energy 17/09/1997

BRITISH GAS CONFIRMS HASDRUBAL

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

WEST AFRICA Energy 03/09/1997

RACE FOR DEEP WATER RIGS

There has been no let-up in the race among operators to find slots in the timetables of rigs adapted to

MAURITANIA SENEGAL Energy 03/09/1997

SHELL'S RETURN

The strategy of Hardman Resources from the outset has been to find a Major to farm-in on blocks 3, 4

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AFRICA Energy 03/09/1997

ELF'S EVER STRONGER AFRICAN FOCUS

During the Le Floch period Elf Aquitaine sought a "third" production center in addition to the North Sea and Africa and the group's current president, Philippe Jaffré is talking of forging an "east-west axis." Both endeavors underline the group's need

EGYPT Energy 30/07/1997

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

NIGERIA Energy 16/07/1997

RIGS RE-ASSIGNED

As expected, Ashland has declared force majeure on its contract for the semi-submersible rig South Seas Driller after its interests

NIGERIA Energy 02/07/1997

A $4.7 BILLION SHOPPING LIST

Regardless of whether NNPC falls behind with cash calls or not Nigeria's offshore equipment market remains huge. That was amply

NIGERIA Energy 02/07/1997

TRANSOCEAN DRILLER LEAVING

Transocean Offshore is indicating the potential availability of the semi-submersible

ANGOLA Energy 02/07/1997

RANGER TO DRILL WITH HAKURYU V

Japan Drilling's semi-submersible rig Hakuryu V, which will arrive in

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NIGERIA Energy 02/07/1997

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As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

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Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

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OIL IN THE PICTURE?

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MAJOR DISCOVERIES CONFIRMED

LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

HAKURYU V TO DRILL FOR TEXACO

SHELL PULLS OUT OF COASTAL FIELDS

PRIDE ANGOLA TO DRILL ONE WELL FOR BP AMOCO

KHADAFI COMES TO RESCUE CHAD'S OIL

DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

ELF MAY HAVE FOUND RIG FOR ULTRA DEEP

TOTALFINA-ELF, RESOLVED BUT SELECTIVE

EA PROJECT IN STARTING BLOCKS

NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

SHELL STILL SEEKING TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA

METHANE GAS PROJECT

DISCOVERIES ON BLOCKS 15 AND 17

CONOCO AND OXY WANT A LOOK

NEW SHELL-SEDCO CONTRACT FOR TRIDENT VIII

SHELL REPLACES PUMPING STATIONS

DEEPWAER FRONTIER TO DRILL ON CI-105

SHELL APPLIES FOR TWO BLOCKS

TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

WOODSIDE AND ROC OIL TAKE OPTION ON 120,000 SQ.KM. LEASES

SHELL LOOKS FOR ELUSIVE HIGH PRESSURE JACK-UP

WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

TOTAL TO USE SEDCO 709

BP AMOCO CANCELS PEREGRINE DEAL

WORKOVERS FOR ELF AND DEVELOPMENT IN SIGHT

SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN GAS?

EARLY 2001 DRILLING FOR AMENAM

SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

SEDCO 709 JOB FOR SHELL

SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

KADUNA SLATED FOR PRIVATIZATION

SHELL POLISHES ITS PR

GAS JV ERA JUST BEGINNING

ACCORD ON 3RD NLNG TRAIN

OIL & GAS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

SHELL SLOWS DOWN ON DRILLING

SHELL UNVEILS $8.5 BN PROJECTS

TEXACO-R&B FALCON CONTRACT CONFIRMED

TEXACO-R&B FALCON DEAL IN VIEW?

BOS WINS SHELL TENDER FOR ODIDI

CHEVRON TO DRILL WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE

SHELL EXAMINES NEW BIDS FOR JACK-UPS

PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

AMOCO TO DRILL TWO MORE WELLS WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE

LAST OBSTACLES TO GAS PIPELINE

SEMI-SUB SHIFT CANCELLED

SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

SHELL SEEKS TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA PROJECT

THE STATE LAUNCHES INTO OIL STORAGE

EA AND GENTRY AWAIT BETTER DAYS TO DRILL ON OFOUBOU

SHELL SEEKS JACK-UP

ELF AND AMOCO WIN DEEPWATER BLOCK

DOUBTS ON R&B FALCON/TEXACO DEAL

DECISION ON IN SALAH NEXT YEAR

NEW ALLIES FOR HARDMAN

SHELL TO DRILL ON EA WITH TWO RIGS

OIL CARTEL

BIG IFC SYNDICATED LOAN FOR PECTEN'S PROJECTS

TWO NEW DRILLING BARGES FOR SHELL

TSKJ STUDYING NLNG EXTENSION

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

TWO DRILLSHIPS MOBILIZE FROM GULF OF MEXICO

NO EXPLORATION WELLS FOR ELF

CONOCO ON AUCTION BLOCK

RABI KUNGA PRODUCING TOO FAST?

SHELL EXTENDS BIDDING FOR JACK-UP CONTRACT Free

SHELL-ABACAN PROJECT FOR TRIDENT VII LEFT HANGING

TOTAL-PETROBRAS FOR DEEP BLOCK?