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As Algeria edges towards adopting a system of tenders for granting oil permits, the freshly-declared state of emergency and de facto banning of the Islamic Salvation Front on Feb. 9 could put the government's economic and political priorities on a [...] (849 words)

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Somali businessman Osman Hassan Ali (aka Atto), who represents the US oil major Conoco in Mogad-iscio and was earlier the

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Somali businessman Osman Hassan Ali (aka Ato) has made it official: on May 8 he announced in Mogadiscio that he

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Breaking with their customary political immobility, head of state Albert Zafy and prime minister Francisque Ravony this week slapped a first warning on national assembly chairman Reverend Richard Andriamanjato by firing his protégé, central bank governor Raoul Ravelomanana, the man

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DE BEERS ARRIVES BY SEA

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Agip Congo is determined to push ahead with exploration and

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RIEK MACHAR THENY DHURGON

During a tour of Europe to seek political support and financial aid, the leader of one of Sudan's opposition movements,

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NEW GOVERNMENT

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NEW QUARREL OVER PRICES

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NEW MINISTER AND STATE SECRETARY FOR OIL

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NEW RACE AGAINST TIME

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KNOTTY ISSUE

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NEW PROJECTS OUTLINED

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ECONOMIC DEADLINE

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EVER-RELIABLE PARTNERS

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A MURKY TALE

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NEW FRONT LINE

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ALGERIA Energy 23/07/1992

ABDESSELAM MINUS LAOUSSINE

The appointment of Belaid Abdessalam, the "architect of Algeria's industrialization," as prime minister on July 8 does not signal a

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ALGERIA Energy 09/07/1992

BAD TIMING

News that Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria's High State Committee, had been assassinated reached London in the early afternoon of June 29 when senior Sonatrach officials were presenting details of Algeria's first licencing round at the Intercontinental hotel.

NIGERIA Energy 25/06/1992

SHAKE-UP AT THE TOP

A major shakeup among top officials of Nigeria's state-run oil company has followed quickly on the heels of the resignation

SUDAN Politics 06/06/1992

Hassan Al Tourabi attacked

The leader of the National Islamic Front (NIF), Hassan Al Tourabi, who was on a private visit in Canada after

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FRANCE Energy 28/05/1992

TOTAL GROUP "DECONTROLLED"

To what extent will the reduction in French government control over Total influence the group's investment decisions in Africa or its choices between Africa and the other regions where it operates? The government's powers over Total are destined to wane

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ALGERIA Energy 07/05/1992

POLICY, PRICES, RESERVES

The decision to open Algerian oil fields already under production to foreign partners should help to increase proven reserves (recoverable under present technical and price conditions) by 450 million tons of crude, according to Sonatrach.

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LIBYA Energy 04/04/1992

PRESSURE BUILDS UP

Although it had no bearing on oil, the U.N. Security Council embargo on air travel and arms supplies to Libya, to come into effect on April 15, nonetheless ruffled oil markets. On one hand, the industry is concerned over the

CHAD Energy 26/03/1992

REFINERY: POSITIVE MOVES

New candidates have stepped forward as pre-qualification for a project to build a refinery and electrical power house in N'Djamena,

ANGOLA Energy 16/01/1992

KAPANDA: NEW DELAY

The Kapanda hydro-electric programme has fallen further behind schedule. One of the first two turbines and other hydraulic and mechanical

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ANGOLA Energy 16/01/1992

WITCH HUNT

As Angola's political parties prepared to gather in Luanda for an all-party conference on Jan. 14, an opposition movement set up recently, the FPD, planned to call for career guarantees for executives in State companies.

CHAD Energy 02/01/1992

REFINERY: POLITICS FIRST?

Technip, which has been put in charge of the N'Djamena refinery project by Société d'Etude et d'Exploitation de la Raffinerie

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GABON Energy 02/01/1992

OPTIONS

It was not by accident that eight months ago, Jean Ping chose the occasion of Elf Gabon's one-thousandth well to express the hope there would one day be a new Gabonese oil company, one which would operate "in partnership with

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Paris trade seminar in camera

Chirac Shows The Flag

Chirac In Tripoli Ahead of Blair and Bush?

SAID BELAIDOUNI

ABDERRAHMANE HADJ NACER

The IFC Deep in Gas

French Feel Safer After Air France Return

ALGERIANS OUT IN NUMBER IN BERLIN

Paris/Algiers: Secret Business of Corporate Bosses

BANKS PROMINENT IN FRENCH EMPLOYERS' MISSION

TOTAL IN MARKET FORCES FRAY

CATCHING THE TRADE WINDS

KWESI BOTCHWEY GOES

GAS EQUATION

FRESH START FOR PROJECT

RUSSIANS BACK IN BUSINESS

VALOT NAMED BOSS OF TOTAL EXPLORATION-PRODUCTION

ZAFY AND RAVONY AT ODDS

TWO-FACTION AGREEMENT

DIVORCE IN THE AIR

KENYA-BORN EXECUTIVE TO HEAD CALTEX

AFEWORKI VISITS USA

ACCIDENT ON MOBIL'S UBIT PLATFORM

WARNING FOR THE REVEREND

OXY TO DRILL IN 900M

ENERGY WEEK

AFAR EXPLORATION'S MAJOR GAMBLE

DE BEERS ARRIVES BY SEA

NEW YORK LIES JUST OVER THERE...

OIL MINISTER WITH A WORLD BANK PROFILE

AGIP CONGO TO REMAIN AND OXY ASKED TO EXPLORE

RIEK MACHAR THENY DHURGON

COUNTING ON FRIENDS

NEW GOVERNMENT

OILINVEST: NEW PARTNERS

YAOUNDE IN NEW PUSH

SECURITY BOOM

NEW QUARREL OVER PRICES

NEW MINISTER AND STATE SECRETARY FOR OIL

NEW RACE AGAINST TIME

OILY MANOEUVRES

KNOTTY ISSUE

BERNARD ESAMBERT TIPPED FOR ELF CHAIRMANSHIP

MOSSREF SHIPS ALCOHOL TO BRAZIL

NEW PROJECTS OUTLINED

GAS: THE AWAKENING

ECONOMIC DEADLINE

EVER-RELIABLE PARTNERS

SHADY STOCK DEALINGS IN US

FRANCE PULLING OUT THE STOPS

A REAL SCOOP

NLNG'S FINANCIAL WOES

A MURKY TALE

THE BATTLE OF MALAKAL

RALLYING ROUND "TRANSITIONAL POPE"

NEW FRONT LINE

ABDESSELAM MINUS LAOUSSINE

BAD TIMING

SHAKE-UP AT THE TOP

Hassan Al Tourabi attacked

TOTAL GROUP "DECONTROLLED"

POLICY, PRICES, RESERVES

PRESSURE BUILDS UP

REFINERY: POSITIVE MOVES

KAPANDA: NEW DELAY

WITCH HUNT

REFINERY: POLITICS FIRST?

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