Skidmore, the King and Oil on Trial in Texas

Talsint case pops up in Texas 

Thirteen years after the scandal over the fake discovery of oil at Talsint, its protagonists are still slugging it out

Prince’s spectre hovers over oil deal 

The spectre of prince Moulay Abdellah Alaoui hovered over an agreement signed on May 29 between the small Irish company

Rabat vs Laayoune, Round Two 

Reacting to an agreement signed between Polisario and Fusion Oil, Onarep has penned a contract with the seismics company TGS Nopec in its turn.

MOROCCO'S "FRIENDS" IN WASHINGTON 

The invitation list for the banquet laid on at the

HAWKS GET BOLDER IN WASHINGTON 

Now back from a tour of southern Sudan (ION 860), the coalition of American parliamentarians favourable to overturning the power

AMERICANS STILL KEEN 

The U.S. energy branch is still showing a keen interest in Africa, with oil companies advancing mainly on West Africa,

NLNG ON THE MOVE 

The Abacha's regime move to break off negotiations with the IMF appears to be the major obstacle standing in the

ELECTRICITY-GAS STUDY UNDERWAY 

Benin has awarded a $200,000 contract to the U.S. firm Gustavson Associates for "a preliminary design and economic feasibility study"

A PERMIT OFF EL AYOUN? 

"A draft agreement is currently being examined with an American company to prospect off El Ayoun," declared energy and mines

ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK 

Although the new Malagasy government has barely taken office after being appointed in late August, the country's programme to liberalize

BECHTEL FOR PIPELINE 

Sonatrach has awarded Bechtel the contract to install the Algerian section of the North Africa-Europe gas pipeline running from Hassi

CBM PROJECT GATHERS STEAM 

A project to develop and use coal-bed methane (CBM) in the Lowveld region of Zimbabwe is expected to be carried

ARCO STEPS IN; ASHLAND INAUGURATES 

Two new exploration agreements were signed as the Office National de Recherches et d'Exploitation Pétrolieres (Onarep) and Morocco's energy and

SYNTHETIC DIESEL OIL PROJECT 

As Zimbabwe presses ahead with the appraisal of coal bed methane reserves in the south east of the country, Africa

NEW HEADWAY FOR GAS PIPELINE 

The Algerian, Moroccan and Spanish ministers in charge of the energy branch --Nordine Ait Laoussine, Driss Alaoui M'Daghri and Claudio

An IFC report on its activities in Morocco following its

Controversy Over Aid to Indonesia 

The death of Jafar Siddiq Hamzah, a U.S. national, in Aceh has indirectly lifted a veil on American government assistance

How the Money Flows in Kazakhstan 

A corruption case involving American oil companies and Belgium's Tractebel group that a Geneva-based investigating magistrate, Daniel Devaud, is looking