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Energy

LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

A Moroccan source has depicted Rubis' plan to build an imports terminal with a capacity of 40,000 tons per year

ANGOLA Energy 21/12/1999

HAKURYU V TO DRILL FOR TEXACO

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

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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

CAMEROON CHAD Energy 24/11/1999

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

ELF MAY HAVE FOUND RIG FOR ULTRA DEEP

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

NIGERIA Energy 10/11/1999

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

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

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

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

NIGERIA Energy 03/02/1999

BOS WINS SHELL TENDER FOR ODIDI

Bouygues Offshore has just won the tender issued in early

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

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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.

Spotlight

Energy 02/12/1998

SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

Africa certainly hasn't been a decisive factor in the flurry of mega-mergers in the oil industry which are being spurred instead by the need to cut costs in the face of plunging oil prices – in real terms these are

NIGERIA Energy 18/11/1998

SHELL SEEKS TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA PROJECT

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

MAURITIUS 07/11/1998

THE STATE LAUNCHES INTO OIL STORAGE

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

EA AND GENTRY AWAIT BETTER DAYS TO DRILL ON OFOUBOU

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

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

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

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

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

ANGOLA Energy 17/09/1997

HAKURYU V STARTS WORK FOR SHELL

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

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

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

ANGOLA Energy 02/07/1997

RANGER TO DRILL WITH HAKURYU V

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

Spotlight

NIGERIA Energy 02/07/1997

OIL, HEADWAY DESPITE SNAGS

The decision by Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete to cancel Ashland's contracts indeed concerns the four licences on which it operated and wanted to sell to Perenco, sources have confirmed to AEM. The contracts involved not only its partnership with

CAMEROON Energy 18/06/1997

LIPENDJA IN START-UP

The small satellite Lipendja being developed by Shell-Pecten as operator

NIGERIA Energy 18/06/1997

MOBIL TO DRILL AGAIN IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Mobil plans to drill in Nigeria's deep offshore again in

NIGERIA Energy 04/06/1997

SHELL CONFIRMS INTEREST IN REGIONAL GAS PIPELINE

Michael Weston, managing director of Shell's gas division, confirmed in

CONGO Energy 07/05/1997

ELF TO OPERATE IN ULTRA DEEP WATER

Elf Congo has just been awarded the last available licence in the deep Congo offshore and the upper basin of

NIGERIA Energy 07/05/1997

SHELL STILL SEEKING SEMIS

Service companies have just received formal tender documents from Shell

NAMIBIA Energy 23/04/1997

JAPANESE RIG FOR NAMIBIA

The Japanese semi-submersible Hakuryu IV, owned by Japan Drilling, will

NIGERIA Energy 02/04/1997

EX OIL MINISTER'S ARRESTED

Former oil minister Don Etiebet was arrested and jailed on

GABON Energy 02/04/1997

ADRIATIC IV AND V ON MOVE

The jack-up Glomar Adriatic IV has mobilized to Gabon from

NIGERIA Energy 05/03/1997

NLNG-ENEL TALKS RESUME

Will Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) follow in the footsteps of Algeria's Sonatrach to sell gas to the Portuguese gas

NIGERIA Energy 05/03/1997

SHELL SEEKING JACK-UP WITH 15,000 PSI BOP

Shell has issued an inquiry for a jack-up equipped with

NIGERIA Energy 05/03/1997

AND WAITING FOR GREEN LIGHT FOR BARGES

Shell is understood to be awaiting approval from the Nigerian

NIGERIA Energy 05/03/1997

SHELL TO KEEP SEDCO 709 UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 1998

Shell has exercised three six month options that extends its

ANGOLA NAMIBIA Energy 05/03/1997

SHELL FIXES JAPANESE RIG

Shell has issued a letter of intent to take Japan

NIGERIA Energy 19/02/1997

SHELL SEEKING DRILLSHIP FOR DEEP WATER

Shell is pre-qualifying for a five year deepwater program in

MOROCCO Energy 08/01/1997

SHALE: MEDIA TOLD TO COOL DOWN

According to an informed Moroccan source, the energy ministry's move on Dec. 30 to temper the media's enthusiasm over the

CONGO Energy 18/12/1996

TEXACO NOT EXCLUDED FOR CORAF

Texaco hasn't been shut out of the privatization of the Pointe Noire refinery (Coraf) and Hydro Congo's distribution network, AEM

NIGERIA Energy 18/12/1996

SHELL TO KEEP SEDCO 709 UNTIL OCTOBER, 1998

AEM understands that Shell is planning to utilize all three

ANGOLA Energy 04/12/1996

ELF AND CHEVRON TO SHARE PETROBRAS XVI

Chevron and Elf are negotiating with Brasoil to jointly fix

NORTH AFRICA Energy 20/11/1996

ENI-LIBYA DEAL SIGNED -- IN JUNE

An agreement between ENI and Libya to develop the offshore gas block NC-41 (including associated gas from the Bouri field)

NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA Energy 20/11/1996

KUDU-4 SUCCESSFULL

Shell E&P Namibia is expected to shortly announce the first results of tests carried out on the Kudu-4 exploration and

ANGOLA Energy 20/11/1996

OMEGA DRILLS IN DEEP WATER FOR SHELL

The well for which Shell sub-let the semi-sub Omega from

ANGOLA Energy 06/11/1996

PETROBRAS XVI EXPECTED TO DRILL ON OOMBO

Brasoil has reportedly found a first customer for Petrobras XVI

ANGOLA CONGO Energy 06/11/1996

SEMI-SUB CHASE CONTINUES

The chase for semi-submersibles adapted to the deep offshore (there are only 25 specially designed for that in the world)

WEST AFRICA Energy 23/10/1996

NIGERIAN GAS PROJECT RE-LAUNCHED

The West African Gas Pipeline project which is to link Nigeria to Ghana via Benin and Togo will be on

ANGOLA Energy 23/10/1996

MOBIL ASSIGNS R.F.BAUER TO SHELL FOR WELL

Mobil, which has Global Marine's drillship Robert F Bauer on

NAMIBIA Energy 25/09/1996

SECOND ROUND AND MINI-KUDU

The second round for licences that will be completed on

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AFRICA Energy 25/09/1996

RUSH TO THE DEEP OFFSHORE

Optimism was distinctly the watchword at the Africa Upstream seminar in Johannesburg which worked to project the image of an Africa propelled into the upstream by "governments and companies working hand in hand," as South African energy and mines minister

Spotlight

AFRICA Energy 11/09/1996

THE OIL CONFERENCE RUSH

No less than three oil conferences are scheduled for Africa between now and November. The onslaught is significant. A good 30 developments are to be undertaken along the West African coast before the year 2000 without even counting Nigeria, according

NAMIBIA Energy 28/08/1996

PETROBRAS XVI TO RETURN TO AFRICA

The semi-sub Petrobras XVI is completing its current well for

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LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

HAKURYU V TO DRILL FOR TEXACO

SHELL PULLS OUT OF COASTAL FIELDS

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

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

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

ACCORD ON 3RD NLNG TRAIN

OIL & GAS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

SHELL SLOWS DOWN ON DRILLING

SHELL UNVEILS $8.5 BN PROJECTS

BOS WINS SHELL TENDER FOR ODIDI

SHELL EXAMINES NEW BIDS FOR JACK-UPS

PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

LAST OBSTACLES TO GAS PIPELINE

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

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

NO EXPLORATION WELLS FOR ELF

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?

SHELL TO DRILL WITH ADRIATIC IX

VANCO SEEKS PARTNER

ABACAN WIL KEEP TRIDENT VIII ON SHARE WITH SHELL

SHELL LOOKS FOR SHALLOW-WATER RIG

TOTAL RETURNS IN REFINING-DISTRIBUTION

KICKOFF FOR PIPELINE

TWO-WAY MOVE FOR SHELL

AGC OPTIONS FOR JUNIORS

OIL WATERS UNRUFFLED

SASSOU TO REVIEW SELL-OFF

SHELL CONFIRMS SEDCO 709 UNTIL 2001

SHELL ANNOUNCE RECORD SOLAR ENERGY PROGRAM

HAKURYU V STARTS WORK FOR SHELL

RACE FOR DEEP WATER RIGS

SHELL'S RETURN

ELF'S EVER STRONGER AFRICAN FOCUS

A $4.7 BILLION SHOPPING LIST

RANGER TO DRILL WITH HAKURYU V