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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 [...] (727 words)

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Energy

SHELL PULLS OUT OF COASTAL FIELDS

Shell has sold its 45% stake in the coastal permits

ANGOLA Energy 21/12/1999

HAKURYU V TO DRILL FOR TEXACO

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

MOROCCO Energy 21/12/1999

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

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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

AFRICA Energy 08/12/1999

THE EXECUTIVE LINE-UP AT TOTALFINA-ELF

On Dec. 1 Total Fina published a list of 50

ANGOLA Energy 08/12/1999

PRIDE ANGOLA TO DRILL ONE WELL FOR BP AMOCO

BP Amoco is to take advantage of a slot with

ANGOLA Energy 08/12/1999

WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

In its latest update on E&P in Angola, Wood Mackenzie

ANGOLA Energy 08/12/1999

GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

Less than a year after it published its report "A Rough Trade" on the diamonds that fuelled UNITA's military ventures,

CONGO Energy 08/12/1999

HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

Companies slated for privatization in Congo are going to change their management before the sell-off, including Hydro Congo. The latter

ANGOLA Energy 24/11/1999

HITCHES WITH NEWBUILD

Elf Exploration Angola's eighth find on block 17 after that of Cravo in early September is going to have to

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

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"

ANGOLA Energy 10/11/1999

SEDCO EXPRESS TO BE DELIVERED IN JANUARY

The DCN shipyard in Brest, France expects to deliver the

GABON Energy 27/10/1999

FIRST WELLS ON ANTON-ASTRID

TotalFina is examining bids for the supply of a drillship to start operations on the adjacent Anton Marin and Astrid

ANGOLA Energy 27/10/1999

7TH DISCOVERY ON BLOCK 17 CONFIRMED

A seventh discovery in block 17 where Elf operates was

CONGO Energy 27/10/1999

UP TO THREE WELLS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE ON MPS

Elf indeed issued a tender – closed on Oct. 12

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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

MADAGASCAR 16/10/1999

TOTAL MADAGASIKARA AVIATION IS BACK

The company born of TotalFina's takeover of jet aviation fuel

ANGOLA CONGO Energy 13/10/1999

CLOSER LOOK AT CONGO BASIN

Elf Exploration-Production is examining the first results from a series of surveys conducted by the French marine research institute Infremer

GABON Energy 13/10/1999

POSSIBLE MOVES LOOMING FOR ELF GABON, ENERGY AFRICA AND AMERADA

Before planned talks with TotalFina on Elf Gabon's future, president

CONGO Energy 29/09/1999

KOMBI-LIKALALA IN PRODUCTION

Elf Congo has just put its latest development among small fields in the former Pointe Noire Grands Fonds permit, Kombi

IVORY COAST Energy 29/09/1999

SIR SELL-OFF POSTPONED

The Sept. 13 announcement that Elf and Total were to merge has had its first visible impact in Africa with

ANGOLA Energy 29/09/1999

PRIDE AFRICA TO START WITH APPRAISAL WELL

The new deepwater drillship Pride Africa, which arrived in Angola

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

GABON Energy 15/09/1999

ELF'S EVER-FASTER OUTPUT DROP

The pace of Elf Gabon's drop in production, which saw output fall from 53 million barrels in 1997 to 48

SUDAN Energy 15/09/1999

BLOCK INTERESTS IPC & TOTALFINA

IPC Sudan has applied for a license for block 5B that lies alongside block 5A where it is due to

AFRICA Energy 15/09/1999

TOTALFINA-ELF, ENI LEAVES OPTIONS OPENED

The Sept. 13 announcement that Total/Fina and Elf had agreed to a now-friendly merger pushed aside rumors that ENI might

CONGO Energy 15/09/1999

DEEPWATER FRONTIER FOR ULTRA-DEEP ELF WELL?

The drillship Deepwater Frontier may be emerging as the leading

SUDAN 11/09/1999

Energy minister working hard

After Sudanese deputy minister for energy and mining John Dor failed to convince Western oil majors in July to take

ANGOLA Energy 28/07/1999

PRIDE AFRICA ON THE WAY

The 51-49% joint venture between Pride International and Sonangol that owns the drillship Pride Africa has taken delivery of the

ANGOLA Energy 28/07/1999

ELF CONTRACT FOR SBM Free

Elf has ordered a CALM loading point anchoring system from

LIBYA Energy 28/07/1999

NIMR LINES UP ACTINIA

Nimr Petroleum is due to take the Actinia next month

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AFRICA Energy 28/07/1999

SEDCO-TRANSOCEAN TIE-UP IN WAKE OF BP-AMOCO

A tie-up between Sedco-Forex and Transocean has come on the heels of a wave of mega oil mergers that began with BP Amoco and looks likely to end once the double takeover battle between Total Fina and Elf runs its

AFRICA FRANCE Energy 14/07/1999

TOTALFINELF A MARKET GIANT?

If Total Fina succeeds in its takeover bid for Elf the impact on the gas market could be extremely significant.

GABON Energy 14/07/1999

DEBUT FOR AUSTRALIAN

The government was negotiating with an Australian firm, Millenium Oil

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

STILL NO GREEEN LIGHT FOR AMENAM-KPONO

An official green light from the Nigerian authorities for the

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

CONGO Energy 16/06/1999

DROP IN INVESTMENT CONTAINED?

Semi-official sources in Brazzaville believe that investment in Congo in general and in the oil industry in particularly won't be

ANGOLA Energy 16/06/1999

ELF OFFERS SLOTS WITH SEMI SUBS

AEM has learned from oil services circles that Elf is

NIGERIA Energy 16/06/1999

TOTAL TO USE SEDCO 709

Total will use the deepwater semi Sedco 709 as previously

LIBYA Energy 19/05/1999

ELF Z4 PLAN NEARLY READY

Elf is understood to be considering a development of a field in its C-137 block in Libya which would entail

ANGOLA Energy 19/05/1999

ELF'S 5TH FIND IN BLOCK 17

Elf Exploration Angola has just recorded a fifth oil discovery in block 17. Named Tulipa it comes after Girassol in

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

CONGO Energy 05/05/1999

BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

The Congo's hydrocarbons ministry has joined with the energy and hydraulics department in seeking private partners willing to conduct a

ANGOLA Energy 05/05/1999

FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

Already postponed several times, the final distribution of stakes on the first blocks in Angola's ultra deep offshore - 31,

NIGERIA Energy 05/05/1999

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR DRILLING ON AMENAM-KPONO

As expected, Elf has invited bids for provision of two

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

CONGO Energy 14/04/1999

SEDNETH 701 ON KOMBI-LIKALALA

Elf Congo is going to retain the services of the

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

CAMEROON Energy 31/03/1999

ELF SEEKS RIG FOR WORKOVER Free

Elf has issued a tender invitation for a jack-up rig

EUROPE Energy 31/03/1999

SHELL POLISHES ITS PR

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

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

CONGO Energy 17/03/1999

ELF RELEASES GLOMAR ADRIATIC V

As AEM reported it would do (AEM 246), Elf Congo

AFRICA Energy 17/03/1999

OIL & GAS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

A second conference on oil and gas investment in Africa

MADAGASCAR 06/03/1999

TECHNICAL OFFER FOR SOLIMA

Of the 96 specifications sold for the Call for bids

ANGOLA Energy 03/03/1999

GIRASSOL PUT BACK A FEW MONTHS

Although the end of the year 2000 still officially remained

AFRICA FRANCE Energy 03/03/1999

TWO THIRDS OF ELF OUTPUT FROM AFRICA

Africa's share in Elf Aquitaine's net output of crude rose

FRANCE GABON Energy 03/03/1999

ELF GABON'S INVESTMENTS FALL FOR SIXTH YEAR RUNNING

Elf Gabon cut back on investment in exploration for the

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

ANGOLA Energy 17/02/1999

FEED CONTRACT FOR ALIA

An affiliate of the ABB group, ABB Lummus, has won the front end, engineering and design contract for the development

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

CONGO Energy 17/02/1999

ELF DROPS SEDCO 700

Elf has negotiated the early termination of its contract with

NIGERIA Energy 03/02/1999

CANOXY-ELF BUY-IN CONFIRMED

The Nigerian government has approved Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.'s acquisition of a 20% interest in Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd's offshore

ANGOLA Energy 03/02/1999

GIRASSOL TO START IN LATE 2000

The Girassol field in Angola will indeed come on stream at the end of 2000 as initially planned, Elf chairman

NIGERIA Energy 03/02/1999

BOS WINS SHELL TENDER FOR ODIDI

Bouygues Offshore has just won the tender issued in early

LIBYA Energy 20/01/1999

FIND FOR REPSOL

Repsol, operator of the consortium that developed the Murzuk-El Sharara oil field - other members are Total and OMV -

ANGOLA Energy 20/01/1999

PRIDE COMPLETES FUNDING

Pride International has concluded long-term financing agreements relating to the deepwater drillship Pride Angola (previously Pride Europe) that Hyundai Heavy

CONGO Energy 20/01/1999

BOOST FOR PNGF PROJECT

Elf Congo has extended its program involving the series of small fields in the former Pointe Noire Grands Fonds (PNGF)

NIGERIA Energy 20/01/1999

SECOND FIND IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Texaco has announced a major wildcat discovery, the second to be made in the deep Nigerian offshore on licenses granted

NIGERIA Energy 20/01/1999

SHELL EXAMINES NEW BIDS FOR JACK-UPS

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

CAMEROON Energy 20/01/1999

ELF LIKELY TO DRILL TWO WELLS LATE THIS YEAR Free

Elf is provisionally planning to drill two wells in offshore

ANGOLA Energy 06/01/1999

BLOCK O TO PROVIDE 600,000 BPD

Initial development of the Kuito field on Angola's block 14 is going to be put back relative to earlier indications

NIGERIA Energy 06/01/1999

KICKOFF FOR AMENAM & BONGA

The Nigerian government has approved a decision in August, 1997 that resulted in the choice of Elf Petroleum Nigeria as

NIGERIA Energy 06/01/1999

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

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 16/12/1998

DALIA PRE-SELECTION IN MID-99

The main bidding for pre-selection for the main development contracts on Dalia, the second of four discoveries on Angola's block

CONGO Energy 16/12/1998

ELF NEEDS RIG TO DRILL IN 1,800 METERS

Elf is planning an exploration well offshore Congo in the

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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.

NIGERIA Energy 02/12/1998

ELF TO USE TWO JACK-UPS ON AMENAM

Elf is reviewing responses to a recent market check into

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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

MADAGASCAR 07/11/1998

INDEMNIFICATION OF TOTAL

The agreement covering the Malagasy authorities' compensation of French oil major Total whose assets in petroleum distribution on Madagascar had

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SHELL PULLS OUT OF COASTAL FIELDS

HAKURYU V TO DRILL FOR TEXACO

LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

KHADAFI COMES TO RESCUE CHAD'S OIL

THE EXECUTIVE LINE-UP AT TOTALFINA-ELF

PRIDE ANGOLA TO DRILL ONE WELL FOR BP AMOCO

WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

HITCHES WITH NEWBUILD

DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

ELF MAY HAVE FOUND RIG FOR ULTRA DEEP

EA PROJECT IN STARTING BLOCKS

SEDCO EXPRESS TO BE DELIVERED IN JANUARY

FIRST WELLS ON ANTON-ASTRID

7TH DISCOVERY ON BLOCK 17 CONFIRMED

UP TO THREE WELLS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE ON MPS

NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

TOTAL MADAGASIKARA AVIATION IS BACK

CLOSER LOOK AT CONGO BASIN

POSSIBLE MOVES LOOMING FOR ELF GABON, ENERGY AFRICA AND AMERADA

KOMBI-LIKALALA IN PRODUCTION

SIR SELL-OFF POSTPONED

PRIDE AFRICA TO START WITH APPRAISAL WELL

SHELL STILL SEEKING TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA

METHANE GAS PROJECT

ELF'S EVER-FASTER OUTPUT DROP

BLOCK INTERESTS IPC & TOTALFINA

TOTALFINA-ELF, ENI LEAVES OPTIONS OPENED

DEEPWATER FRONTIER FOR ULTRA-DEEP ELF WELL?

Energy minister working hard

PRIDE AFRICA ON THE WAY

ELF CONTRACT FOR SBM Free

NIMR LINES UP ACTINIA

SEDCO-TRANSOCEAN TIE-UP IN WAKE OF BP-AMOCO

TOTALFINELF A MARKET GIANT?

DEBUT FOR AUSTRALIAN

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

STILL NO GREEEN LIGHT FOR AMENAM-KPONO

SHELL LOOKS FOR ELUSIVE HIGH PRESSURE JACK-UP

WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

DROP IN INVESTMENT CONTAINED?

ELF OFFERS SLOTS WITH SEMI SUBS

TOTAL TO USE SEDCO 709

ELF Z4 PLAN NEARLY READY

ELF'S 5TH FIND IN BLOCK 17

WORKOVERS FOR ELF AND DEVELOPMENT IN SIGHT

SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN GAS?

BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR DRILLING ON AMENAM-KPONO

EARLY 2001 DRILLING FOR AMENAM

SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

SEDNETH 701 ON KOMBI-LIKALALA

SEDCO 709 JOB FOR SHELL

SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

KADUNA SLATED FOR PRIVATIZATION

ELF SEEKS RIG FOR WORKOVER Free

SHELL POLISHES ITS PR

ACCORD ON 3RD NLNG TRAIN

ELF RELEASES GLOMAR ADRIATIC V

OIL & GAS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

TECHNICAL OFFER FOR SOLIMA

GIRASSOL PUT BACK A FEW MONTHS