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JOHN COUSINS NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXXON/MOBIL EXPLORATION

John Cousins who dealt with Africa for Mobil New Ventures [...] (131 words)

Issue dated 08/12/1999

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MOBIL TAKES BACK TWO JACK-UPS AND WILL REACH FIVE NEXT YEAR

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In denouncing the secretive practices of the oil industry in its report "A Crude Awakening" (AEM 265), Global Witness has undoubtedly put paid to the impression created by its previous report on diamonds that it was banging away exclusively at

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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,

ANGOLA Energy 08/12/1999

WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

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

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

NIGERIA Energy 24/11/1999

MOBIL SIGNS UP FOR ADRIATIC VIII AGAIN

Mobil has signed a new contract with Global Marine for

ANGOLA Energy 10/11/1999

OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

The deepwater semi Ocean Alliance has secured a series of

AFRICA Energy 27/10/1999

EXXON WON'T GET JACK RYAN UNTIL AT LEAST MID-2000

The newbuilding drillship Glomar Jack Ryan, which is being built

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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

NEW ZEALAND Energy 13/10/1999

OPEN CONFLICT WITH ERHC

The Sao Tome government has started legal action for "slander"

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 01/09/1999

MOBIL RELEASES ALEUTIAN KEY

Mobil has released the semi-submersible Aleutian Key after a contract

ANGOLA Energy 28/07/1999

TESTS ON PROSPECT IN BLOCK 15

Tests will be completed in August on an exploration well

AFRICA Energy 28/07/1999

PRICE UPTURN FUELS HOPES

The oil price has recovered strongly and hopes are rising

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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

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 16/06/1999

MOBIL PLANS THREE EXPLORATION WELLS

Mobil has a requirement for a semi to drill up

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,

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

MOBIL RELEASES ANOTHER JACK-UP

Mobil Nigeria is releasing the jack-up Trident VI next week

ANGOLA Energy 17/03/1999

THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

The fight for stakes in the first ultra-deep offshore blocks

NIGERIA Energy 03/03/1999

MOBIL TO RELEASE TOMMY CRAIGHEAD IN MAY

Mobil Nigeria has given Noble Drilling notice that it is

GABON Energy 03/02/1999

MOBIL TURNS ALEUTHIAN KEY OVER TO ARCO FOR A WELL

Arco has agreed terms with Mobil to take a sublet

AFRICA UNITED STATES Energy 06/01/1999

DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

A closed-door meeting in Washington just before New Years gave rise to what could appear as an American effort to

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

ALGERIA Energy 16/12/1998

MOBIL QUITS ITS LAST PERMIT

Mobil has decided to wrap up exploration in Algeria until

NIGERIA Energy 16/12/1998

AMNI DISCUSSES GAS PROJECT WITH MOBIL

The local firm Amni Petroleum, which is continuing to produce

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 02/12/1998

FLEXIBLE BIDDING TERMS

A new invitation by the government to tender for exploration acreage and covering all available blocks in the deep offshore

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

NIGERIA Energy 02/12/1998

MOBIL CUTS SHORT CONTRACT

Mobil Nigeria has issued notice of early termination of its

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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

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FINDS BY OCEAN AND MOBIL

Ocean Energy (formerly UMC) has struck oil on block D in Equatorial Guinea's offshore in which it acquired a 100%

NIGERIA Energy 18/11/1998

FOUR JACK-UPS FOR MOBIL IN 1999

Mobil has committed to new contracts with three jack-up rigs

ANGOLA NIGERIA Energy 04/11/1998

EXXON DECIDES AGAINST BRINGING IN DRILLSHIP

Exxon is no longer planning to move the Transocean Offshore

ANGOLA Energy 21/10/1998

NEW FINDS ON BLOCKS 14-15

Within a week of one other Chevron and Exxon each announced new discoveries on blocks 14 and 15 where they

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MOBIL SEEKS SEMI

Mobil has checked the market for semi availability for a

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MOBIL-STPETRO ACCORD

Mobil has signed a technical assistance agreement that commits Mobil

NIGERIA Energy 26/08/1998

OSO II IN SERVICE

The second phase of the Oso development project centered on the production of NGL has been commissioned. Output began at

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Energy 26/08/1998

MOBIL GET A HEAD START

Mobil has won a serious option on all 22 blocks in the deep offshore that Sao Tome & Principe is

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MOBIL SUBLETS SEMI-SUB FOR DEEP OFFSHORE

After changing its mind about offering slots for rigs at

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"WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"

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BUY-INS AND CHANGES

The following changes have been approved: Elf has acquired a

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MOBIL RELEASES JACK-UP BUT LIFTS FOOT ON BRAKE

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EXXON TAKES 50% ON BLOCK 24

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MOBIL/NNPC DRILLING HALT?

Mobil is meeting some success in farming out its jack-up fleet to other operators in West Africa to enable it

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JACK-UP MARKET INCREASINGLY SOFT

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OPERATORS READY TO SIGN

The government is shortly to sign contracts with the operators chosen for blocks 23, 24 and 25 in the middle

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PERCY JOHNS COULD DRILL FOR MOBIL

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MOBIL TO CUT BACK JACK-UP OPERATIONS

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SECOND DISCOVERY FOR EXXON

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EXXON CONFIRMS MAJOR STRIKE

Sonangol and Exxon have confirmed a discovery recorded by Esso Exploration Angola on block 15 in the deep Angolan offshore.

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AGREEMENT WITH MOBIL MODIFIED

Negotiations that began in early February between the government and

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TOTAL SIGNS UP FOR KADUNA

After lengthy negotiations Total and the National Nigerian Petroleum Corp (NNPC) have just confirmed an agreement following a memorandum of

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ATWOOD EAGLE LEAVES

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EXXON STILL HUNTING FOR RIG

Exxon is struggling to find a rig to drill a

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 11/02/1998

GOVERNMENT WANTS TO MODIFY MOBIL CONTRACT

The Equatorial Guinea government has asked that a contract with

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

NIGERIA Energy 28/01/1998

EXXON SEEKING FLOATING RIG

Exxon has tendered for a floating rig to drill one

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IMF PUSHES FOR EXPLORATION

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OIL WATERS UNRUFFLED

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 26/11/1997

MOBIL IS TO CONTINUE DRILLING WITH ALEUTIAN KEY

Mobil has signed a contract extending its contract for Aleutian

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 29/10/1997

MOBIL RETURNS

Mobil is coming back to South Africa in the lubricants

ANGOLA Energy 15/10/1997

NEXT TARGET 1.2 MILLION BPD

Angolan oil output will top the one million bpd mark in the year 2001 when Elf's Girasol field comes fully

NIGERIA Energy 15/10/1997

MOBIL FIXES NEW JACK-UPS

No sooner had Mobil Nigeria released the C.E. Thornton than it was back in the market looking for a replacement

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 15/10/1997

ZAFIRO TO JUMP TO 120,000 BPD

Production on Zafiro (Mobil operator, UMC) which began in August, 1996 is expected to reach 80,000 bpd at the end

NIGERIA Energy 01/10/1997

NNPC CONCERNED

There are early signs that NNPC is becoming concerned about the drift of drilling units out of Nigeria and the

CAMEROON CHAD Energy 01/10/1997

EXXON TAKES PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION

The Green movement can be relevant on occasion but also destructive, such as Greenpeace when it plays on the public's

ANGOLA Energy 01/10/1997

AMOCO TO DRILL WITH ROBERT F. BAUER

Amoco has fixed the drillship Robert F. Bauer from the

IVORY COAST Energy 17/09/1997

JUST CREATED EXPRONET COMES IN

Expronet, a company set up in June by two former bosses of United Meridian and registered in the Cayman Islands,

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

ANGOLA NIGERIA Energy 30/07/1997

TEXACO PLANS DEEPWATER OPERATIONS

Texaco now expects to spud a deepwater well in Block

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CAMEROON CHAD Energy 16/07/1997

A CAREFULLY-PLANNED PIPELINE

There will soon be a Chad street in Paris and in the year 2001 an oil avenue running from Chad to the Atlantic. The first results from a promise made to Chad president Idriss Deby who completed an official visit

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 02/07/1997

ZAFIRO FLAT OUT BY YEAR'S END

The Zafiro field system that was put into production on Aug. 25 of last year will reach its full capacity

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 18/06/1997

STORM CLOUDS GATHERING

Nigeria's oil ministry announced the immediate termination of Ashland's production sharing contracts on June 13. The reason was the sale

NIGERIA Energy 18/06/1997

AGIP SEEKS RIG

Agip affiliate Nigerian Agip Oil (NAOC) has issued a market

NIGERIA Energy 18/06/1997

MOBIL TO DRILL AGAIN IN DEEP OFFSHORE

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

LIBYA NIGERIA SUDAN Energy 21/05/1997

SANCTIONS SLAMMED AGAIN

Paul Hoenmans, vice-president of Mobil Corp.,took up arms again in Calgary on May 14 against the prospect of American sanctions

NIGERIA Energy 21/05/1997

TEXACO TO DRILL WITH OCEAN VALIANT NEXT YEAR

Texaco Nigeria will use the fourth-generation semi submersible Ocean Valiant

NIGERIA Energy 21/05/1997

R.F. BAUER TO MAKE SIDE-TRIP TO NIGERIA

It has been confirmed the drillship Glomar Robert F. Bauer

ANGOLA Energy 07/05/1997

CHEVRON REPORTS 2ND ELEPHANT

Has Chevron discovered the second "elephant" field in Angola's offshore? It has certainly been hoping so since its first test

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

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 07/05/1997

DISCOVERY FOR UMC

United Meridian Corp (UMC) has just recorded a discovery on its exploration program on Equatorial Guinea's block D where it

EQUATORIAL GUINEA GABON Energy 07/05/1997

PLANS FOR EAGLE AND ROBERT BAUER

Mobil has exercised the first of two six month options

NIGERIA Energy 07/05/1997

OCEAN VALIANT FOR NIGERIA?

Texaco has joined the bidding to use the semi-sub Ocean

NIGERIA Energy 23/04/1997

MOBIL CUTS BACK FLEET

Mobil is cutting back its jack-up fleet in Nigeria to five rigs from seven recently and even eight in 1996.

MAURITANIA Energy 23/04/1997

HARDMAN KNOCKS ON MAJORS' DOOR

Taking its cue from UMIC in Ivory Coast which used a springboard tactic to promote the already-known Lion-Panthere prospect, the

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 23/04/1997

SIXTH DISCOVERY FOR MOBIL

Mobil has just made a new discovery four kilometers north-east

NIGERIA Energy 02/04/1997

MOBIL SLOWS DOWN DRILLING

AEM understands that Mobil is considering cutting back its drilling operations in Nigeria's offshore in response to the persistent failure

NIGERIA Energy 02/04/1997

THE AMENAN-KPONO BATTLE

To develop or not to develop? The answer would have to be yes because what else could be done with

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SASOL SEEKS EXPORT DEAL

Sasol has reacted strongly to Exxon's arrival on the market for synthetic oil products derived from gas with reputedly advanced

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ELF'S AFRICAN RESERVES

In his press conference on Feb. 26 Elf Aquitaine boss Philippe Jaffré announced plans to create a new West-East axis by beefing up the company's activity in Latin America, the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and

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NEW DISCOVERY FOR MOBIL; CONTRACT FOR SAIBOS

Mobil's IQI-105 well on B block in Equatorial Guinea's offshore,

ANGOLA Energy 22/01/1997

ANGOLA YARD FOR ETPM

The offshore joint venture McDermott-ETPM West headed by the French partner, ETPM International (66% owned by GTM Entrepose, 33% by

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 22/01/1997

MOBIL TO MAINTAIN PRODUCTION PACE

That Mobil will maintain a very active drilling program in

ANGOLA EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 08/01/1997

MOBIL TO KEEP ROBERT F BAUER

Mobil has exercised the first of two six-month options extending

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Energy 18/12/1996

SCRAMBLE AT MALABO

As Equatorial Guinea is a small country with rich oil prospects several big groups are scrambling to install the first

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HINTERLAND THE NEXT PRIZE

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JOHN COUSINS NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXXON/MOBIL EXPLORATION

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MOBIL TAKES BACK TWO JACK-UPS AND WILL REACH FIVE NEXT YEAR

DOZEN FPSO OFFERS TO TRITON

TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

MOBIL SIGNS UP FOR ADRIATIC VIII AGAIN

OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

EXXON WON'T GET JACK RYAN UNTIL AT LEAST MID-2000

NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

OPEN CONFLICT WITH ERHC

MOBIL RELEASES ALEUTIAN KEY

TESTS ON PROSPECT IN BLOCK 15

PRICE UPTURN FUELS HOPES

TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

MOBIL PLANS THREE EXPLORATION WELLS

FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

MOBIL RELEASES ANOTHER JACK-UP

THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

MOBIL TO RELEASE TOMMY CRAIGHEAD IN MAY

MOBIL TURNS ALEUTHIAN KEY OVER TO ARCO FOR A WELL

DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

MOBIL QUITS ITS LAST PERMIT

AMNI DISCUSSES GAS PROJECT WITH MOBIL

FLEXIBLE BIDDING TERMS

SEMI-SUB SHIFT CANCELLED

MOBIL CUTS SHORT CONTRACT

SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

FINDS BY OCEAN AND MOBIL

FOUR JACK-UPS FOR MOBIL IN 1999

EXXON DECIDES AGAINST BRINGING IN DRILLSHIP

NEW FINDS ON BLOCKS 14-15

MOBIL SEEKS SEMI

MOBIL-STPETRO ACCORD

OSO II IN SERVICE

MOBIL GET A HEAD START

MOBIL SUBLETS SEMI-SUB FOR DEEP OFFSHORE

"WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"

BUY-INS AND CHANGES

MOBIL RELEASES JACK-UP BUT LIFTS FOOT ON BRAKE

EXXON TAKES 50% ON BLOCK 24

MOBIL/NNPC DRILLING HALT?

JACK-UP MARKET INCREASINGLY SOFT

OPERATORS READY TO SIGN

PERCY JOHNS COULD DRILL FOR MOBIL

MOBIL TO CUT BACK JACK-UP OPERATIONS

SECOND DISCOVERY FOR EXXON

EXXON CONFIRMS MAJOR STRIKE

AGREEMENT WITH MOBIL MODIFIED

TOTAL SIGNS UP FOR KADUNA

ATWOOD EAGLE LEAVES

EXXON STILL HUNTING FOR RIG

GOVERNMENT WANTS TO MODIFY MOBIL CONTRACT

KICKOFF FOR PIPELINE

EXXON SEEKING FLOATING RIG

IMF PUSHES FOR EXPLORATION

OIL WATERS UNRUFFLED

MOBIL IS TO CONTINUE DRILLING WITH ALEUTIAN KEY

MOBIL RETURNS

NEXT TARGET 1.2 MILLION BPD

MOBIL FIXES NEW JACK-UPS

ZAFIRO TO JUMP TO 120,000 BPD

NNPC CONCERNED

EXXON TAKES PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION

AMOCO TO DRILL WITH ROBERT F. BAUER

JUST CREATED EXPRONET COMES IN

RACE FOR DEEP WATER RIGS