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Central Africa

Gabon
Addax Debuts in Offshore

After making its debut in Nigeria and Cameroon, the Addax trading company has acquired acreage in Ghana alongside its partner Tullow.

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2004

Gabon
And Sinopec Onshore...

Chinese president Hu Jintao's visit to Libreville last week gave rise to two contracts between the Chinese refining company Sinopec and Gabon's government.

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2004

Congo
Line Up For Licensing Round

Odex, Premier Oil, Sinopec, DiamondWorks and Agip all put in bids in a licensing round in Congo-B that was staged in September.

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2004

Congo
Bruno Itoua

Once the Societe National des Petroles du Congo (SNPC) is transformed into a holding company with seven distinct branches, as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2004

DRC
Poles Back in Kimpe

Work on extracting copper/cobalt ore at Kimpe is to resume shortly after being suspended for some years. KGHM Polska Miedz [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2004

Cameroon
Yaounde Pushes Mining Resources

Known primarily for its oil resources, Cameroon is now trying [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2004

Central African Republic
Diamondworks

Diamondworks is preparing to return to Central African Republican following [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2004

Central African Republic
Pioneering Days

Since the discovery of the Doba oil fields in next-door Chad nobody has had the least doubt that there is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

Sao Tome and Principe
Asians Step up Lobbying

Although no Asian oil group took part in the licensing round organized in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

Chad
Encana to Drill

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that Canada's Encana intends to drill a first well between now and the end of March on its H concession.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

Sao Tome and Principe
DiamondWorks Named Trader

The trading affiliate of Canada's DiamondWorks, Petroplus Africa, has been appointed Sao Tome's official partner under the nose of several well-established traders.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

Sao Tome and Principe
The President's U.S. Advisers

Since the American firm Williams & Connolly which handled Sao Tome's dispute with Chrome Energy left the country other American advisers have been assisting the Sao Tome leadership.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

Congo
Assets for Creditors

Negotiations which began late last year have resulted in most of Congo-Brazzaville's creditors agreeing to be paid part of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

Canada, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon | OGILVY RENAULT
Mediation Accepted

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea last week accepted the mediation of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

DRC
Ashanti & Mvelaphanda Tussle over Kilomoto

Reputed to have produced 11 million ounces of gold in the past, the Kilomoto (East) gold region, which consists of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.01.2004

DRC
Geoffrey White

Head of the Congolese firm Sengamines, Geoffrey White will shortly put a diamond mine at Mbuji-Mayi in eastern Kasai into [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.01.2004

DRC, South Africa
Douglas Taylor

A mining engineer with a degree from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, Douglas Taylor spearheads Kumba Resources' investment [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.01.2004

Gabon
U.S. Could Take Over French Project

A project long mulled by the French could, in fact, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.01.2004

Congo
Libyan Push in Offshore

Set up two years ago, the British-Libyan Odex company is making its debut in the West Africa offshore by grabbing acreage in Congo-B.