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Central African Republic
Companies On the Move

Oil reserves in the northern part of Central African Republic (CAR) have given rise to a lot of speculation and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2003

Gabon
New Oil-Finance Package

Facing deep financial problems for months, Gabon is seeking to put together a first-ever loan that wouldn't be guaranteed against its production but rather against the dividends of Elf and Shell Gabon.

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2003

Congo
Trader in Offshore Debut

Like Glencore and Addax, the Arcadia trading company is poised to launch itself into production in Africa and has picked Congo-B for its first venture.

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2003

Sao Tome and Principe
Was Licensing Round a Flop?

As Africa Energy Intelligence went to press the first results of a licensing round by the Joint Development Authority (JDA) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2003

Gabon
PanOcean Teams Up With Shell

RoyalDutch/Shell is poised to sell 50% of its Awoun license [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2003

DRC
Kin Lobbies Chinese Companies

According to our sources, the minister of mines went on a tour of China in early October to persuade companies [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.10.2003

Cameroon
A Mysterious South African Investor

A draft assistance agreement was signed with great fanfare between [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.10.2003

Angola, Botswana, Congo
Wardell Armstrong, Debswana, Mining Italiana

Wardell Armstrong, the British consulting firm, will visit Angola from [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.10.2003

Sao Tome and Principe
The Army and Oil

In a highly detailed study of the abortive putsch on July 16 that South Africa's Institute for Security Studies has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Central Africa
ONGC Videsh on the March

Established in Sudan, ONGC Videsh, the international arm of India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is presently working to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Congo
Perenco Advances, Total Visits

Perenco is fleshing out its portfolio in Congo as Total chairman Thierry Desmarest visits the country.

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Congo
2nd South African Power Station

As Eskom continues to cast covetous eyes at the Inga dam, the South African firm Clackson Power plans to build a second power station in the eastern part of Congo-K.

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Chad
AFD Has its Doubts

An economic forecasting report issued by the Agence Francaise de Developpment on countries in the franc zone and entitled ?Projections [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Gabon
Veto on Debt Rollover

Under pressure from the United States, the International Monetary Fund has put back until early next year a three-year Extended [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Sao Tome and Principe
Conditions Eased

The Joint Development Authority has considerably eased the conditions surrounding the licensing round in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Congo | SNPC
Guarantees for a Dam

The Societe Nationale des Petrole du Congo will stand as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Gabon
Libreville Sees Glittering Diamond Future

With its oil resources slowly dipping, Gabon clearly views diamonds as a possible lifebuoy. During a cabinet meeting in late [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.10.2003

DRC
MIBA-Emaxon Deal Set to Change

A contract giving Emaxon Finance International virtually exclusive rights over the sale of diamonds produced by the Miniere de Bagwanka [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.10.2003

DRC
Bernard Pryor

Two appointments have been made to the board of America Mineral Fields just as the company is about to complete [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.10.2003

Sao Tome and Principe
Bumpy Road for Bidders

A licensing round in the Joint Development Zone between Sao Tome and Nigeria has been singularly complicated by wrangling over bonuses and a number of technical factors.

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

Congo
New Outlet for Inga

The World Bank is to finance construction of a 220 Kv line between Congo-K and southern Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

Congo
Why Total Bought a Dry Field

When Total and Congo-B signed an agreement settling all of the outstanding issues between the French oil group and Brazzaville [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

Gabon
Higher Earnings for Total

Re-named Total Gabon, the French oil group's Gabon-based affiliate saw its net earnings surge to $106.2 million in first half [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

Cameroon, United Kingdom | ECL
Contract with SNH

The British firm Exploration Consultant, special adviser to Equatorial Guinea's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

Cameroon | SNH
Problems with Euroil

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that Euroil, which was awarded [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

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