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Central Africa

Cameroon, Chad
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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.1999

Gabon
MABOUNIE'S NIOBIUM ORE TO BE TESTED IN FINLAND

The dry season has come and Gabon is preparing to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.1999

Cameroon
SONEL'S MAIN CUSTOMER TO DOUBLE IN SIZE

AEM understands that the government has just won a pledge [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.1999

Spotlight | Cameroon
ELUSIVE E&P LEGISLATION

Did Cameroon's Parliament get an occasion on Nov. 9 to examine the country's new E&P legislation that aims to both revive exploration and raise production which dropped by nearly 5% per annum between 1985-96 and now hovers under 5 million [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

Gabon
TRIDENT 4 TO DRILL ON ATORA?

The jack-up Trident IV is in the running for the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

Gabon
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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Congo
UP TO THREE WELLS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE ON MPS

Elf indeed issued a tender – closed on Oct. 12 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Cameroon
SONEL SELL-OFF IN SIGHT

The privatization of Cameroon's Societe Nationale d'Electricite (SONEL) finally is on track after years of hesitation due to resistance to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Angola, Congo
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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Angola, DRC
UM RETURNS TO KOLWEZI

Union Miniere announced on Oct. 4 that it had acquired a 19% stake in American Mineral Fields by subscribing to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Congo
MAGALLOYS SEEKS PARTNER

Canada's Magnesium Alloys Corp is seeking a partner for its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Gabon
MARATHON PLANNING TO DRILL ON KOWE

Marathon is understood to be planning to drill two wells [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Gabon
POSSIBLE MOVES LOOMING FOR ELF GABON, ENERGY AFRICA AND AMERADA

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

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Cameroon, Chad
WORLD BANK COVERS ITSELF

With the pipeline project between Doba and Kribi coming up before the board in mid-October (AEM 258) the World Bank [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Congo
KOMBI-LIKALALA IN PRODUCTION

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

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

DRC
NOOSE AROUND MBUJI MAYI TIGHTENS

Mines have been sewn at the Lubilanji power station that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Congo
FALL IN DIAMOND "EXPORTS"

Statistics from Antwerp's Higher Diamond Council for January-July show imports [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Gabon
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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.1999

Gabon
TCHATAMBA SOUTH PRODUCING

Early last week Marathon Oil put Tchatamba Marine South (TMS) that was discovered in late October, 1996 in the Kowe [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.1999

Gabon
ROTHSCHILD PUSHES NIOBIUM PROJECT FOR GOVERNMENT

High-level negotiations are underway to find a new way of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.1999

Congo
DEEPWATER FRONTIER FOR ULTRA-DEEP ELF WELL?

The drillship Deepwater Frontier may be emerging as the leading [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.1999

Burundi
GAS SHORTAGE, IRE OVER PRICES

Since early this month the Burundi capital, Bujumbura, has experienced [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.1999

Cameroon, Chad
THREAT TO PIPELINE LOOMS LARGE

An obstacle to the funding of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline in the form of a U.S. bill named "Demilitarization for Development [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.1999

DRC
ITALY APPROACHED FOR GRAND INGA

Energy minister Babi Mbayi appealed to Italy last month to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.1999

Congo
AGIP TO KEEP SCARABEO 3 UNTIL APRIL, 2001

Agip Congo has exercised its option to extend its contract [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.1999

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