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Congo
AGIP TO DEVELOP DJAMBALA

The Djambala field, a small offshore oil discovery recorded by Agip at the end of last year and on which [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.1997

Cameroon, Chad
PIPELINE CONTRACTS BY SEPTEMBER

Contracts for the pipeline that will link the oil fields in southern Chad to Kribi via Cameroon will be awarded [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Zaire
LIST OF GECAMINES PROJECTS

While American Mineral Fields was busy receiving around 30 bankers and brokers in Shaba AEM managed to obtain updated information [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Zaire
DEMANDS AND DERAILMENT

Laurent Kabila's rebel movement that entered Kinshasa on May 17 has hinted that a meeting of the Constituent Assembly will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Zaire
UM WON'T SHELVE PROJECTS

Union Miniere appears optimistic about the situation in Zaire even though its chairman, Etienne Davignon, considered it "confused" last week. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Congo
ESSO E&P SETS UP IN POINTE NOIRE

Esso Exploration & Production Congo opened an office on May [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Gabon
VAALCO TO START DRILLING

As anticipated (AEM 203), Vaalco will drill a 40 day [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Zaire
BANRO PROJECT APPROVED

Banro Resources has announced the resumption of work by its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Gabon
GENTRY KNOCKS ON DOOR

An exploration agreement is being drawn up in Libreville with a consortium that includes Gentry Resources, AEM has learned. The [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Congo
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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Zaire
AMF CLARIFIES PROJECTS

What is the real scope of the huge contract signed in mid-April between American Mineral Fields with the AFDL "government?" [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Zaire
PANORAMA AND ANVIL CONFIDENT

There are no lack of projects in Shaba and most have been confirmed by the new authorities. International Panorama has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Chad
ECOLOGISTS MOUNT CAMPAIGN

Talks are continuing between the Chad and Cameroon governments on two "conventions" for the Doba-Kribi pipeline that still need to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
PLANS FOR EAGLE AND ROBERT BAUER

Mobil has exercised the first of two six month options [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Spotlight | Zaire
THE BIG POKER GAME HEATS UP

The die is cast but there is no saying yet whether Laurent Kabila will insist on entering Kinshasa like a conquering hero or whether Mobutu's followers will resist a peaceful settlement at any price. That the game is virtually over [.

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.1997

Central African Republic
MALLANTS IN CO-MANAGEMENT PACT

AEM has learned that Belgian colonel Willy Mallants last year negotiated a "co-management contract" with the Central African Republic concerning [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.1997

Gabon
V

Eyes Adriatic V. Vaalco, which is operator on the Etame [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.1997

Zaire
THE COLONEL'S LOST DIAMONDS

Few Zaire watchers doubted it but AEM has confirmed the matter: retired Belgian colonel Willy Mallants' dedication to the Alliance [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Zaire
MIBA PLAYS IT SAFE

It's by no means certain the current boss of MIBA, Jonas Mulamba Kadiata, will manage to save his job despite [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Gabon
GENERALE DES EAUX AND ESBI FOR SEEG

On March 24 France's Generale des Eaux and the international [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Zaire
RUSSIAN STUDY ON ITS WAY

During a meeting with energy minister Mananga Dintoka Pholo on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Gabon
ADRIATIC IV AND V ON MOVE

The jack-up Glomar Adriatic IV has mobilized to Gabon from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Spotlight | Zaire
MINING FIRMS ACKNOWLEDGE TIDE HAS TURNED

The scene is set for the end of the Mobutu regime even though Zaire watchers don't believe a Kabila regime is likely to follow. Instead, they are betting on a coup d'etat in Kinshasa preceded or followed by negotiations and [.

Subscribers only Energy 19.03.1997

Gabon
FORCENERY TO DRILL ON PHENIX WITH OCEAN LIBERATOR

Diamond Offshore's semi Ocean Liberator will be assigned to Forcenergy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.03.1997

Gabon
RESERVES SLIDE ON RABI KUNGA

The giant Rabi Kunga isn't doing badly but it's shrinking [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.03.1997

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