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Central Africa

Angola, Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL TO KEEP ROBERT F BAUER

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

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.1997

Gabon
AGIP TO DEVELOP LIMANDE

Agip is preparing to launch production on the small offshore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.1997

Gabon
OCELOT LANDS ITS PERMITS

Ocelot Energy won two licences to be operated on a production sharing basis in Gabon following negotiations that were already [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Zaire
BANRO COMPLETES SOMINKI BUY

Banro Corporation completed its acquisition of the assets that Mines d'Or du Zaire (MMDZ) held in Société Minière du Kivu [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Cameroon
NEW KOLE WELL TO START IN 1997?

AEM has learned that development work on Kolé Complémentaire which Elf has undertaken on two small fields totalling 1.9 million [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Congo
TEXACO NOT EXCLUDED FOR CORAF

Texaco hasn't been shut out of the privatization of the Pointe Noire refinery (Coraf) and Hydro Congo's distribution network, AEM [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Burundi
OPPOSITION MINING GO-BETWEEN IDENTIFIED

The secretary-general of the Belgium-Greece chamber of commerce, Pierre Gosset, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Central African Republic
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO STAMP OUT "CHAOTIC" MINING

Frustrated in its attempts to obtain a Sysmin loan to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Sao Tome and Principe
FREE TRADE ZONE IDEA RE-SURFACES

A project to establish a free trade zone in Agulhas [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Spotlight | Chad
HINTERLAND THE NEXT PRIZE

When Congo's Nkossa oil field (operator Elf) was being officially inaugurated as the first production start-up in Africa's deep offshore on Nov.22 Exxon was announcing an agreement to develop fields in Chad's Doba basin. The agreement between the Chad government [.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Zaire
REBELS IN GOLD RUSH

After seizing control of the area from the north to south in Kivu that borders on Burundi, Rwanda and southern [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Central African Republic
CAR REBUFFED BY SYSMIM SHIFT

The Green Paper on future relations between the European Union and the ACP countries, issued on Nov. 20, strongly confirms [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Congo
ENGEN WANTS ITS 4% ON NKOSSA BACK

AEM understands that Energy Africa (Engen) is seeking to buy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Cameroon
PECTEN PROGRAM UNDERWAY

Pecten has begun a 23-well project on the Lipenja field [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Congo
NOMECO PLANS WELL IN FEBRUARY-MARCH

Nomeco (ex Walter) is taking the drillship Glomar Robert F. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Zaire
"CONCLUSIVE DECISION" ON TENKE-FUNGURUME

An agreement with Consolidated Eurocan (55% controlled by the Lundin [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Zaire
UM'S SOUTH AFRICAN NEW CARD

Belgium's Union Miniere which has always been active in Zaire has begun using a new South African card to push [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Zaire
CHINA MACHINE PICKED FOR KATENDE

China Machine Building has been chosen to build the Katende I dam and medium-capacity hydro power station on the Luila [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Zaire
SILVER AND COPPER PROJECT

A small Australian explorer, Anvil Mining NL, has just launched a silver and copper project in Zaire in which copper [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Cameroon, Gabon
PERENCO REVIEWS DRILLING PLANS

Perenco is reviewing its drilling plans for offshore Gabon and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Angola, Congo
SEMI-SUB CHASE CONTINUES

The chase for semi-submersibles adapted to the deep offshore (there are only 25 specially designed for that in the world) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Zaire
POLES AND JAPANESE JOIN PACK

The Polish group KGMH Polska Miedz and Japan's Mitsubishi have joined the ranks of foreign companies anxious to get into [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Cameroon
WORK UNDERWAY ON TOURMALINES

Perenco has taken delivery of the jack-up Tourmaline after purchasing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Zaire
SPAIN FUNDING HV LINE

Spain has agreed to finance a second high voltage line [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Burundi
OPPOSITION SEEKS CONTACT WITH RTZ, BHP

AEM understands that Burundi's opposition leader, Leonard Nyangoma, president of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

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