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Zaire
PUTTING THE HOUSE IN ORDER

Kengo Wa Dondo's government believes it made slow but sure headway in its efforts in the mining sector last year [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.1995

Burundi
"GOLD WAR" HOTS UP

A long-running conflict between gold trading agencies in Burundi moved into higher gear following the government's close-down of agencies that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.1995

Zaire
SEEING BIG FOR INGA

Will Zaire one day boast a "Great Inga" project with new dams totalling 39,000 MW of installed capacity, or 80% [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.1995

Congo
CONTRACTS BEING AWARDED FOR KITINA EQUIPMENT

Following the start of development drilling in late 1994, operator [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.1995

Congo, Gabon
ELF TO DRILL WITH GLOMAR ADRIATIC 1

Elf has fixed Global Marine's jack-up Glomar Adriatic I for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.1995

Cameroon
NEW CFD LOAN

The Caisse Française de Developpement (CFD) has announced a new loan to help build up the distribution network of Cameroon's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.1995

Gabon
WAVING GOODBYE TO CARTEL?

OPEC feels that it is "important" that Gabon remain in the organization and will "make every effort" to see that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.1995

Congo
WHAT PLATFORM FOR WALTER ON YOMBO?

Operator Walter International's choice of a rig for six wells [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.1995

Gabon
MARATHON THINKING OF DRILLING IN AUGUST

Marathon will issue a pre-qualification inquiry in February for a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.1995

Burundi
AFFIMET AGAIN UNDER FIRE

The Burundi gold refining company Affimet, which enjoys free trade status, has come under fire again in the fall-out from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.1995

Gabon
UNCERTAINTY OVER SEEG

The long-planned privatization of the Société d'Electricite et d'Eau du Gabon (SEEG) seems to be still running into major obstacles [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.1995

Congo
ENGEN TO TAKE JUST 4% ON N'KOSSA

Initially decided some months ago, the buy-in by the South [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.1995

Zaire
TRANSFORMERS REPLACED AT KISANGANI

The Haut Zaire division of the Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.1995

Congo
12% DROP IN OIL RECEIPTS PROJECTED

In forecast made in late 1994 on Congo's budget receipts, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.1995

Congo
AGIP DRILLS KITINA PRODUCTION WELL

Agip began development drilling as planned at the end of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.1995

Gabon
WALTER PLANS SIX WELLS ON YOMBO THIS YEAR

The six wells planned by Walter International with its joint [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.1995

Congo
PERMIT FOR WALTER-NUEVO

A partnership set up by Walter International and Nuevo Energy to buy Amoco's (operator) 43.75% stake on the Yombo field [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1994

Congo
CALL FOR CORAF CLOSEDOWN

Congo is preparing to privatize the Congolaise de Raffinage (CORAF) concern in the second quarter of 1995 as the World [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1994

Congo
SLOW AND UNCERTAIN SELL-OFF

The privatization of the Congolese utility Société Nationale d'Electricité is not expected to take place until the end of 1996 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1994

Congo
SOCOREM CLOSES DOWN

After being virtually inactive since 1992, the Société Congolaise de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1994

Central Africa, West Africa
ELF'S V-SAT NETWORK

The French oil group Elf Aquitaine is planning to set [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1994

Gabon
OXY TO DRILL IN 900M

Occidental Petroleum appears ready to pull out all the stops technically on its first series of three wells in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.1994

Zaire
WORLD BANK'S GUARDED OPTIMISM

The World Bank's delegate for Central Africa and the Indian Ocean, Eugene Scanteje, met in late November with prime minister [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.1994

Cameroon
PHILLIPS TO DRILL WITH GLOMAR HIGH ISLAND VII

After drilling for Elf, Glomar High Island VII will be [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.1994

Chad
WORLD BANK PREPARES LOAN FOR MAJOR PROJECT

Chad's major oil project has bounced back onto the agenda [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.1994

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