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West Africa

Guinea
China Sonangol in Offshore Grab

After four months of talks, China Sonangol has reached an agreement that gives it most of the acreage relinquished by the U.S. group Hyperdynamics.

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Nigeria
A Secret Deal Over PanOcean?

The widow of the founder of PanOcean is seeking to dispose of her shares in the company. But the group’s Nigerian executives are challenging the validity of her claim over the company.

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

West Africa
Oando to Usher In Gazprom?

After helping Saipem and Mitsubishi to set up shop, Nigeria’s Oando could give Gazprom a leg-up in the Gulf of Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Nigeria
Spain Knocks On Nigeria’s Door

Spanish companies have long tried in vain to gain footholds in Nigeria. They have now switched to wishing to take part in the Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline.

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Mauritania
Ba Houdou

On Oct. 15, the Mauritanian government appointed Ba Houdou as chairman of the board of Societe Mauritanienne des Industries de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Nigeria
NNPC

The oil products market is to be deregulated starting from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Nigeria
Money for Delta Wanting

The budget set aside by the government to assist the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Guinea | Conakry
Dana Teams Up with Hyperdynamics

The Scottish company Dana Petroleum has just acquired a 23% [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Sierra Leone | Freetown
NGOs Quick to Offer Oil Advice

Anadarko’s discovery of a 45 meter oil column in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Nigeria | Abuja
A Gas Minister?

To put a halt to constant squabbling between oil minister [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Nigeria
Control Risks Group

The British security concern Control Risks Group is to replace [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Nigeria | Cape Town
Rilwanu Lukman

Rilwanu Lukman, Nigeria's oil minister, will attend the 16th Africa [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Guinea
Expatriates Pack Up and Go

The clashes between opposition activists and the security forces on September 28 that left nearly 200 people dead have prompted [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.10.2009

Nigeria
Chinese on Lookout for Opportunities

After forging the controversial "infrastructure for minerals" agreement in Congo-Kinshasa, the major Chinese groups are now staking out similar opportunities [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.10.2009

Mali
Bamako, 10-13/11

A 13th conference and exhibition on oil, mining and gas trading and finance in Africa will be staged in Bamako [...]

Free access Mining 13.10.2009

Ghana
Accra, 7-10/12

Magenta Global is to hold the "All Africa Energy Summit" and the "All Africa Mining Summit" from 7 to 10 [...]

Free access Mining 13.10.2009

Guinea
Guinea-RusAl Talks on Stand-by

The Guinean delegation which was to visit Moscow to open [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.10.2009

West Africa
MEND Cuts WAGP Pipeline

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) that runs from Nigeria to Ghana by way [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Ghana
Oando, a Wild Card for Saipem

Thanks to a tie-up with Nigeria’s Oando, which has its friends in Ghana, Saipem won the contract to process the Jubilee field’s gas.

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Mauritania
Power Crisis Soon Over?

For the past two months Nouakchott has been hit by major power cuts but an end to the scorching summer and a contract with Aggreko ought to relieve the city.

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Guinea
David Owen

The Texas-based oil company Hyperdynamics is continuing to appoint well connected political personalities to its board. After naming the former [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Mali
Nicholas Davidoff

The Canadian concern Centric Energy, which holds stakes in block 7 and 11 in western Mali alongside Heritage, has made [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Nigeria
Joe Jakpa

The latest board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) that was inaugurated on Aug. 6 by Nigerian president Umaru [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Ghana
Ecobank to Fund Tema

The Ecobank Development Corp (EDC) intends to lend USD 300 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Nigeria | Accra
Victoria Mendez-Charles

Victoria Mendez-Charles, charge d'affaires for Trinidad and Tobago in Nigeria, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

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