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West Africa

Mauritania
No Stake for Government

In announcing last week that development of the Chinguetti field was about to start the operators indicated there was no place for the government in the venture.

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Ivory Coast
Ex-U.S. Intelligence in Offshore

A company that has just been awarded Ocean Energy's former permit in Ivory Coasts's offshore, Africa Petroleum, has a number of veteran American intelligence men on its staff.

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Nigeria
Halliburton: the Abacha Link

An investigation into the alleged payment of bribes in the construction of Nigeria LNG is now focussing on the circle of late president Sani Abacha.

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Equatorial Guinea
Pioneer Pays for ROC's Well

Shareholders on block H in Equatorial Guinea's offshore have handed the U.S. firm Pioneer a stake in return for financing a first well.

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Burkina Faso
Privatization Ruled Out for Now

Launched in 2002 but systematically put back ever since, the privatization of Sonabel is now unlikely to take place until 2007.

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Nigeria
Edna Anukwuem

A senior accountant at the Pipeline Product Marketing Company (PPMC), an agency that holds a monopoly on the import of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Nigeria
NLNG to Produce LPG and condensates

Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas has issued an invitation to tender [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Nigeria
ExxonMobil Finalizes Ehra Development

Although the offshore Ehra field won't officially go into production [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Equatorial Guinea
LNG Pact Finalized

Marathon announced last week that all the agreements relative to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2004

Mauritania, Saudi Arabia
Walid Ibn Talal

As well as mobile telephones (the 3d licences will be [...]

Subscribers only Business 03.06.2004

Mauritania
BACIM-BANK

BACIM-BANK, the Mauritanian bank set up a year ago by [...]

Subscribers only 03.06.2004

Guinea
Guinor to announce new reserves end of June

The Large Exploration Project (LEP) begun in September 2002 by Guinor Gold Corporation, the Norwegian company operating the Kenor min [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

Mali
Ferdi da Silva

The South Africa-based geologist, who speaks French, Portuguese and several African dialects, has been chairman of the newly-formed consultant council [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

West Africa
Kebir Ratnani

This civil engineer long active in the electrical sector joins Canadian mining company Semafo Inc as a director. Kebir Ratnani [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

Guinea
China soon into aluminium

A delegation from Aluminum Corp of China was in Guinea [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

Guinea
AngloGold Ashanti embargoed

Siguiri gold mine suspended all operations on May 27 2004 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

Sierra Leone
BHP Billiton and Mano River Resources Inc

BHP Billiton and Mano River Resources Inc signed a preliminary [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2004

Ghana
First License for Kosmos

Although most of its expertise concerns Equatorial Guinea, the new American junior Kosmos has won its first acreage in Ghana.

Subscribers only Energy 25.05.2004

Equatorial Guinea
Tough Talk from Malabo

Under pressure in the United States, Equatorial Guinea is beginning to talk tough in the United Kingdom. In mid-May, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.05.2004

Nigeria
IFC Invests in Two Banks

After spending nearly a year examining the best way to provide backing for African oil companies, and particularly those in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.05.2004

Nigeria
Jeffrey Tesler

A partner in the Kaye Tesler & Co. law firm, the British lawyer Jeffrey Tesler was questioned on May 11 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.05.2004

Ghana
J. Ernest Kofi Ofedie

Former deputy chief executive for finance at the Volta River Authority, Joshua Ernest Kofi Ofedi was named CEO of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.05.2004

Nigeria
Interest in Refineries Wanes

A regular buyer of Nigerian crude, the U.S. refiner Vamero, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.05.2004

Nigeria
Total's Plans

After awarding a second development contract on Amenam to Stolt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.05.2004

Mauritania
ELY OULD MOHAMED FALL

The country's police chief, col. Ely Ould Mohamed Fall, had [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.05.2004

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