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West Africa

Equatorial Guinea
Venezuela Connection

Officials from Venezuela's state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela paid a lengthy visit to Equatorial Guinea last week to resume [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2003

Nigeria
Plum Oil Post On Offer?

Olusegun Obasanjo's re-election as Nigerian president has whetted the appetite of many in his party for government jobs, and particularly [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2003

West Africa
Who's Going to Fund WAPP?

No less than eight donors are lining up to finance the interconnections needed to set the West Africa Power Pool into motion.

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2003

Nigeria
Blackout on Production Figures

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which is preparing to call [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2003

Nigeria
Partnership with Sao Tome

The Nigerian and Sao Tome governments decided during a meeting [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2003

Ghana
Kaiser To Sell Volta Aluminum

Under Chapter 11 protection against its creditors since February, 2002, the bankrupt American group Kaiser Aluminum Corporation has put its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.05.2003

Nigeria
Airborne Geological Survey

On May 8 Nigerian mines minister Modupe Adelaja opened the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.05.2003

Ghana
Fresh Cash for Tarkwa

Gold Fields is boosting its investment in Ghana after recording [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.05.2003

West Africa
Light at End of Tunnel for Total?

Hitches concerning the development of two fields, Dalia and Akpo, that had compromised TotalFinaElf's prospects for growth in the Gulf of Guinea look like being resolved.

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Equatorial Guinea
Hunt for New Turbines

Equatorial Guinea is seeking to buy two new turbines to beef up the capacity of the Malabo power station. Indeed, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Benin
Private Management for SBEE

Management of Benin's power utility will be turned over to the private sector following a bidding round scheduled for June.

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Nigeria
Threat to Offshore

Oil companies operating in Nigeria's offshore encountered serious trouble in April after a long series of run-ins with communities in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Ivory Coast
Steve Thornton

The U.S. oil firm Vanco has just appointed Steve Thornton, a former executive of United Meridian Corporation (now Ocean Energy), [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Nigeria
Government Targets 25% Reserve Rise

The head of Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources, Macaulay Ofurhie, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Mauritania
Hardman Raises Reserve Estimate

The Australian firm Hardman Resources said a 3D seismic survey [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Nigeria | NNPC
Debts Cleared?

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has wrestled down the debts [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Nigeria
Swiss Turn Over Files

Switzerland's highest legal body, the Federal Tribunal, ruled on May [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Nigeria | TRACER PETROLEUM
Waving Goodbye to Nigeria

Partly funded by Australia's ROC Oil, the Canadian firm Tracer [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2003

Guinea
U.S. Business Angel for Bauxite Project?

Some movement could be taking place with the giant aluminum refinery project at Boke in Guinea. A $2 billion development [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.04.2003

Mali
Resolute Starts All Over at Syama

Australia's Resolute Mining is intent on trying its luck at the Syama gold mine which was inaugurated by BHP in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.04.2003

Ghana
Doug Jones

A geologist specializing in exploration in West Africa, Doug Jones has been named vice president for exploration at the U.S. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.04.2003

Mauritania
Mapmaking in South

France's Bureau de Recherche Geologique et Miniere (BRGM) has won [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.04.2003

Sierra Leone
Airborne Geophysical Survey

For the first time in 30 years an airborne geophysical [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.04.2003

Niger
GeoAfrica Pulls Out

GeoAfrica has put a halt to its operations in Niger. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.04.2003

Mali
North Atlantic Nickel's Strategy

With just Can$ 3 million in its coffers, Canada's North [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.04.2003

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