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West Africa

Ghana
Privatizing the Offshore

The three oil companies operating in Ghana plan to step up exploration just as the state-owned oil company sells off its last assets to pay its debts.

Subscribers only Energy 01.04.2003

Benin
Step by Step for Kerr McGee

Present in Benin's offshore for over two years, the U.S. independent Kerr McGee is discreetly pushing ahead with its exploration efforts.

Subscribers only Energy 01.04.2003

Gambia
Fusion Throws in Towel

The Gambian government has vetoed a plan by Australia's Fusion [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.04.2003

Mauritania
KUMBA RESOURCES

KUMBA RESOURCES, a South African firm that mines iron ore, [...]

Subscribers only 27.03.2003

Angola, Ghana, South Africa
ENDIAMA, TAWANA RESOURCES, ST JUDE RESOURCES LTD

ENDIAMA, the state-owned Angolan mining company, has cancelled its double [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.03.2003

Sierra Leone
How London Will Rehaul Diamond Industry

Head of a program to restore Sierra Leone's diamond program that Britain's DFID has been conducting since last year, geologist [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.03.2003

Nigeria
New Mining Development Plan

Nigeria's Federal Executive Council last week approved a project to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.03.2003

West Africa
Fight for WAGP Project

The oil services companies bidding for the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Nigeria
Payoff For Boys in the South

Having dropped their fight with the government over the share-out of oil resources, several states in south Nigeria have been rewarded with marginal fields.

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Algeria, Nigeria
Veil Lifted on Pipeline Scheme

After bargaining over the issue for a year, the leaders of ria and Nigeria have made the first move towards building a gas pipeline between their two countries.

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Equatorial Guinea
Energy Africa in Betting Mood

Although its obligations to develop fields in Equatorial Guinea are weighing heavily on its finances, the South African firm Energy Africa has taken a stake on a new concession.

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Nigeria
Anti-Corruption Law Bounced

The lower house of Nigeria's parliament has thrown out a draft law governing work of an anti-corruption panel that president [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Nigeria, United Kingdom
Franck Destribats

The former boss of Glencore's oil operations, the French national Franck Destribats, was placed under formal investigation by examining magistrate [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Biyogo Nsue

Combining the jobs of Equatorial Guinea's representative at the United Nations, ambassador to Washington and prime go-between for American oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Ivory Coast
Leon Emmanuel Monnet

The ?reconciliation government? that Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo formed two weeks ago brought in a number of ministers from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Nigeria
Abo to Start Producing This Month

The Abo field located on OPL 316 and operated by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Nigeria | NNPC
Decision in Sight for Brass LNG

The three partners in the Brass LNG project, NNPC, Agip [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Nigeria | OMONIGBO OKPOKO
No Negotiations with Malabu

Representing RoyalDutch/Shell in the dispute pitting it against the Nigerian [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2003

Guinea
Rio Tinto Writes Off Diamond Venture

On March 7 Rio Tinto cancelled a joint venture accord it established with Trivalence Mining Corporation in August, 2001 to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.03.2003

Ghana
Cooperation Pact with Pretoria

Ghana and South Africa intend to pool their mining skills [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.03.2003

Mali
New Ashanti/Afcan Pact

Ashanti Goldfields and Afcan have signed a fresh agreement on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.03.2003

Sierra Leone
DiamondWorks Buys Otterbea

Already holding an 80.1% stake in Otterbea International (Pty) Ltd., [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.03.2003

Nigeria
Big Fine for Shell

A panel set up by Nigeria's lower house last December to inquire into the damage caused to the Ijaw community [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.03.2003

Nigeria
Tanker Fleet's Funders

A $460 million financial package for construction of a second generation of tankers to carry LNG produced by Nigeria LNG [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.03.2003

Nigeria
Standoff Over Afam

The dispute between RoyalDutch/Shell and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over restoration of the Afam power station is dragging on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.03.2003

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