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West Africa

Nigeria
Etete vs Obasanjo, Round 3

The political and oil conflict pitting president Olusegun Obasanjo's government against Dan Etete, who was oil minister during Sani Abacha's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Mauritania
The World Bank and Oil

Already present in Chad, the World Bank is preparing to oversee oil operations in Mauritania where production is due to begin in 2005.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Benin
Petronas Tip-Toes into Offshore

Malaysia's state-owned oil company Petronas has made a discreet debut in Benin's offshore alongside Kerr McGee.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Nigeria
Still No Legislation on Power

Nigeria's Parliament has not yet got around to voting on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Guinea-Bissau
Fusion Picks Up New Acreage

After selling most of its assets on the Croix du [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2003

Ghana
Newmont's Big Environment Gamble

Newmont Mining, the world's leading gold producer which is poised to launch two projects costing $450 million in Ghana (Ahafo [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2003

Ghana
Stalemate in Three-Way Talks on Valco

A mediation process underway between Ghana's government, the Volta River Authority and the Valco Aluminum Company, an affiliate of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2003

Mali
Stuart Angus

A specialist in legal questions affecting the mining industry, Stuart Angus, has just been named to the board of Nevsun [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2003

Mali
Afcan & Ashanti Agree on Kalako

Afcan, a company recently set up by Canada's Semafo to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2003

Nigeria
NEPA's Huge Debt

With the privatization of the Nigerian Electrical Power Authority (NEPA) looming large, the country's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) began [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Equatorial Guinea
So Where's The Oil Money?

In a memo drafted in 2001, the International Monetary Fund noted that Equatorial Guinea's ?oil revenue is paid into a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Nigeria
Pre-Electoral Manoeuvring

Muhammadu Buhari, an ultra-nationalist Moslem candidate who is seeking to unseat president Olusegun Obasanjo in April's presidential election, publicly made [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

West Africa
Petro Airlines (part three)

Airlines are continuing to line up to serve the new oil-producing countries in the Gulf of Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Guinea
New Start to Exploration

The U.S. firm Hyperdynamics has won control of Guinea's entire offshore and begun seismic campaigns.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Nigeria
Last Sale Before Election

After selling three blocks in the deep offshore in ?closed? auctions the government is preparing to put another concession, OPL 242, up for sale before presidential elections scheduled for April 19.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Italy, Nigeria | PRESIDIUM INTERNATIONAL
Opening A Nigeria Bureau

The security firm Presidium International, which is registered in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Nigeria | NNPC
Flaring Banned in 2004

Nigeria's national oil company NNPC has unilaterally advanced the deadline [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Equatorial Guinea | GEPETROLE
Production Marking Time

Oil output in Equatorial Guinea marked time in the third [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Gambia
Fusion on the Way Out?

Under an agreement with Amerada Hess, the Australian firm Fusion [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Nigeria
Abuja Hails Rise in Oil Quota.

Nigeria has lauded OPEC's decision to lift the quota on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2003

Niger
EU To Back Somair and Cominak

Out of the 35 million Euros the European Development Fund has earmarked for Niger under the Sysmin assistance scheme (AMI [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2003

Mali
Rothschild Could Mount Tabakoto Package

Nevsun Resources has just completed the final feasibility study on its Tabakoto gold project in Mali and is negotiating to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2003

Burkina Faso
Sofreco Calls for Tax Waiver

The French firm Sofreco is to submit its recommendations to the Burkina Faso government under a World Bank program to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2003

Ghana
Power Cutback for Valco

The Volta Aluminium Company (Valco), 80% owned by the U.S. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2003

Libya, Senegal | GENERAL ELECTRICITY COMPANY
Agreement with Senegal

Libya's General Electricity Company (GECOL) has signed a cooperation pact [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2003

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