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West Africa

Mali
New Exploration Push

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that Mali's government is to issue an invitation to tender for 15 blocks this coming [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2002

Togo
Medex in Phosphates Deal?

A small, Cyprus-registered company that explores for oil in North Africa, Medex, has reportedly taken over the management of the Togo's Office Togolais des Phosphates.

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2002

Mauritania
New Estimate for Chinguetti's Reserves

Following our article on the conflicting estimates of potential reserves [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2002

Niger
Who's To Buy SONIDEP?

The Societe Nigerienne des Petroles (SONIDEP) is one of Niger's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2002

Guinea
Seismic Survey in Offshore

Guinea is the only non-oil producing nation in West Africa [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2002

Nigeria
Maintenance Contract for Warri Refinery

Formed out of a merger between the French concerns Entrepose [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2002

Nigeria | ERHC
Partnership with Western Geco

The U.S. firm Environmental Remediation Holding Corporation (ERHC) which owns [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2002

Equatorial Guinea | AMERADA HESS
New Find in Equatorial Guinea

Amerada Hess, which bought Triton last year, has made a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2002

Ivory Coast
Werner Claessans

The exploration manager of Etruscan Resources, Werner Claessans, is endeavoring to negotiate his firm's entry on the Agbaou gold deposit [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.03.2002

Ghana
Golden Star Pushes for Settlement at Prestea

The stronger gold price on world markets has prompted Golden Star Resources to push anew to break the stalemate at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.03.2002

Mali
Mali: Nevsun Ready to Go It Alone

The Canadian junior Nevsun Resources' project at Tabakoto in Kenieba province some 150 km south of Sadiola is nearing the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.03.2002

Sierra Leone
Clarification Sought on Transactions

Belgium has asked the U.N. sanctions committee on Sierra Leone [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.03.2002

Nigeria
The Adamac Lobby

A bill on the indigenisation of Nigeria's oil industry that will shortly be tabled before Parliament has won a lot of backing from local groups and particularly from the sector's biggest, Adamac.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Equatorial Guinea
Tougher Conditions for Newcomers

The growing clout of the new national oil company Gepetrole (AEI 316) has gone hand in hand with tougher fiscal and contractual conditions.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Nigeria | ROYALDUTCH/SHELL
Decision This Week on NLNG Plus

The Anglo-Dutch group RoyalDutch Shell is expected this week to decide in favor of building two additional trains for Nigeria LNG's plant.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Nigeria
How to Sell Fake Power Plants

Nigeria's move to privatize its power sector has triggered a free-for-all for creative minds. The latest episode concerns power stations that two French nationals are trying to sell to NEPA.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Guinea
U.S. Study on 715 MW Project

The U.S. consultancy Washington Infrastructure Services is expected to shortly wind up a feasibility study on the construction of two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Nigeria
Bolanle Onagoruwa

The head of the oil and gas department of Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises, Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa, is playing a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Nigeria
ExxonMobil Puts Back Erha Development

Officials from ExxonMobil in Nigeria have told Africa Energy Intelligence [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Equatorial Guinea | AMERADA HESS
Ceiba To Produce 90,000 bpd

Currently producing 50,000 bpd, the Ceiba field in Equatorial Guinea [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Nigeria | ENI
New Find in Nigeria

Agip Nigeria, an affiliate of ENI, has made a discovery [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Nigeria
NEPA Still A Boon to Consultants

In addition to the four consultants to the National Electric [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Senegal
Electricity Rates Jump

The breakdown in negotiations between the Senegalese government and Vivendi [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Nigeria
Swiss Freeze Oil Money Salted Away by Abacha Family

Following an in-house probe, Switzerland's UBS bank announced that it [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Guinea-Bissau
New Bid to Privatize Utility?

The process for the privatization of the national power company [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

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