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West Africa

Ghana
French Bank in Trading Tiff

According to information obtained by AEI in Accra and London, a major financial dispute has arisen between the Ghana National [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.10.2001

Equatorial Guinea
Franc Zone’s 3rd Producer

Oil production in Equatorial Guinea surged by over 21% in 2000 to reach 6.2 million tons and leave the country [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.10.2001

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Cross-Debt Game

A number of joint projects, and particularly the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) form the backdrop of negotiations that kicked [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.10.2001

Ivory Coast
New AMB Loan for SIR

According to AEI’s sources in Abidjan, the Societe Ivoirienne de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.10.2001

Burkina Faso, Liberia
Charles Taylor Jr.

Relations between Liberia and Burkina Faso remain very close and they’ve even become vital for president Charles Taylor since the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.09.2001

Niger
Ibrahim Tampone

Named mines and energy minister in a new government set up on Sept. 17, Ibrahim Tampone is considered a close [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.09.2001

Nigeria
Only Experienced Need Apply

The government wants to award mining concessions only to people [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.09.2001

Nigeria
States Step Up Pressure

Tension between the federal government and Nigeria’s states over the share-out of oil revenue is mounting as the country awaits [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Nigeria
Legislators Favor Deregulation

Nigeria’s Senate Committee on Petroleum has just handed Parliament a report on deregulating the country’s oil products market that recommends [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Mauritania
Woodside Has Big Plans

A consortium headed by Australia’s Woodside that holds three exploration areas in Mauritania’s offshore plans a series of wells spread [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

West Africa
The Bank’s Privatization Bonus

After awarding a loan worth nearly $100 million in late July for the renovation of NEPA’s facilities in Nigeria, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Senegal
What Concession for Senelec?

On Sept. 11, Senegalese energy minister Macky Sall informed companies interested in the privatization of Senelec of the timetable for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Nigeria
Tonye Cole

Executive director of Sahara Energy Resources which succeeded the Vitol trading company in Ghana (see P. 1), Tonye Cole has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Algeria, Nigeria
A Lagos-Algiers Pipeline?

A Nigerian delegation headed by president Olesegun Obasanjo ’s all-powerful [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Ghana
Shake-Up for GNPC

After disposing of its holdings in all other sectors than [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Nigeria
Shell and Ogonis To Make it Up

Nigeria’s Special Commission for Human Rights which has played the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Nigeria
Natural Gas for North

A once-abandoned project to build a gas pipeline to carry [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Nigeria
Official Deadline for Flaring Ban

Nigeria has just issued two directives setting 2008 as the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Ivory Coast
Mopping Up the Deficit

In a letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Nigeria
MAJORS AND THE MARGINAL FIELDS

Nigeria has managed to get a number of foreign operators [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Equatorial Guinea
Central African Oil Industry Forum

In conjunction with the government of Equatorial Guinea, the U.N.’s [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2001

Guinea
Russal and CBG Square Off

Russian Aluminum ’s growing importance in Guinea’s mining industry has begun to seriously annoy Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.09.2001

Ghana
David Creed

The board of Ashanti Goldfields Co appears to be suffering a major talent drain at the moment. After two of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.09.2001

Mali
Etruscan Explores New Permits

The Canadian mining firm Etruscan Resources plans to shortly start [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.09.2001

Nigeria
Government Seeks Mining Investment

In a bid to diversity its oil-based economy, Nigeria is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.09.2001

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