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West Africa

Mauritania
Offshore Discovery for Australian firm

Woodside Petroleum is about to begin drilling a second well [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2001

Nigeria
Mobil Under Pressure in Ibeno

Daily output of crude in Nigeria dropped 600,000 bpd (out [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2001

Mauritania
VEDRINE TO VISIT NOUAKCHOTT

On his return from Johannesburg, where he is accompanying French [...]

Subscribers only 31.05.2001

France, Mauritania
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MITTERRAND

Maghreb Confidential has learned that Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, son of the [...]

Subscribers only Business 31.05.2001

Benin
Felix Essou Dansou

The former minister of mines and energy, Felix Essou Dansou , who was replaced by Kamarou Fassasi on May 7, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.05.2001

Senegal
Sall to Rule Over Mining Companies

In a government re-shuffle on May 12, Macky Sall was [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.05.2001

Mauritania
BANQUE MAGHREBINE

BANQUE MAGHREBINE, which is headquartered in Tunis, is to set [...]

Subscribers only 24.05.2001

Mauritania
SONELEC

SONELEC of Mauritania has attracted two possible buyers when it [...]

Subscribers only 24.05.2001

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Energy Bust

While Abidjan probably won’t suffer power blackouts like other African capitals Ivory Coast’s finance ministry finds itself in a bottomless pit for the moment. The Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) has a deficit of 42 billion CFA francs ($56 million) [.

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

West Africa
Truce in Border Disputes ?

The oil-producing nations in West Africa are having a lot of trouble sharing out oil wealth inasmuch as some of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

France, Nigeria
Balance Tips in Paris’ Favor

For the first time, the French-Nigerian trade balance began edging slightly in France’s favor last year following a sharp increase [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

Senegal
Macky Sall

A close adviser to president Abdoulaye Wade , Macky Sall , has just been named head of a new energy, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

Mauritania
Offshore Discovery

Operating in the Mauritanian offshore for six years, the small [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

Ivory Coast
Vanco Alone on Block CI-112

An affiliate of Vanco Energy Company , Vanco CI-112 , [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

Togo
Hunt Oil in Exploration Deal

The Togo government has just signed a production sharing agreement [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

Ghana
Government Delivers Ultimatum to Utilities

Ghana’s government gave Electricity Company of Ghana , the Volta [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

Nigeria
End of NNPC’s Monopoly on Refining?

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp ’s boss, Jackson Gaius-Obaseki , [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

Nigeria
Privatization of NEPA Underway

The government has moved ahead with its plans to overhaul [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

Ivory Coast
AMB Moves to Refloat SIR

Weighed down by CFA 40 billion francs in debt following [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

Senegal
ADF Grant for Senegal River

The African Development Fund , a branch of the African [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2001

France, Mauritania
JEAN-FRANCOIS THIBAULT

An executive in Elf Aquitaine’s international affairs division between 1985-90, [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.05.2001

Guinea
Guinea says aluminium project "taking shape"

The government of Guinea is to associate itself with an international consortium that includes Enron Corp of the United States [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.05.2001

Sierra Leone
Boulle Bets on Rutile

Well-known mining entrepreneur Jean-Raymond Boulle has won full control of the Sierra Rutile mining operation in Sierra Leone after buying [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.05.2001

Ghana
New Gold Production Zones

Gold production in the central region of Ghana has increased following the discovery of new mining areas along the Pra [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.05.2001

Ghana
Red Back Rejects Ashanti Offer but Talks Continue

Red Back Mining has turned down Ashanti Goldfields Co’s initial [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.05.2001

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