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West Africa

Mauritania
MOHAMBEDOU OULD SLAHI

Held for over a month at the behest of the [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.03.2000

Spotlight | Benin
Black Tide Danger in West Africa?

The Norwegians don't know what environmental foot to stand on. Norway's Saga Petroleum company had to abruptly leave behind several oil rigs in the Seme field in Benin's offshore in 1995. Now the rigs are covered in rust and several [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Nigeria
Slap on Wrist for U.S. Lobbyists

In sending a memorandum to Lagos governor Bola Tinube in early January that pointed out that the terms of a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Ghana
The Politics In Ashanti's Woes

The Feb. 14 resignation of Ghana finance minister Richard Kwame Peprah as chairman of Ashanti Goldfields' board of directors underscores [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Ghana
Crocker on Ashanti Board?

The agenda at Ashanti Goldfields' next board meeting scheduled for April 26 promises a lot of action. The board's first [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Ghana
Lonmin Sells Out to Glencore

Lonmin (formerly Lonrho Africa), the old mining company so dear to its late founder Tiny Rowland, appears to be melting [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Mali
New Project for AngloGold-Iamgold

The South African giant AngloGold and Iamgold, a Canadian junior, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Ghana
Gold Project for Shield Equities

The Australian firm Shield Equities (formerly Leo Shield Exploration) is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Benin
SBEE's Projects

The Societe Beninoise d'Eau et d'Electricite (SBEE) has launched a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Ghana
Tema Refinery Closed for Maintenance

Ghana's deputy minister of mines and energy, Simon Abingya, announced [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Ivory Coast
American Funding for Wastewater Treatment at SIR Refinery

The U.S. Trade Development Agency was poised before the military [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Equatorial Guinea
Triton Signs Major Contract for Ceiba Field

Triton Energy has signed a multi-year leasing contract with Bergesen [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

West Africa
3rd Conference on Deepwater Oil and Gas

A 3rd annual conference on oil and gas in West [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2000

Nigeria
ABB in 450 MW Project

ABB has offered to build a 450 MW power station in the Nigerian capital of Abuja. The first phase would [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2000

Nigeria
Local Firms Ousted

The Nigerian government is expected to shortly start offering exploration rights on many of the country's offshore blocks after withdrawing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2000

Nigeria
French Senate Report

A group of French senators who visited Nigeria have tabled a report that lays out the semi-official standpoint of French [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2000

Benin
U.S. Firm Picked for SBEE Deregulation

The U.S. firm Booz Allen Hamilton, which operates in Madagascar, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2000

Ghana
Capacity Boost at Takoradi

The capacity of the power plant at Takoradi in western [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2000

Guinea
Mines Minister Fired

President Lansana Conte dismissed mines minister Fassine Foffana at the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2000

Guinea
Trivalence Mining Extends Drilling

Canada's Trivalence Mining Corporation said last week it had pushed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2000

Ghana
New Respite for Ashanti

Banks have given Ashanti Goldfields Corp. another extension to Feb. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2000

Nigeria
Oil and Gas Investment in Nigeria

A conference on oil and gas investment in Nigeria will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2000

Mauritania
REX DIAMOND MINING

REX DIAMOND MINING explores for diamonds, as its name indicates, [...]

Subscribers only 03.02.2000

Spotlight | Guinea
OVERHAUL FOR ELECTRICITY PLAN

The big plan to build a 900 MW hydro station at Kaleta has been scrapped even though all the infighting over mining projects – in which Kaleta came to figure as a wild card - hasn't ended.

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2000

Equatorial Guinea
GREEN LIGHT FOR CEIBA PHASE 1

Triton Energy indicated last week that it was seeking two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2000

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