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West Africa

Ghana
FRAUD COSTS ECG $30 MILLION

Fraudulent connections and other malpractices are costing Electricity Corp of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.1999

Senegal
SUPPLY CONTRACTS FOR MARUBENI AND ALSTOM

Marubeni Power Systems and Alstom recently won contracts to supply [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.1999

Ghana, Ivory Coast
GAS PIPELINE PROJECT REVIVED

A four-sided accord in London has injected fresh impetus into the project for a gas pipeline between Ivory Coast and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
EARLY 2001 DRILLING FOR AMENAM

Elf is expected in late April to issue invitations to tender for two jack-ups that it needs to drill development [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Gambia
MINERALIZED SAND PERMIT

Ilmenite deposits on Gambia's coast may shortly be developed again, this time by an Australian operator. Long known to exist, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Senegal
TWO LICENSES FOR BHP AND BARRICK/ANGLO

Two new gold exploration concessions have been awarded in south-east [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Ivory Coast
SODEMI TO SET UP AFFILIATES

The privatization of state-owned Sodemi has been set back because [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Benin, Togo
NO GREEN LIGHT FOR PROJECTS WITH IDA BEFORE YEAR 2000

Loans from the International Development Association (World Bank) for programs [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
MOBIL RELEASES ANOTHER JACK-UP

Mobil Nigeria is releasing the jack-up Trident VI next week [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
SEDCO 709 JOB FOR SHELL

Shell Nigeria is shortly expected to resume operations with the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
STATOIL COULD DRILL AGAIN IN 4-5 MONTHS

Statoil is thinking of drilling appraisal wells with the first [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

The swamp barges Searex IV and Searex VI have been [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
THE MILITARY'S E&P SLICE

The publication Africa Confidential (whose French-language edition is issued by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Equatorial Guinea
CARRIERS CHARTERED FOR CMS/SAMEDAN METHANOL

CMS Oil & Gas (formerly Nomeco) and Samedan of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Ghana
TOR PRIVATIZATION SET FOR JUNE

The privatization of the Tema Oil Refinery through the sale [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
KADUNA SLATED FOR PRIVATIZATION

President-elect Olusegun Obasanjo claimed there was no reason for rushing to privatize state-owned companies when he with met business leaders [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

Guinea
TEMPORARY SOLUTION FOR FRIGUIA

Although the privatization of the Friguia aluminum plant was postponed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

Senegal
LOAN APPROVED

On March 23 the West African Development Bank (WADB) approved [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

Nigeria
OBASANJO SOUNDS OUT BELGIAN INVESTORS

During a European tour, Nigerian president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo spelled out [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

Nigeria
TEXACO TO DRILL ON AGBAMI WITH GLOMAR EXPLORER

The drillship Glomar Explorer will mobilise from the U.S. Gulf [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

Ivory Coast
OCEAN TO DRILL IN JUNE ON CI-105

Ocean Energy will drill its first well in June on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

Niger
SONIDEP PRIVATIZATION IN VIEW

In the pipeline since 1997, the privatization of the Societe [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

West Africa
MG HULME TO LEAVE

The deepwater semi-submersible M G Hulme Jr has failed to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

West Africa
SEVEN JACK-UPS OUT OF 27 ARE COLD STACKED

The jack-up Glomar High Island VII has been released by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

West Africa
WEST AFRICAN OIL & GAS

A second West African Oil & Gas Summit is being [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.1999

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