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West Africa

Ghana
NEW TURBINE FOR TAKORADI

CMS Energy has begun working on the first stage in the extension of the Takoradi-Aboadse power station. A 110 MW [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.1999

Nigeria
SHELL SLOWS DOWN ON DRILLING

The deepwater semi Sedco 709 is due to return to Shell Nigeria at the beginning of March to begin a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.1999

Senegal
EIB LOAN FOR ICS

A loan worth around 50 million Euros will be offered by the European Investment Bank to Industries Chimiques du Senegal [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.1999

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
AZITO RESHAPES POWER LANDSCAPE

With the inauguration of the first, 144 MW section on Jan. 23 only 18 months after the ABB-IPS tandem won the construction contract, the Azito project attained its target date for start-up. It was also a first in sub-Saharan Africa [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Nigeria
CANOXY-ELF BUY-IN CONFIRMED

The Nigerian government has approved Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.'s acquisition of a 20% interest in Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd's offshore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Ivory Coast
AUSTRALIANS FIGHT OVER AGBAOU

A corporate battle has broken out in Australia with the main prize being the 1203 sq.km. Agbaou gold concession in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Ghana
ANVIL SEES GHANA AS STRONG ALTERNATIVE

In presenting its financial results for the last quarter of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Guinea
AFD LOAN FOR POWER SECTOR SHAKE-UP

The Agence Francaise de Developpement is to put up Ffr6 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Togo
FOUR IN RUNNING FOR CEET

Four companies have joined the bidding for the privatization of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Benin
ELECTRICITE VII PROJECT TO INCLUDE ADJALARA SCHEME

Benin's Electricite VII project towards which IDA will contribute $40 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Niger
HOPE FOR INDUSTRIAL-SCALE GOLD MINING IN 2001

A first gold mine is to open in Niger in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Nigeria
BOS WINS SHELL TENDER FOR ODIDI

Bouygues Offshore has just won the tender issued in early [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Nigeria
TEXACO DROPS MG HULME BOOKING

As operators continue to try to rationalize contracted rig capacity [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Nigeria
TEXACO TO KEEP ED NOBLE

In the jack-up branch, Texaco has xtended its contract with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

Nigeria
SECOND FIND IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Texaco has announced a major wildcat discovery, the second to be made in the deep Nigerian offshore on licenses granted [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.1999

Liberia
NO FUNDS YET TO REVAMP MONROVIA GRID

Fighting in Sierra Leone has once again put a complete [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.1999

Senegal
CONTEST SOON TO START FOR WEST NETWORK

The Societe de Gestion du Barrage de Manantali is expected [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.1999

Nigeria
SHELL EXAMINES NEW BIDS FOR JACK-UPS

Shell has received new bids for its long-term shallow water [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.1999

Nigeria
AGIP SEEKING SAME TYPE OF RIG

Agip is also revisiting the market with a Nigerian shallow [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.1999

Nigeria
MARKET FOR OIL PRODUCTS EASES

Six international and local companies that had received permission from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.1999

Senegal
SENELEC-SCHLUMBERGER IN METER JV

State-owned Senelec which is due to be privatized this year [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

Nigeria
TUGBOAT FLEET UP TO STRENGTH

The fleet of new tugboats that will serve Mobil Producing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

Ivory Coast
SANTA FE DRILLS SECOND WELL ON CI-24

In December Santa Fe Energy spudded the second of two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

Ivory Coast
PETROCI TO MARKET LPG FOR VEHICLES

Petroci-Gaz is planning to start marketing LPG for vehicles in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

Benin
LOCAL COMPANY BUYS PRIVATIZED SONACOP

A local company named Continentale des Petrole et d'Investissement won [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

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