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West Africa

Mali
STATE TO RETAIN 48.5% IN EDM

The question of the government's stake in Energie du Mali (EDM) after its privatization has been settled. Under a timetable [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.1998

Mauritania
GGR WRITES DOWN VALUE OF GUELB MOGHREIN LICENCE

Australia's General Gold Resources has failed to find a partner [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.1998

Nigeria
TOTAL TEST MARKETS FOR DEEPWATER RIGS

Total has checked the market for a deepwater drilling program [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.1998

Nigeria
SHELL SEEKS JACK-UP

Shell Nigeria is in the market with its latest attempt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.1998

Ivory Coast
RANGER SEEKS RIG FOR ESPOIR

Bids are due to be submitted to Ranger Oil on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.1998

Ivory Coast
OCEAN ENERGY NEEDS SEMI

Ocean Energy has a requirement for a semi or drillship [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.1998

Ghana
COOL RECEPTION FOR RATE HIKE

The government has announced increases of up to 100% in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Senegal
NOVAGOLD BUILDS UP STAKE ON GOLD CONCESSION

Canada's NovaGold Resources has increased its stake from 65 to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Ghana
SCARABEO COULD DRILL IN GHANA OFFSHORE

Elf will release the semi-submersible Scarabeo 4 at the end [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Ivory Coast
AFD FUNDING FOR FOXTROT

The Agence Francaise de Developpement has awarded a Ffr60 million [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Ivory Coast
GENTY SELLS SHARES IN TWO BLOCKS

Canada's Gentry Resources has signed a letter of intent with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Nigeria
NNPC GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO RIG CONTRACT EXTENSION

NNPC has approved a two-year extension of Chevron's contract with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Nigeria
EFIAT AND ABANA FIELDS TO BE DEVELOPED

Expro Group has won a contract to install a production [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Nigeria
ACCORD ON FRED OLSEN ENERGY'S KNOCK TAGGART UNIT

Fred Olsen Production AS, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast
RESOLUTE CONTINUES TO SHOP

Australia's Resolute has further strengthened its position in West Africa by picking up tenements in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

West Africa
SEMAFO MERGES WITH HIGH DESERT

Montreal-based SEMAFO (Societe d'Exploration Miniere en Afrique de l'Ouest) plans to merge with the U.S. firm High Desert Mineral Resources [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Nigeria
OSO II IN SERVICE

The second phase of the Oso development project centered on the production of NGL has been commissioned. Output began at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Mauritania
NEW ALLIES FOR HARDMAN

Australian junior oil explorer Hardman Resources has found new backers to bankroll exploration in the A and B areas in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Senegal
LEADERS OF ELECTRICITY WORKERS' UNION ARRESTED

The long-standing fight by the Syndicat Unique des Travailleurs de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Burkina Faso
ENTIRE SECTOR SET FOR PRIVATIZATION

As it had been thinking of doing since late last [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Nigeria
SHELL TO DRILL ON EA WITH TWO RIGS

Shell is shortly expected to invite bids for rigs for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Nigeria
ELUJEBE TO START PRODUCING BY LATE SEPTEMBER

An affiliate of the Canadian independent Profco, Summit, is slated [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Nigeria
FSO ON IMA TO BECOME FPSO FOR ADDAX

Fred Olsen Production AS has signed a letter of intent [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Equatorial Guinea
TOTAL BUYS OUT GOVERNMENT STAKE IN DOWNSTREAM JV

Alongside its acquisition of Petrofina's downstream assets in Gabon in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Ivory Coast
SANTA FE TO DRILL WITH RIG 83

The jackup Glomar Rig 83 (ex Falrig 83) is finishing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

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