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West Africa

Sierra Leone
NORD COULD MERGE WITH AFMI

Nord Resources, which holds a 50% stake in Sierra Rutile, has announced it could merge with American Mineral Fields. This [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Ivory Coast
HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT

The government is thinking of building a new private hydro-electric [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Ghana
POSITIVE RESULTS FOR ST. JUDE

St. Jude, which is listed on the Vancouver stock exchange [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Nigeria
MOBIL SUBLETS SEMI-SUB FOR DEEP OFFSHORE

After changing its mind about offering slots for rigs at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Nigeria
TWO NEW DRILLING BARGES FOR SHELL

Shell Nigeria Eastern Division has received bids for a three [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Ivory Coast
ANOTHER SEMI-SUB FROM U.S. IS AWAITED

Shell Oil is considering a sublet of the semi-submersible Transocean [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Ghana
WESTERN POWER'S PROJECT

The Western Power private power station project being mounted at the behest of the Ghana National Petroleum Corp. will be [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Nigeria
TSKJ STUDYING NLNG EXTENSION

The TSKJ consortium made up of Technip, Snamprogetti, MW Kellogg and JGC Corp, which is already building the first two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Burkina Faso
HUNCH LEADS TO GOLD FIND

Etruscan Resources has announced the discovery of a gold deposit in an area on its Datambi concession that was covered [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Ivory Coast
RANGER OIL IN STARTING BLOCKS

Ranger Oil is preparing an exploration program that will last over two years, from the end of 1998 to late [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Ivory Coast
OCEAN UNDERTAKES KUDU WELLS

Between two possible solutions for Glomar Adriatic VII (AEM 231), Mobil finally decided to release the jack-up in Nigeria and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Burkina Faso
IPS IN POWER PROJECT

The service company IPS-Cote d'Ivoire, which is taking part in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Mauritania, Senegal
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE LINE

A new request for proposals has been issued concerning the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

West Africa
BHP PULLING OUT HERE AS SELL

Australia's BHP has signed an agreement to sell its gold [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Ivory Coast
APACHE TELLS PRIME MINISTER IT WANTS TO STAY

The prime minister's office announced after a recent meeting in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Ivory Coast
PETROCI PROJECT WITH CHINESE FIRM

The same day he received a delegation from Apache (see [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Equatorial Guinea
BILLION DOLLAR U.S. INVESTMENTS

Operator Mobil and its partner UMC/Ocean Energy – whose PSA [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

West Africa
ANOTHER SEMI SUB?

Fred Olsen Drilling's semi-submersible Borgny Dolphin could be offered by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Guinea
KENOR TAKES THE OFFENSIVE

Norway's Kenor group is trying to take management control of the small Australian exploration company, Africwest Gold, which has exploration [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.1998

Ivory Coast, Mali
RANGOL SEEKING SYAMAH B

Rangold is to take a majority interest in two gold exploration concessions in north-eastern Ivory Coast that are believed to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.1998

Ghana
REUNION MINING SPINS OFF OVER PROPERTY

Problems at the London-based Reunion Mining have prompted it to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.1998

Nigeria
MOBIL RELEASES JACK-UP BUT LIFTS FOOT ON BRAKE

AEM understands that Mobil Nigeria has given six months notice [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.1998

Nigeria
CHEVRON EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR SANTA FE RIG

Subject to approval from NNPC, Chevron wants to extend its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.1998

Ivory Coast
TONY GOETZ TO OPEN GOLD REFINING UNIT

The Belgian entrepreneur Tony Goetz who has long been present [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.06.1998

West Africa
ELF EP TO BOOST RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT CAPACITY

Elf Exploration Production has signed an agreement with GeoQuest, an [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.06.1998

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