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West Africa

Ghana
SHORTAGES EASING OFF

After it had it increased power shedding by 50% on March 25, Electricity Corp of Ghana (ECG) managed by April [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Mauritania
GRANITE PROJECT DRAWS INTEREST

According to an official from the ACP-EU's Industrial Development Center (IDC), a project for a granite quarry at Choum some [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Mauritania
ASHTON FINDS KIMBERLITES

Australia's Ashton Mining has reported the first-ever discovery of kimberlites in Mauritania, confirming the optimism the company has already voiced [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Guinea
HYMEX PRODUCES FIRST DIAMONDS

Canada's Hymex Diamonds Corp. organized the first sale of diamonds from its Diani concession in Guinea at Antwerp last week [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Nigeria
MOBIL TO CUT BACK JACK-UP OPERATIONS

Mobil is planning to back on its jack-up operations in offshore Nigeria for the rest of 1998, AEM understands. The [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Benin, Togo
EMERGENCY MEASURES

The Communauté Electrique du Bénin and the Benin and Togo [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Guinea, Ivory Coast
AGREEMENT ON RAILWAY FOR MINING PROJECT

Ivory Coast's project to build a railway from mining deposits [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Ivory Coast
PSA SIGNED FOR BLOCK CI-40

A PSA for the deep-water CI-40 block was signed on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Ivory Coast
WEST AFRICAN GROWTH FUND FINANCING FOR PETROCI FOR FOXTROT

The Abidjan-based West Africa Growth Fund (WAGF) announced on April [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Guinea-Bissau
VIVENDI & EDP FINAL BIDDERS

The bidding round which started last July (AEM 208) for the franchise to manage the production and marketing systems of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Nigeria
TOTAL-PETROBRAS FOR DEEP BLOCK?

Total and the Brazilian company Petrobras, which produces oil off Brazil in water depths of over 1,500 meters, are reportedly [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Ivory Coast
APACHE TO PULL OUT

AEM has learned that Apache Corporation, which operates the Foxtrot gas project through its affiliate Apache International, and which holds [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Senegal
SSPT PRIVATIZATION COMPLETED

The privatization of Societe Senegalaise des Phosophates de Thies (SSPT) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Sierra Leone
SIERRA RUTILE PROJECT BACK ON STARTING BLOCKS

The U.S. company Nord Resources and Australia's CRL (RGC group) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Senegal
NEW CLASH ON SABODALA

Paget Mining, the small Australian company which claims ownership of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Ghana
ON AGREEMENT CONFIRMED AND ANOTHER SIGNED WITH U.S

President Bill Clinton's visit to Accra saw confirmation of an [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Ghana
DANA PREPARES TO DRILL

Dana Petroleum, which won a licence last year with Seafield [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Nigeria
TEXACO TO KEEP ROY BUTLER FOR ANOTHER YEAR

Nigeria has negotiated a one year extension of its upcoming [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Spotlight | Ghana
SHORT CIRCUIT

An explosion last week at the Volta River Authority's power plant at Takoradi shut down one of its turbines for an indeterminate period. The incident could hardly have come at a worse time as the turbine in question had been [.

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Ghana
ALCAN TAKES OVER GBC

After several years of talks, Alcan signed an agreement last week to take over the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC). As [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Ivory Coast
INVESTORS SHUN SMI SHARES

The Ivory Coast government's sale of a 13% stake in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Equatorial Guinea
AGREEMENT WITH MOBIL MODIFIED

Negotiations that began in early February between the government and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Benin
GAS ELECTRICITY PROJECT IN SIGHT

Abacan's affiliate West African Resources has signed a letter of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Nigeria
CHEVRON PUTS OPOLO INTO PRODUCTION

Chevron Nigeria, which hopes to boost its production by 10% [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Nigeria
NLNG "VERY LIKELY" TO DOUBLE FINIMA'S CAPACITY

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) is studying a project to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

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West Africa

Ghana
SHORTAGES EASING OFF

Mauritania
GRANITE PROJECT DRAWS INTEREST

Mauritania
ASHTON FINDS KIMBERLITES

Guinea
HYMEX PRODUCES FIRST DIAMONDS

Nigeria
MOBIL TO CUT BACK JACK-UP OPERATIONS

Benin, Togo
EMERGENCY MEASURES

Guinea, Ivory Coast
AGREEMENT ON RAILWAY FOR MINING PROJECT

Ivory Coast
PSA SIGNED FOR BLOCK CI-40

Ivory Coast
WEST AFRICAN GROWTH FUND FINANCING FOR PETROCI FOR FOXTROT

Guinea-Bissau
VIVENDI & EDP FINAL BIDDERS

Nigeria
TOTAL-PETROBRAS FOR DEEP BLOCK?

Ivory Coast
APACHE TO PULL OUT

Senegal
SSPT PRIVATIZATION COMPLETED

Sierra Leone
SIERRA RUTILE PROJECT BACK ON STARTING BLOCKS

Senegal
NEW CLASH ON SABODALA

Ghana
ON AGREEMENT CONFIRMED AND ANOTHER SIGNED WITH U.S

Ghana
DANA PREPARES TO DRILL

Nigeria
TEXACO TO KEEP ROY BUTLER FOR ANOTHER YEAR

Spotlight | Ghana
SHORT CIRCUIT

Ghana
ALCAN TAKES OVER GBC

Ivory Coast
INVESTORS SHUN SMI SHARES

Equatorial Guinea
AGREEMENT WITH MOBIL MODIFIED

Benin
GAS ELECTRICITY PROJECT IN SIGHT

Nigeria
CHEVRON PUTS OPOLO INTO PRODUCTION

Nigeria
NLNG "VERY LIKELY" TO DOUBLE FINIMA'S CAPACITY

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West Africa

Ghana SHORTAGES EASING OFF

Mauritania GRANITE PROJECT DRAWS INTEREST

Mauritania ASHTON FINDS KIMBERLITES

Guinea HYMEX PRODUCES FIRST DIAMONDS

Nigeria MOBIL TO CUT BACK JACK-UP OPERATIONS

Benin, Togo EMERGENCY MEASURES

Guinea, Ivory Coast AGREEMENT ON RAILWAY FOR MINING PROJECT

Ivory Coast PSA SIGNED FOR BLOCK CI-40

Ivory Coast WEST AFRICAN GROWTH FUND FINANCING FOR PETROCI FOR FOXTROT

Guinea-Bissau VIVENDI & EDP FINAL BIDDERS

Nigeria TOTAL-PETROBRAS FOR DEEP BLOCK?

Ivory Coast APACHE TO PULL OUT

Senegal SSPT PRIVATIZATION COMPLETED

Sierra Leone SIERRA RUTILE PROJECT BACK ON STARTING BLOCKS

Senegal NEW CLASH ON SABODALA

Ghana ON AGREEMENT CONFIRMED AND ANOTHER SIGNED WITH U.S

Ghana DANA PREPARES TO DRILL

Nigeria TEXACO TO KEEP ROY BUTLER FOR ANOTHER YEAR

Spotlight | Ghana SHORT CIRCUIT

Ghana ALCAN TAKES OVER GBC

Ivory Coast INVESTORS SHUN SMI SHARES

Equatorial Guinea AGREEMENT WITH MOBIL MODIFIED

Benin GAS ELECTRICITY PROJECT IN SIGHT

Nigeria CHEVRON PUTS OPOLO INTO PRODUCTION

Nigeria NLNG "VERY LIKELY" TO DOUBLE FINIMA'S CAPACITY

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Ghana
SHORTAGES EASING OFF

Mauritania
GRANITE PROJECT DRAWS INTEREST

Mauritania
ASHTON FINDS KIMBERLITES

Guinea
HYMEX PRODUCES FIRST DIAMONDS

Nigeria
MOBIL TO CUT BACK JACK-UP OPERATIONS

Benin, Togo
EMERGENCY MEASURES

Guinea, Ivory Coast
AGREEMENT ON RAILWAY FOR MINING PROJECT

Ivory Coast
PSA SIGNED FOR BLOCK CI-40

Ivory Coast
WEST AFRICAN GROWTH FUND FINANCING FOR PETROCI FOR FOXTROT

Guinea-Bissau
VIVENDI & EDP FINAL BIDDERS

Nigeria
TOTAL-PETROBRAS FOR DEEP BLOCK?

Ivory Coast
APACHE TO PULL OUT

Senegal
SSPT PRIVATIZATION COMPLETED

Sierra Leone
SIERRA RUTILE PROJECT BACK ON STARTING BLOCKS

Senegal
NEW CLASH ON SABODALA

Ghana
ON AGREEMENT CONFIRMED AND ANOTHER SIGNED WITH U.S

Ghana
DANA PREPARES TO DRILL

Nigeria
TEXACO TO KEEP ROY BUTLER FOR ANOTHER YEAR

Spotlight | Ghana
SHORT CIRCUIT

Ghana
ALCAN TAKES OVER GBC

Ivory Coast
INVESTORS SHUN SMI SHARES

Equatorial Guinea
AGREEMENT WITH MOBIL MODIFIED

Benin
GAS ELECTRICITY PROJECT IN SIGHT

Nigeria
CHEVRON PUTS OPOLO INTO PRODUCTION

Nigeria
NLNG "VERY LIKELY" TO DOUBLE FINIMA'S CAPACITY