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Ghana
ACCORD WITH EXIMBANK ON TANO

The Ghana National Petroleum Corp. (GNPC) announced it had signed an agreement with the U.S. Eximbank in late November in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Nigeria
FRESH STRIKE FOR ABACAN ON AJE?

After striking oil in October with the initial AJE-1 well (AEM 191, the Canadian company Abacan, which confirmed that first [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Ghana
TARKWA PROJECT UNDERWAY

A new project to develop the Tarkwa mine, that was privatized and acquired by Gold Fields of South Africa (GFSA) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Mali
SADIOLA IN START-UP

Gold production is to begin this month on the Sadiola [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Burkina Faso
ELEVENTH LICENCE FOR SEMAFO

Montreal-based SEMAFO has won its 11th permit in Burkina Faso [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Burkina Faso
EAG'S FIRST RESULTS ON PIELA

Emerging Africa Gold says that its first sampling and trenching [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast
UMIC EXTENDS ADRIATIC X

UMIC has finalized a six month extension of the jack-up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast
MOBIL TO BUY ZAFIRO FPSO

Mobil Oil Equatorial Guinea will exercise its option by the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Ghana
ROMANIANS TO INVEST IN DOWNSTREAM

A delegation from Romania was in Accra last week to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Nigeria
ELF SEEKING SEMI FOR APRIL

Elf is seeking bids for provision of a semi for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Guinea, Niger
SAOURA AND MANDIANA PROMISING

The tandem composed of IAMGOLD (see Mali) and Ashanti Goldfields [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Mali
TRILLION'S STAKE IN SEGALA CONFIRMED

Trillion Resources Ltd. says it has received an official green [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Ivory Coast
POSSIBLE PARTNER

A liaison office has just been opened in Abidjan by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Mali
TIMBUKTU BREAKS WITH REESE AND BECOMES MARCHMONT

Timbuktu Gold has severed its links with chairman Oliver Reese [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Spotlight | West Africa
WEST AFRICA: COMPETITION CARRIES THE DAY

Initial exploration in West Africa's deep offshore has proved encouraging but because of the huge investments involved it would be best for host countries to display more flexibility regarding E&P contracts. That view, voiced by Lambert Ona Ovono, deputy CEO [.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Mauritania
AUSTRALIANS GOING FOR GOLD

General Gold Resources of Australia is moving to consolidate its dominant position in Mauritania by applying for large gold exploration [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Senegal
BOT SCHEME GOES TO CAP-DES-BICHES

The new, 50 MW turbine-driven power station to be built under a 15 year BOT contract by Senelec finally won't [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Burkina Faso
THREE MORE PERMITS FOR SEMAFO

The West African Mining Corp (SEMAFO) has just been awarded [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Mali
FOUR NEW PERMITS FOR CANADIAN JUNIOR

Vancouver-based Alpine Exploration Corp. has negotiated the acquisition of four [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Nigeria
MOBIL AND TEXACO ON TWO OTHER DEEP BLOCKS

The two companies have become operators on a farm-in basis [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Nigeria
CONOCO IN MARKET FOR NIGERIA SEMI

Conoco has issued a market check into semi-submersible availability for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Nigeria
ASHLAND TOO...

Ashland his issued formal tender invitations for provision of a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Nigeria
MOBIL COMPLETES NIGERIA JACK-UP CONTRACT RENEWALS

Mobil Nigeria has confirmed the renewal of the jack-up Trident [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Nigeria
AGIP BACK IN MARKET FOR BENIBOIYE RIG

Agip is again seeking a shallow-water jack-up for four wells [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Ghana
TAKORADI POWER STATION BECOMES CMS-VRA PROJECT

Already on the cards for long, the transformation of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

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