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West Africa

Ivory Coast
RASH OF GOLD LICENCES

LaSource Development, a joint affiliate of the La Source Compagnie Miniere, BRGM/Normandy, has just been awarded three licences to explore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Ivory Coast
CI-24 CONTRACT SIGNED WITH SANTA FE

Santa Fe Energy Resources, which already signed an MOU with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Nigeria
CHEVRON EXTENDS KEY BERMUDA

Chevron is finalizing a two year extension of its contract [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Sierra Leone
SECURITY GUARANTEE DEMANDED FOR SIERRA RUTILE

The failure to get the Sierra Rutile mine back into [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Mauritania
HARDMAN SEEKS PARTNERS

Australia's Hardman Resources is seeking joint venture partners so it [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Niger
NIGELEC ELIGIBLE FOR PRIVATIZATION

The government has confirmed its project to privatize 10 state-owned [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Ivory Coast
GAME OF TAG FOR CI-26 AND 40

The ÖMV board of directors decided last week that the company would not be the associate and "technical partner" of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

West Africa
NIGERIAN GAS PROJECT RE-LAUNCHED

The West African Gas Pipeline project which is to link Nigeria to Ghana via Benin and Togo will be on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Benin, Nigeria
SUCCESS OF ABACAN ON BLOCK 309

Abacan has made an oil discovery with its JVE-1 well, spudded in March this year on Block 309 in Nigeria, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Mali
CIDA TO RETURN TO MANANTALI

The Canadian agency CIDA, which had pulled out, is in process of getting back into the game for financing the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Sierra Leone
STILL GOLD AND DIAMOND PROJECTS

Sierra Rutile and its shareholders CRL (Australia) and Nord (United States) are having trouble finding the US$80 million they consider [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Benin
BLOCK 2 AWARDED

Benin's mining, energy and hydraulics minister Emmanuel Golou on October 11 signed an agreement with the independent US company Tarpon [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Nigeria
MOBIL SEEKS OR EXTENDS JACK-UP CONTRACTS

Mobil has issued letters of intent for a number of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Mali
"ALL THE CONTRACT, AND ONLY THE CONTRACT"

The Energie du Mali management contract for four years, finalized [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Ivory Coast
ELYO, LAVALLIN AND DESTECH ALL ON VRIDI III

Elyo (Lyonnaise des Eaux), the Canadian Lavallin, and the Dow [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Nigeria
TEXACO KEEPS PERRO NEGRO 2

AEM sources report Texaco has finally agreed with Saipem a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Guinea
SOUAPITI PROJECT MAY RESURFACE FOR ALUMINIUM

The major Souapiti hydroelectric project (750 MW) on the river [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Nigeria
NN-1 COULD COME OUT OF STACK

The shallow-water jack-up NN-1 is being reactivated in Nigeria for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Mauritania
A 25,000 SQ. KM OFFSHORE PERMIT

Nouakchott is expected to officialize shortly a permit grouping Blocks [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Mali
AZKO/SANOU MINING TO DRILL ON TWO PERMITS

Before launching a first drilling programme on the gold concessions [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Ivory Coast
ESPOIR HOPES FOR ELF

Elf is bidding to operate of block CI-26 (the Espoir field) as well as on the neighboring CI-40 which runs [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.1996

Nigeria
PRIVATIZATION FOR OIL INDUSTRY?

Nigeria has managed to fend off the threat of oil or other sanctions with for a selective release of jailed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.1996

Nigeria
CHEVRON-ABB AGREEMENT FOR REGIONAL GAS PIPELINE

The ABB group has signed an accord with Chevron for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.1996

Nigeria
TEXACO TO SEEK TWO JACK-UPS

Texaco is expected to issue tender invitations shortly for two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.1996

Ivory Coast
SIX CANDIDATES STILL IN RUNNING FOR VRIDI III

The consortia or companies ABB-IPS, CMS-SPIE Batignolles, AES, Elyo (Lyonnaise [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.1996

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