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West Africa

Ivory Coast
GOLDEN STAR'S BREAKTHROUGH

The U.S.-Canadian company Golden Star Resources is hard at work establishing itself in Africa while equally pushing ahead with a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.1996

Ghana, Ivory Coast
STALEMATE ON GAS ACCORD

Ghana has just obtained pledges of American funding for the gas and electricity project based on South Tano's reserves but [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.1996

Liberia
LIBERIAN CONNECTION BACK

Antwerp dealers bought no less than $747 million worth of diamonds labelled "Liberia" last year. The figure for the first [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.1996

Ivory Coast
ADDAX'S PLANS FOR ESPOIR

The oil trading concern Addax, which obtained the CI-26 block in Ivory Coast's offshore in October and plans to re-develop [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.1996

Niger
URANIUM STRIKE ENDS

A strike by miners working for the Somair and Cominak [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.1996

Ghana
AGC CALLS FOR BETTER PROTECTION

Ashanti Goldfields Corp (AGC) has asked the government for a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.1996

Nigeria
ELF CONSIDERING ANOTHER SEMI-SUB

Subject to a review of its work schedule, Elf could [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.1996

Ivory Coast
NEW BIDDING ROUND

New blocks covering all the Ivory Coast offshore acreage that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.1996

Ghana
FUNDS RAISED FOR GOLD PROJECT

The Montreal-based firm Vauquelin Mines Ltd. announced in late March [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.1996

Spotlight | West Africa
ENGEN'S AFRICAN GAME PLAN

When South Africa's Engen group set up Energy Africa early last year to encompass its upstream interests its aim was to promote the new firm's "African identity" to build a reasonable portfolio of assets in West Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Guinea
AREDOR BOUGHT -- AND SOLD

The Aredor mine and the permit around it has changed hands even before being officially awarded. An agreement is to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Guinea
BIG HOPES FOR SIGUIRI

In the very first year it is put back into production the gold mine at Siguiri in Guinea is expected [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Mali
SOMISY HIT BY STRIKE

The Société Minière de Syamah (Somisy) evacuated its foreign personnel [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Mauritania
GTMH AND KOCH BEST BIDDERS FOR NOUADHIBOU GRINDING DEAL

GTMH and Koch appear to be in the best position [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Niger
URANIUM MINES ON STRIKE

Work at uranium mines of Somair and Cominak was still [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Sierra Leone
Sierra Rutile TO STUDY REOPENING MINE

Sierra Rutile has just sent an evaluation team for the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

West Africa
NOBLE ACQUIRES NEDDRILL FLEET

Noble Drilling has signed a letter of intent with Nedlloyd [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Nigeria
SAIPEM TO SEND PERRO NEGRO 5 TO NIGERIA FROM ITALY

Saipem is close to finalizing a contract with Consolidated Oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

West Africa
ANOTHER JACK-UP

The growth in the West African jack-up fleet looks set [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.1996

Ghana
Gas station next year

A bidding round will be organized by the end of March for the second phase of a power station to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.1996

Nigeria
PRELIMINARY INQUIRY FOR OFON

Elf has issued a preliminary inquiry (until March 18) for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.1996

Ivory Coast
BIANKOUMA COULD BE PRODUCING BY 2000-2001

A new drilling series totalling 5,000 meters has just started [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.1996

Nigeria
ELF FIXES NYMPHEA

Elf Nigeria has fixed Forasol-Foramer's semi Nymphea for a three [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.1996

Ghana
SECOND ACCRA REGIONAL MINING CONFERENCE

The second West African International Mining -exhibition at Accra will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.1996

Senegal
FIVE CONSORTIA BID FOR FIRST PRIVATE POWER STATION

Following pre-selection that ended in late February, five consortia and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.1996

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