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West Africa

Mauritania, West Africa
MANANTALI DELAYED UNTIL 2000

The Manantali hydroelectric power station won't enter service in 1996 as the three member countries of the OMVS had hoped [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.1995

West Africa
LA SOURCE'S ONGOING PROJECTS

The drilling programme of La Source Compagnie Minière on its 41%-owned Yamfo gold prospect in Ghana has indicated five mineralized [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Burkina Faso
SYSMIN LOAN FOR POURA

The European Union plans to shortly award an 11 million Ecu loan to the Société de Recherches et d'Exploitation Minières [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

West Africa
GOLDEN STAR MOVES IN

The Canadian company Golden Star Resources, which is already active in several West African countries and Ethiopia, has made its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Equatorial Guinea
ZAFIRO DEVELOPMENT CONFIRMED

United Meridian has just confirmed that work on Equatorial Guinea's first oil development has begun on the Zafiro field. For [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Guinea
EIB LOAN FOR GARAFIRI

The European Investment Bank has just confirmed a 25 million Ecus ($32.6 million) loan for the Garafiri hydroelectric project in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Nigeria
NEW DEADLINE FOR NLNG

The government is reported to have set a new deadline [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Guinea
PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR MINING DATABASE

An invitation to tender is expected to be issued in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Mauritania
SYSMIN LOAN FOR SNIM CONFIRMED

An agreement signed in Nouakchott on Oct. 23 confirmed the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Niger
SUMITOMO TO STUDY GOLD PROJECT

Japan's Sumitomo group plans to carry out a feasibility study [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Nigeria
ASHLAND LIKELY TO ISSUE TENDER; ABACAN CONTRACT

It now appears likely that Petrobras will renew its contract [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Nigeria
PROJECT TO RENOVATE OIL PLANT

NNPC has unveiled a $20 million project to renovate the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Nigeria
ELF WILL NEED SEMI-SUB

Elf is expected to require a semi-submersible to drill two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Niger
NEW PERMIT FOR HANSA GEOMIN

The German firm Hansa Geomin, that has long been prospecting [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.1995

Ivory Coast
ADDAX TO RE-DEVELOP ESPOIR

The Geneva-based oil trading company Addax which has been highly active on East and West African markets plans t£o re-develop [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

West Africa
RISING DEMAND FOR RIGS

Rising exploration and development activity throughout West Africa has started pushing up dayrates despite a steady influx of mobile drilling [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Nigeria
STATOIL'S MYSTERIOUS PLANS

Is Statoil already planning to develop the oil discovery it recorded with its first well off the Niger river delta [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Ivory Coast
PACT WITH AAC; NEW PERMITS

Anglo American Corporation's long-awaited debut in Ivory Coast has finally taken place following a government green light for an agreement [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Nigeria
CONOCO SEEKS RIG

Conoco has tendered for a floating drilling unit for one [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Ghana
SOUTH KOREA FINANCES LPG CYLINDER PLANT

South Korea has just offered Ghana a $8 million loan [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Ivory Coast
UMIC SHELVES DRILLING PROJECT

UMIC is understood to have postponed its plans to continue [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Nigeria
MOBIL DETERMINED TO STAY

A high-level delegation from the Mobil group headed by its exploration boss, Paul Hoenmans, travelled to Nigeria a few days [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.1995

Ghana
PGL IN AGC'S FOOTSTEPS

The stock market flotation of Pioneer Goldfields Ltd. (PGL) the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.1995

Nigeria
SHELL SEEKING JACK-UP

Shell has circulated a preliminary inquiry for a jack-up with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.1995

Senegal
ANOTHER PLATFORM FOR PECTEN WELL

The turnkey division of Sonat Offshore has fixed the jack-up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.1995

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