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Guinea
GUINEA A NEW HUB

Although its industrial mining sector is in a state of collapse, Guinea has emerged an as increasingly important hub in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.04.1994

Ghana
VALCO'S RATES TO RISE

Ghana's government is determined to obtain a rise in rates paid by the Volta River Aluminium Company (VALCO) for the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.04.1994

Mauritania
M'HAOUDAT START-UP

Put into production in February and March and officially inaugurated on April 18 by president Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, the M'Haoudat [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.04.1994

Cameroon, Nigeria
OIL FIELDS AND RUMOURS

The Nigerian oil field of Edikan developed by Elf was officially inaugurated last week following three others on Block OML [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.04.1994

Nigeria
ELF COULD KEEP ONLY ONE JACK-UP

Elf Nigeria is thinking of using only one jack-up rig [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.04.1994

Sierra Leone
NPA MANAGEMENT CONTRACT SIGNED

The expected management contract regarding the National Power Authority (NPA [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.04.1994

Ivory Coast
FOXTROT: UNCERTAIN STEPS

Final agreement on financing the Foxtrot gas and electricity project that includes the development of the field and installation of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.1994

Burkina Faso
SPENDING TO RISE IN 1994-95

Spending by the Société Nationale Burkinabé d'Electricité (SONABEL), such as it was planned before the devaluation of the CFA France, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.1994

Nigeria

Shell has issued tenders to a limited bid list including [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.1994

Nigeria
CHEVON TENDERS FOR JACK-UP

Chevron has issued an invitation to tender for a jack-up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.1994

Benin, Togo
FAC SUBSIDY FOR TRAINING CENTER

France's Fond d'Aide et de Coopération has just offered a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.1994

Guinea
NEW MEETING ON FUNDING FOR GARAFIRI

A new meeting of donors for the Garifiri hydroelectric project [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.1994

Nigeria
CONOCO NOT TO DRILL IN DEEP WATER UNTIL 1995

Conoco's first well in the deep offshore at a water [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.1994

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
NEW POWER GAME

The interconnections that Burkina Faso is already considering with Ivory Coast and Ghana offer the country its best chance of building up its electricity supply except if it resorts even more to diesel-fuelled power, according to studies of the World [.

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
RIFT MAY HAVE HAD A POINT

Is the Guinea Bissau offshore, particularly the region bordering on Senegal, as rich in prospects as a long dispute over [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Nigeria
NLNG ON THE MOVE

The Abacha's regime move to break off negotiations with the IMF appears to be the major obstacle standing in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Ghana
COYNE ET BELLIER STUDY THREE SITES

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has asked Coyne et Bellier to carry out a feasibility study on the hydroelectric site [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Nigeria
SLOWDOWN IN MOBIL DRILLING

Sante Fe is to mobilize the jack-up Key Hawaii from Nigeria to Tunisia where it will finish a contract with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Burkina Faso
POWER STATION RUNNING ON CARBONACEOUS SHALE?

The Burkina Faso government is hoping to drum up support [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Nigeria
DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR AGIP DEEP OFFSHORE PROGRAMME

Agip has issued a pre-tender inquiry for a semi-submersible to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Nigeria

Ashland Oil has sent a letter of intent to Saipem [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Nigeria

The British consultancy and geophysics services company Simon Petroleum Technology [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Ivory Coast
LION AND PANTHERE IN PRODUCTION NEXT YEAR

The two condensate and gas fields developed by operator United [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Nigeria

Statoil plans to tender shortly for a semi-submersible to drill [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Burkina Faso

Mohamed Souley has been named industry, trade and mines ministry [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

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