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Nigeria
NEW MINISTER AND STATE SECRETARY FOR OIL

Donald Etiebet, a trained geologist who made a fortune in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.1993

Ghana
GOLD FIELDS GHANA IN OPERATION

Gold Fields of South Africa (GFSA) has taken over the Tarkwa gold mine with a 90% holding alongside the government's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.1993

Ghana
CEGELEC TO INSTALL WA-TECHIMAN HV LINE

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has awarded a contract to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.1993

Nigeria

The Chiles Offshore jack-ups Seabee and Hornet have quit Nigeria [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.1993

Nigeria

On behalf of the Statoil/BP Alliance Oil venture, Statoil has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.1993

Gambia
HANDOVER OF MANAGEMENT, PHASE TWO

Management of the Gambia Utility Corp. has been turned over [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.1993

Burkina Faso
GENCOR EYES MANGANESE

Gencor is interested in Burkina Faso's manganese and a commercial agreement (via Samancor) and eventually an industrial pact could prove [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Burkina Faso
BOBO III UNDERWAY

Construction of the third section of the diesel-run power station at Bobo Dioulasso could begin before year's end and will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Mali, Senegal
GOLD PARTNERS LINE UP

An exploration campaign costing $10 million and financed by Anglo American Corporation will proceed until June or July, 1994 on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Nigeria
ADB LOAN FOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

The African Development Bank has offered a loan to help a Nigerian company carry out a plan to develop a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Nigeria
PSA'S WITH DU PONT AND AGIP

Two new production sharing agreements have been signed for the deep offshore off the Niger river delta, contrary to fears [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Senegal
WAITING FOR RESTRUCTURATIONS

The debate on whether and how Senelec should be privatized [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Burkina Faso
CHANGES IN REGULATIONS

On July 7 the government approved two draft decrees that [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Ivory Coast
PLUSPETROL TO TAKE 10% IN CI-11 PROJECT

The Argentinian company Pluspetrol will take a 10% stake in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

West Africa
STUDY PLANNED WITH ADB ASSISTANCE

The ADB's board will shortly decide on whether to offer [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Burkina Faso
ADB GRANT FOR GOLD STUDY

AEM understands that the African Development Bank has offered a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

West Africa
NOBLE BUYS WESTERN PLATFORMS

Noble Associates has bought nine jack-ups from Western Oceanic for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
FOXTROT FUNDING SET

An agreement providing for the Caisse Francaise de Developpement to help finance the Foxtrot gas and electricity project is expected to be signed in coming days, AEM has learned. As a result, invitations to tender will be issued quickly to [.

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.1993

Mali
TENDER FOR MANAGEMENT CONTRACT

The Mali government's invitation to tender for a contract to manage Energie du Mali (EDM) is now open and will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.1993

Ghana
BIDDING OPEN FOR AGC

The first invitation to tender concerning the privatization of Ashanti Goldfields Corporation and covering 20% of its capital will be [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.1993

West Africa
TWO JACK-UPS SENT TO USG

Western Oceanic is pinning its hopes on the Gulf of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.1993

Ivory Coast
IFC BACKS CI-11 BLOCK

The International Finance Corporation (IFC, World Bank) has put up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.1993

Senegal
DECISION ON ADB LOAN FOR CSPT IN AUGUST

The African Development Bank is expected to finally approve a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.1993

Sierra Leone
CRL PICKS SIERRA LEONE BEFORE CAMEROON

The Australian group Consolidated Rutile (CRL) has acquired a 50% [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.1993

Senegal
OIL DATA BANK

A data bank for oil exploration is being set up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.06.1993

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