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FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

Already postponed several times, the final distribution of stakes on the first blocks in Angola's ultra deep offshore - 31, [...] (708 words)

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Energy

WHEN GAS IS MOOTED IN TUCSON

Although it didn't stir much excitement the most note-worthy statement on the American side during the ministerial meeting on energy

MOROCCO Energy 21/12/1999

LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

A Moroccan source has depicted Rubis' plan to build an imports terminal with a capacity of 40,000 tons per year

ANGOLA Energy 21/12/1999

TECHNIP SCORES AND SCS GROWS

When Technip Angola was set up in June the step marked a promising debut for the French engineering group on

Spotlight

AFRICA UNITED STATES Energy 21/12/1999

In denouncing the secretive practices of the oil industry in its report "A Crude Awakening" (AEM 265), Global Witness has undoubtedly put paid to the impression created by its previous report on diamonds that it was banging away exclusively at

CONGO Energy 08/12/1999

HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

Companies slated for privatization in Congo are going to change their management before the sell-off, including Hydro Congo. The latter

ANGOLA Energy 08/12/1999

GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

Less than a year after it published its report "A Rough Trade" on the diamonds that fuelled UNITA's military ventures,

ANGOLA Energy 08/12/1999

WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

In its latest update on E&P in Angola, Wood Mackenzie

ANGOLA Energy 08/12/1999

PRIDE ANGOLA TO DRILL ONE WELL FOR BP AMOCO

BP Amoco is to take advantage of a slot with

CANADA Energy 08/12/1999

CHEVRON FIXES GLOMAR HIGH ISLAND Free

Chevron DRC has fixed the jack-up Glomar High Island V

AFRICA Energy 08/12/1999

THE EXECUTIVE LINE-UP AT TOTALFINA-ELF

On Dec. 1 Total Fina published a list of 50

AFRICA Energy 08/12/1999

JOHN COUSINS NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXXON/MOBIL EXPLORATION

John Cousins who dealt with Africa for Mobil New Ventures

Spotlight

CHAD LIBYA Energy 08/12/1999

KHADAFI COMES TO RESCUE CHAD'S OIL

Colonel Muammer Kadhafi declared during a press conference on Nov. 30 that he intended to help Chad "replace Western oil companies" that pull out of the Doba oil fields project (AEM 264). He didn't dare add, however, that he was

ANGOLA Energy 24/11/1999

HITCHES WITH NEWBUILD

Elf Exploration Angola's eighth find on block 17 after that of Cravo in early September is going to have to

CAMEROON CHAD Energy 24/11/1999

DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

The Chad government signed a preliminary accord with Vivendi to take over management of the Societe Tchadienne d'Electricitre et d'Eau

ANGOLA Energy 24/11/1999

PRIDE/SONANGOL JV BUYS JACK-UP

AEM understands that Sonamer Angola, a 51/49 joint venture between

CONGO Energy 24/11/1999

ELF MAY HAVE FOUND RIG FOR ULTRA DEEP

AEM has learned that Elf is negotiating with Shell to

Spotlight

AFRICA Energy 24/11/1999

TOTALFINA-ELF, RESOLVED BUT SELECTIVE

A decision like the withdrawal – complete or partial – of Elf and Shell from the Chad oil project is automatically economic in nature. That, at any rate, was how the head of TotalFina Exploration-Production Christophe de Margerie portrayed the

NIGERIA Energy 10/11/1999

EA PROJECT IN STARTING BLOCKS

In late October Shell's board gave a go-ahead to the EA project that will involve a first venture in "alternative"

ANGOLA Energy 10/11/1999

SEDCO EXPRESS TO BE DELIVERED IN JANUARY

The DCN shipyard in Brest, France expects to deliver the

ANGOLA Energy 10/11/1999

OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

The deepwater semi Ocean Alliance has secured a series of

ANGOLA Energy 10/11/1999

KIAME PRODUCES NEARLY 8,800 BPD AND KIABO CONTINUES

The small Kiame oil field which was put into production

GABON Energy 10/11/1999

TRIDENT 4 TO DRILL ON ATORA?

The jack-up Trident IV is in the running for the

ANGOLA Energy 27/10/1999

7TH DISCOVERY ON BLOCK 17 CONFIRMED

A seventh discovery in block 17 where Elf operates was

ANGOLA Energy 27/10/1999

KUITO IN PRODUCTION IN NOVEMBER

Chevron is to put Kuito, a first development in block

ANGOLA Energy 27/10/1999

CHEVRON PLANNING TWO NEW WELLS Free

Chevron is seeking a semi-submersible or drillship to drill two

CONGO Energy 27/10/1999

UP TO THREE WELLS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE ON MPS

Elf indeed issued a tender – closed on Oct. 12

NIGERIA Energy 27/10/1999

CHEVRON NEEDS SECOND JACK-UP

Chevron is in the market for a jack-up for a

AFRICA Energy 27/10/1999

EXXON WON'T GET JACK RYAN UNTIL AT LEAST MID-2000

The newbuilding drillship Glomar Jack Ryan, which is being built

Spotlight

IVORY COAST Energy 27/10/1999

NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

Bids for the privatization of Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) are now set to close on Nov. 7. This follows changes in TotalFina's approach to the sell-off that prompted it to re-shape its bid by bringing Shell aboard in addition

MADAGASCAR 16/10/1999

TOTAL MADAGASIKARA AVIATION IS BACK

The company born of TotalFina's takeover of jet aviation fuel

ANGOLA CONGO Energy 13/10/1999

CLOSER LOOK AT CONGO BASIN

Elf Exploration-Production is examining the first results from a series of surveys conducted by the French marine research institute Infremer

ANGOLA Energy 13/10/1999

CHEVON SEEKS TWO OTHER JACK-UPS FOR THE MOMENT

Chevron has invited tenders for two jack-up contracts for drilling

GABON Energy 13/10/1999

POSSIBLE MOVES LOOMING FOR ELF GABON, ENERGY AFRICA AND AMERADA

Before planned talks with TotalFina on Elf Gabon's future, president

CONGO Energy 29/09/1999

KOMBI-LIKALALA IN PRODUCTION

Elf Congo has just put its latest development among small fields in the former Pointe Noire Grands Fonds permit, Kombi

IVORY COAST Energy 29/09/1999

SIR SELL-OFF POSTPONED

The Sept. 13 announcement that Elf and Total were to merge has had its first visible impact in Africa with

ANGOLA Energy 29/09/1999

PRIDE AFRICA TO START WITH APPRAISAL WELL

The new deepwater drillship Pride Africa, which arrived in Angola

ANGOLA Energy 29/09/1999

CHEVRON TO KEEP THREE JACK-UPS OUT OF FOUR

Cabinda Gulf Oil has not received approval to extend its

GABON Energy 15/09/1999

ELF'S EVER-FASTER OUTPUT DROP

The pace of Elf Gabon's drop in production, which saw output fall from 53 million barrels in 1997 to 48

AFRICA Energy 15/09/1999

TOTALFINA-ELF, ENI LEAVES OPTIONS OPENED

The Sept. 13 announcement that Total/Fina and Elf had agreed to a now-friendly merger pushed aside rumors that ENI might

CONGO Energy 15/09/1999

DEEPWATER FRONTIER FOR ULTRA-DEEP ELF WELL?

The drillship Deepwater Frontier may be emerging as the leading

GHANA NIGERIA Energy 01/09/1999

CHEVRON FORMULA FOR WAGP

Chevron has been officially named head of the West African Gas Pipeline project linking Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Togo. The

ANGOLA Energy 28/07/1999

PRIDE AFRICA ON THE WAY

The 51-49% joint venture between Pride International and Sonangol that owns the drillship Pride Africa has taken delivery of the

ANGOLA Energy 28/07/1999

TESTS ON PROSPECT IN BLOCK 15

Tests will be completed in August on an exploration well

ANGOLA Energy 28/07/1999

ELF CONTRACT FOR SBM Free

Elf has ordered a CALM loading point anchoring system from

ALGERIA Energy 28/07/1999

COOPERATION PACT WITH BHP

Australia's BHP group has signed a cooperation pact with Sonatrach

LIBYA Energy 28/07/1999

NIMR LINES UP ACTINIA

Nimr Petroleum is due to take the Actinia next month

Spotlight

AFRICA Energy 28/07/1999

SEDCO-TRANSOCEAN TIE-UP IN WAKE OF BP-AMOCO

A tie-up between Sedco-Forex and Transocean has come on the heels of a wave of mega oil mergers that began with BP Amoco and looks likely to end once the double takeover battle between Total Fina and Elf runs its

AFRICA FRANCE Energy 14/07/1999

TOTALFINELF A MARKET GIANT?

If Total Fina succeeds in its takeover bid for Elf the impact on the gas market could be extremely significant.

GABON Energy 14/07/1999

DEBUT FOR AUSTRALIAN

The government was negotiating with an Australian firm, Millenium Oil

Spotlight

AFRICA FRANCE Energy 14/07/1999

TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

A full week after Total Fina, which exists as such only since April 16, launched a 43 billion Euro takeover bid for Elf there is no solid indication of when Elf's board will meet to approve the "major project" that

AFRICA Energy 30/06/1999

EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

Exatrade is interested in extending its activities to the mining sector, concedes the South African trading company. But in fact

ANGOLA Energy 30/06/1999

TECHNIP'S LOCAL CONTENT CARD

Technip plans to set up an engineering affiliate in Luanda in which Angola's national oil company, Sonangal, will hold a

NIGERIA Energy 30/06/1999

STILL NO GREEEN LIGHT FOR AMENAM-KPONO

An official green light from the Nigerian authorities for the

WEST AFRICA Energy 16/06/1999

WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

A feasibility study on the West African Gas Pipeline project that the scheme's promoters handed to the German company Pipeline

CONGO Energy 16/06/1999

DROP IN INVESTMENT CONTAINED?

Semi-official sources in Brazzaville believe that investment in Congo in general and in the oil industry in particularly won't be

ANGOLA Energy 16/06/1999

ELF OFFERS SLOTS WITH SEMI SUBS

AEM has learned from oil services circles that Elf is

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 16/06/1999

SASOL-CHEVRON PACT ON SYNTHETIC OIL PRODUCTS

An agreement between Sasol and Chevron on gas-to-liquids cooperation announced

ANGOLA Energy 02/06/1999

FIRST FIND FOR BP-AMOCO

The new BP-Amoco group has made its first discovery in

NIGERIA Energy 02/06/1999

CHEVRON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Chevron has teamed up with the International Foundation for Education

LIBYA Energy 19/05/1999

ELF Z4 PLAN NEARLY READY

Elf is understood to be considering a development of a field in its C-137 block in Libya which would entail

ANGOLA Energy 19/05/1999

ELF'S 5TH FIND IN BLOCK 17

Elf Exploration Angola has just recorded a fifth oil discovery in block 17. Named Tulipa it comes after Girassol in

CAMEROON Energy 19/05/1999

WORKOVERS FOR ELF AND DEVELOPMENT IN SIGHT

Elf has fixed the Sedco Forex jack-up Trident VIII for

CONGO Energy 05/05/1999

BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

The Congo's hydrocarbons ministry has joined with the energy and hydraulics department in seeking private partners willing to conduct a

NIGERIA Energy 05/05/1999

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR DRILLING ON AMENAM-KPONO

As expected, Elf has invited bids for provision of two

NIGERIA Energy 14/04/1999

EARLY 2001 DRILLING FOR AMENAM

Elf is expected in late April to issue invitations to tender for two jack-ups that it needs to drill development

AFRICA Energy 14/04/1999

SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

The sale of Royal Dutch-Shell's exploration and production assets in Namibia, Congo Brazzaville and Ivory Coast came as a bolt

ANGOLA Energy 14/04/1999

CHEVRON EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH TRIDENT XIV

Chevron/CABGOC has extended its contract with the jack-up Trident XIV

CONGO Energy 14/04/1999

SEDNETH 701 ON KOMBI-LIKALALA

Elf Congo is going to retain the services of the

NIGERIA Energy 14/04/1999

SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

The swamp barges Searex IV and Searex VI have been

CAMEROON Energy 31/03/1999

ELF SEEKS RIG FOR WORKOVER Free

Elf has issued a tender invitation for a jack-up rig

Spotlight

ALGERIA Energy 31/03/1999

GAS JV ERA JUST BEGINNING

Three of the biggest Algerian projects could well be brought under the same roof this year through a merger between BP-Amoco and Arco. News of the possible merger, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on March 29, came just

NIGERIA Energy 17/03/1999

ACCORD ON 3RD NLNG TRAIN

Nigeria LNG has awarded a consortium made up of Technip, Snamprogetti, Kellog Brown & Root and Japan Gasoline Corporation the

CONGO Energy 17/03/1999

ELF RELEASES GLOMAR ADRIATIC V

As AEM reported it would do (AEM 246), Elf Congo

ANGOLA Energy 17/03/1999

THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

The fight for stakes in the first ultra-deep offshore blocks

MADAGASCAR 06/03/1999

TECHNICAL OFFER FOR SOLIMA

Of the 96 specifications sold for the Call for bids

ANGOLA Energy 03/03/1999

GIRASSOL PUT BACK A FEW MONTHS

Although the end of the year 2000 still officially remained

ANGOLA Energy 03/03/1999

CHEVRON REDUCES JACK-UP FLEET UNTIL MAY

Chevron/Cabinda Gulf has released the R&B Falcon jack-up Randolph Yost.

AFRICA FRANCE Energy 03/03/1999

TWO THIRDS OF ELF OUTPUT FROM AFRICA

Africa's share in Elf Aquitaine's net output of crude rose

FRANCE GABON Energy 03/03/1999

ELF GABON'S INVESTMENTS FALL FOR SIXTH YEAR RUNNING

Elf Gabon cut back on investment in exploration for the

ANGOLA Energy 17/02/1999

FEED CONTRACT FOR ALIA

An affiliate of the ABB group, ABB Lummus, has won the front end, engineering and design contract for the development

NIGERIA Energy 17/02/1999

SHELL UNVEILS $8.5 BN PROJECTS

Shell wants to press ahead with new gas and oil developments involving $8.5 billion in investments despite the fact that

CONGO Energy 17/02/1999

ELF DROPS SEDCO 700

Elf has negotiated the early termination of its contract with

ANGOLA Energy 17/02/1999

NEW CONTRACT FROM CHEVRON FOR ETPM

ETPM, the offshore engineering and construction affiliate of France's Suez-Lyonaisse

NEW ZEALAND Energy 17/02/1999

SONANGOL EYES EXPLORATION VENTURE

The state-owned Angolan oil company Sonangol is thinking of taking

NIGERIA Energy 03/02/1999

CANOXY-ELF BUY-IN CONFIRMED

The Nigerian government has approved Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.'s acquisition of a 20% interest in Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd's offshore

ANGOLA Energy 03/02/1999

GIRASSOL TO START IN LATE 2000

The Girassol field in Angola will indeed come on stream at the end of 2000 as initially planned, Elf chairman

LIBYA Energy 20/01/1999

FIND FOR REPSOL

Repsol, operator of the consortium that developed the Murzuk-El Sharara oil field - other members are Total and OMV -

ANGOLA Energy 20/01/1999

PRIDE COMPLETES FUNDING

Pride International has concluded long-term financing agreements relating to the deepwater drillship Pride Angola (previously Pride Europe) that Hyundai Heavy

CONGO Energy 20/01/1999

BOOST FOR PNGF PROJECT

Elf Congo has extended its program involving the series of small fields in the former Pointe Noire Grands Fonds (PNGF)

NIGERIA Energy 20/01/1999

SECOND FIND IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Texaco has announced a major wildcat discovery, the second to be made in the deep Nigerian offshore on licenses granted

ANGOLA Energy 20/01/1999

CHEVRON TO DRILL WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE

Chevron has secured a new rig for drilling in Angola's

CAMEROON Energy 20/01/1999

ELF LIKELY TO DRILL TWO WELLS LATE THIS YEAR Free

Elf is provisionally planning to drill two wells in offshore

ANGOLA Energy 06/01/1999

BLOCK O TO PROVIDE 600,000 BPD

Initial development of the Kuito field on Angola's block 14 is going to be put back relative to earlier indications

NIGERIA Energy 06/01/1999

KICKOFF FOR AMENAM & BONGA

The Nigerian government has approved a decision in August, 1997 that resulted in the choice of Elf Petroleum Nigeria as

NIGERIA Energy 06/01/1999

FIND FOR ELF IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Elf Petroleum has made an appearently substantial discovery in Nigeria's deep offshore. The French group remained silent about results of

ANGOLA Energy 06/01/1999

PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

The government announced just before the New Year that it had signed three PSA's concerning blocks 21, 22 and 24

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WHEN GAS IS MOOTED IN TUCSON

LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

TECHNIP SCORES AND SCS GROWS

TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

PRIDE ANGOLA TO DRILL ONE WELL FOR BP AMOCO

CHEVRON FIXES GLOMAR HIGH ISLAND Free

THE EXECUTIVE LINE-UP AT TOTALFINA-ELF

JOHN COUSINS NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXXON/MOBIL EXPLORATION

KHADAFI COMES TO RESCUE CHAD'S OIL

HITCHES WITH NEWBUILD

DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

PRIDE/SONANGOL JV BUYS JACK-UP

ELF MAY HAVE FOUND RIG FOR ULTRA DEEP

TOTALFINA-ELF, RESOLVED BUT SELECTIVE

EA PROJECT IN STARTING BLOCKS

SEDCO EXPRESS TO BE DELIVERED IN JANUARY

OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

KIAME PRODUCES NEARLY 8,800 BPD AND KIABO CONTINUES

TRIDENT 4 TO DRILL ON ATORA?

7TH DISCOVERY ON BLOCK 17 CONFIRMED

KUITO IN PRODUCTION IN NOVEMBER

CHEVRON PLANNING TWO NEW WELLS Free

UP TO THREE WELLS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE ON MPS

CHEVRON NEEDS SECOND JACK-UP

EXXON WON'T GET JACK RYAN UNTIL AT LEAST MID-2000

NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

TOTAL MADAGASIKARA AVIATION IS BACK

CLOSER LOOK AT CONGO BASIN

CHEVON SEEKS TWO OTHER JACK-UPS FOR THE MOMENT

POSSIBLE MOVES LOOMING FOR ELF GABON, ENERGY AFRICA AND AMERADA

KOMBI-LIKALALA IN PRODUCTION

SIR SELL-OFF POSTPONED

PRIDE AFRICA TO START WITH APPRAISAL WELL

CHEVRON TO KEEP THREE JACK-UPS OUT OF FOUR

ELF'S EVER-FASTER OUTPUT DROP

TOTALFINA-ELF, ENI LEAVES OPTIONS OPENED

DEEPWATER FRONTIER FOR ULTRA-DEEP ELF WELL?

CHEVRON FORMULA FOR WAGP

PRIDE AFRICA ON THE WAY

TESTS ON PROSPECT IN BLOCK 15

ELF CONTRACT FOR SBM Free

COOPERATION PACT WITH BHP

NIMR LINES UP ACTINIA

SEDCO-TRANSOCEAN TIE-UP IN WAKE OF BP-AMOCO

TOTALFINELF A MARKET GIANT?

DEBUT FOR AUSTRALIAN

TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

TECHNIP'S LOCAL CONTENT CARD

STILL NO GREEEN LIGHT FOR AMENAM-KPONO

WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

DROP IN INVESTMENT CONTAINED?

ELF OFFERS SLOTS WITH SEMI SUBS

SASOL-CHEVRON PACT ON SYNTHETIC OIL PRODUCTS

FIRST FIND FOR BP-AMOCO

CHEVRON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

ELF Z4 PLAN NEARLY READY

ELF'S 5TH FIND IN BLOCK 17

WORKOVERS FOR ELF AND DEVELOPMENT IN SIGHT

BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

INVITATION TO TENDER FOR DRILLING ON AMENAM-KPONO

EARLY 2001 DRILLING FOR AMENAM

SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

CHEVRON EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH TRIDENT XIV

SEDNETH 701 ON KOMBI-LIKALALA

SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

ELF SEEKS RIG FOR WORKOVER Free