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Chevron

Together with Exxon and ConocoPhillips, Chevron is one of America’s three oil supermajors. The company is a major player in African oil and gas, principally in Nigeria and Angola.

Belgium
Michel Janssens

A former Chevron Oil executive, Michel Janssens, has been named chief operating officer of the Antwerp World Diamond Center, the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.12.2006

Due to delays, it won’t be possible for the government to approve the OK LNG project before presidential elections in April, to the displeasure of Nigeria’s current leader who is the program’s leading backer.

Subscribers only Energy 28.11.2006

Africa, United Kingdom
William Ward

Named chairman of Afren early this month, the former secretary general of OPEC and ex Nigerian oil minister Rilwanu Lukman [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.11.2006

Nigeria
Rilwanu Lukman

Former secretary-general of OPEC and ex oil minister of Nigeria, Rilwanu Lukman now finds himself the new chairman of Afren [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2006

Algeria
Gaz de France

Gaz de France, Technip, Entrepose, Veolia, France Télécom and Schlumberger [...]

Subscribers only 02.11.2006

Nigeria
Addax Strikes a Great Deal

Addax Petroleum has just teamed up with a well-connected Nigerian firm that acquired a promising block in Nigeria’s offshore without competitive bidding.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

West Africa
New Hitch for Pipeline Project

Financial squabbles and supply headaches are continuing to cause delays in commissioning the West Africa Gas Pipeline.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Tanzania
Emirates Group in Offshore Push

A company controlled by one of the United Arab Emirates, Ras al Khaimah in the north, is seeking acreage in Tanzania.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Canada, Tanzania
James Smith

Former vice president in charge of exploration at Canada’s PanOcean Energy, James Smith has been named a director of EastCoast [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Africa
13th Annual Africa Oil Week 2006

Global Pacific & Partners will organize a week-long conference on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Spotlight | Nigeria
Last Licensing Round Before Elections

Scheduled for next month, the sale of 50 onshore and offshore concessions in Nigeria has been slow in moving to the starting blocks. The delay can be partly explained by extreme political tension in the run-up to next year’s presidential [.

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2006

Nigeria
Mittal building its empire

Although it is constantly bickering with its partner ONGC, Lakshmi Mittal’s steel group has managed to quickly build up an oil portfolio in Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2006

Chad
Chevron and Petronas Fork Out $281 Million

The Chad authorities demanded nearly $500 million in "back taxes" [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2006

Africa
13th Annual Africa Oil Week 2006

Global Pacific & Partners will organize a week-long conference on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2006

Nigeria
Newcomers Shunned at Brass LNG

Despite efforts by Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources to bring ONGC Mittal and then Centrica and BG into the Brass [...]