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SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

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Energy

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

ANGOLA Energy 21/12/1999

HAKURYU V TO DRILL FOR TEXACO

The Japan Drilling semi-submersible Hakuryu V has secured a commitment

CANADA Energy 21/12/1999

SHELL PULLS OUT OF COASTAL FIELDS

Shell has sold its 45% stake in the coastal permits

CANADA Energy 08/12/1999

CHEVRON FIXES GLOMAR HIGH ISLAND Free

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

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

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

OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

The deepwater semi Ocean Alliance has secured a series of

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

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

NIGERIA Energy 27/10/1999

CHEVRON NEEDS SECOND JACK-UP

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

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

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

TANZANIA Energy 29/09/1999

ADDAX BUYS AGIP'S ASSETS

Addax Petroleum has signed an agreement with Agip to buy the latter's Tanzanian assets with the blessings of the government,

ANGOLA Energy 29/09/1999

CHEVRON TO KEEP THREE JACK-UPS OUT OF FOUR

Cabinda Gulf Oil has not received approval to extend its

NIGERIA Energy 29/09/1999

SHELL STILL SEEKING TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA

Shell is still in the market for two other jack-ups

RWANDA Energy 29/09/1999

METHANE GAS PROJECT

At the behest of Rwanda's energy ministry, the "special projects

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

CONGO Energy 01/09/1999

AGIP TO KEEP SCARABEO 3 UNTIL APRIL, 2001

Agip Congo has exercised its option to extend its contract

ALGERIA Energy 28/07/1999

COOPERATION PACT WITH BHP

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

NIGERIA Energy 14/07/1999

NEW SHELL-SEDCO CONTRACT FOR TRIDENT VIII

Shell Nigeria has agreed a new contract with Sedco Forex

NIGERIA Energy 14/07/1999

SHELL REPLACES PUMPING STATIONS

Shell Nigeria has placed an order for two mobile pumping

IVORY COAST Energy 14/07/1999

DEEPWAER FRONTIER TO DRILL ON CI-105

AEM has learned that Ocean Energy will drill its East

MOROCCO Energy 14/07/1999

SHELL APPLIES FOR TWO BLOCKS

Shell and the Office National de Recherches et d'Exploitation Petrolieres

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

SENEGAL Energy 30/06/1999

WOODSIDE AND ROC OIL TAKE OPTION ON 120,000 SQ.KM. LEASES

The Australian gas company Woodside Petroleum and the Australian junior

NIGERIA Energy 30/06/1999

SHELL LOOKS FOR ELUSIVE HIGH PRESSURE JACK-UP

Shell has again invited bids for provision of a jack-up

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

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

NIGERIA Energy 16/06/1999

TOTAL TO USE SEDCO 709

Total will use the deepwater semi Sedco 709 as previously

NIGERIA Energy 02/06/1999

AGIP AWAITING NEW BIDS FOR DRILLING ON BENIBOIYE

After a check in February for jack-up availability, Agip has

NIGERIA Energy 02/06/1999

CHEVRON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Chevron has teamed up with the International Foundation for Education

CAMEROON Energy 19/05/1999

WORKOVERS FOR ELF AND DEVELOPMENT IN SIGHT

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

Spotlight

Energy 19/05/1999

SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN GAS?

A state utility could team up with private firms in investing in the initial phase of a gas pipeline network in South Africa before itself being privatized. And the state pipeline company Petronet could be the key piece in that

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

ANGOLA Energy 05/05/1999

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,

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

RANDOLPH YOST TO DRILL FOR AGIP

Negotiations between Agip and R&B Falcon to have the jack-up

ANGOLA Energy 14/04/1999

CHEVRON EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH TRIDENT XIV

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

NIGERIA Energy 14/04/1999

SEDCO 709 JOB FOR SHELL

Shell Nigeria is shortly expected to resume operations with the

NIGERIA Energy 31/03/1999

KADUNA SLATED FOR PRIVATIZATION

President-elect Olusegun Obasanjo claimed there was no reason for rushing to privatize state-owned companies when he with met business leaders

EUROPE Energy 31/03/1999

SHELL POLISHES ITS PR

Beseiged on all sides by Ogonis, Ijaws, environment NGOs, human

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

ANGOLA Energy 17/03/1999

THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

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

ANGOLA Energy 17/03/1999

AGIP POISED TO DRILL WITH THE RANDOLPH YOST Free

Following release by Chevron/Cabinda Gulf, the jack-up Randolph Yost is

AFRICA Energy 17/03/1999

OIL & GAS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

A second conference on oil and gas investment in Africa

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.

GHANA Energy 17/02/1999

NEW TURBINE FOR TAKORADI

CMS Energy has begun working on the first stage in the extension of the Takoradi-Aboadse power station. A 110 MW

NIGERIA Energy 17/02/1999

SHELL SLOWS DOWN ON DRILLING

The deepwater semi Sedco 709 is due to return to Shell Nigeria at the beginning of March to begin a

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

ANGOLA Energy 17/02/1999

NEW CONTRACT FROM CHEVRON FOR ETPM

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

NIGERIA Energy 03/02/1999

BOS WINS SHELL TENDER FOR ODIDI

Bouygues Offshore has just won the tender issued in early

ANGOLA Energy 20/01/1999

CHEVRON TO DRILL WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE

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

NIGERIA Energy 20/01/1999

SHELL EXAMINES NEW BIDS FOR JACK-UPS

Shell has received new bids for its long-term shallow water

NIGERIA Energy 20/01/1999

AGIP SEEKING SAME TYPE OF RIG

Agip is also revisiting the market with a Nigerian shallow

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

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

ANGOLA Energy 06/01/1999

CHEVRON RELEASES PETROBRAS XVI AND LIMITS ITSELF TO FOUR JACK-UPS

Chevron was to have released the semi Petrobras XVI at

NIGERIA Energy 16/12/1998

CHEVRON RELINQUISHES ONE OF TWO JACK-UPS

The jack-up Noble Lloyd Noble has completed its contract with

Spotlight

WEST AFRICA Energy 16/12/1998

LAST OBSTACLES TO GAS PIPELINE

Of the three regional gas or gas-electricity projects that could be completed by the end of the decade in sub-Saharan Africa the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPG) based on reserves in Nigeria, where 2 billion cu.

CONGO Energy 02/12/1998

AGIP DROPS OCEAN LIBERATOR

Agip has not exercised options to extend its contract with

ANGOLA Energy 02/12/1998

BRAKE ON EXPLORATION ON BLOCK 14

Chevron Angola has dropped plans to fix a semi for

Spotlight

Energy 02/12/1998

Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

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SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

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LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

TECHNIP SCORES AND SCS GROWS

HAKURYU V TO DRILL FOR TEXACO

SHELL PULLS OUT OF COASTAL FIELDS

CHEVRON FIXES GLOMAR HIGH ISLAND Free

KHADAFI COMES TO RESCUE CHAD'S OIL

HITCHES WITH NEWBUILD

DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

ELF MAY HAVE FOUND RIG FOR ULTRA DEEP

TOTALFINA-ELF, RESOLVED BUT SELECTIVE

EA PROJECT IN STARTING BLOCKS

OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

TRIDENT 4 TO DRILL ON ATORA?

KUITO IN PRODUCTION IN NOVEMBER

CHEVRON PLANNING TWO NEW WELLS Free

CHEVRON NEEDS SECOND JACK-UP

NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

CHEVON SEEKS TWO OTHER JACK-UPS FOR THE MOMENT

ADDAX BUYS AGIP'S ASSETS

CHEVRON TO KEEP THREE JACK-UPS OUT OF FOUR

SHELL STILL SEEKING TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA

METHANE GAS PROJECT

CHEVRON FORMULA FOR WAGP

AGIP TO KEEP SCARABEO 3 UNTIL APRIL, 2001

COOPERATION PACT WITH BHP

NEW SHELL-SEDCO CONTRACT FOR TRIDENT VIII

SHELL REPLACES PUMPING STATIONS

DEEPWAER FRONTIER TO DRILL ON CI-105

SHELL APPLIES FOR TWO BLOCKS

TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

WOODSIDE AND ROC OIL TAKE OPTION ON 120,000 SQ.KM. LEASES

SHELL LOOKS FOR ELUSIVE HIGH PRESSURE JACK-UP

WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

SASOL-CHEVRON PACT ON SYNTHETIC OIL PRODUCTS

TOTAL TO USE SEDCO 709

AGIP AWAITING NEW BIDS FOR DRILLING ON BENIBOIYE

CHEVRON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

WORKOVERS FOR ELF AND DEVELOPMENT IN SIGHT

SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN GAS?

BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

EARLY 2001 DRILLING FOR AMENAM

SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

RANDOLPH YOST TO DRILL FOR AGIP

CHEVRON EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH TRIDENT XIV

SEDCO 709 JOB FOR SHELL

KADUNA SLATED FOR PRIVATIZATION

SHELL POLISHES ITS PR

ACCORD ON 3RD NLNG TRAIN

THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

AGIP POISED TO DRILL WITH THE RANDOLPH YOST Free

OIL & GAS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

CHEVRON REDUCES JACK-UP FLEET UNTIL MAY

NEW TURBINE FOR TAKORADI

SHELL SLOWS DOWN ON DRILLING

SHELL UNVEILS $8.5 BN PROJECTS

NEW CONTRACT FROM CHEVRON FOR ETPM

BOS WINS SHELL TENDER FOR ODIDI

CHEVRON TO DRILL WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE

SHELL EXAMINES NEW BIDS FOR JACK-UPS

AGIP SEEKING SAME TYPE OF RIG

BLOCK O TO PROVIDE 600,000 BPD

PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

CHEVRON RELEASES PETROBRAS XVI AND LIMITS ITSELF TO FOUR JACK-UPS

CHEVRON RELINQUISHES ONE OF TWO JACK-UPS

LAST OBSTACLES TO GAS PIPELINE

AGIP DROPS OCEAN LIBERATOR

BRAKE ON EXPLORATION ON BLOCK 14

SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA