Housing potential extensions of fields in Mauritania, Western Sahara has interested oil companies for a number of years. In order to stake out positions in a territory that isn't recognized by the U.N., juniors are forging political pacts with either [.
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Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that the Algerian state-controlled oil group Sonatrach is presently negotiating with two consortia building LNG [...]
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Under pressure from the Italian authorities, ENI has agreed to boost the capacity of the Transmed gas pipeline and give other companies access to it. The extension could pose a threat to the rival Galsi project.
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Spain's Masa and Algeria's Cosider group have landed the contract for the biggest onshore part of Medgaz, the future gas pipeline that will run between Algeria and Spain.
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The Denver-based oil firm Global Resources has sold its last African concession to Dana Petroleum.
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Russia has announced it will resume arms sales to Algeria and step up military cooperation with Algiers in what seems [...]
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Since no buyer stepped forward to acquire it, the Canadian oil company First Calgary has begun talks with Spain's Repsol [...]
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Endeavouring since early this year to gain a foothold in North Africa, the Canadian firm Patch International headed by businessman [...]
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Former energy minister in the Canadian province of Alberta, John Zaozirny has just succeeded Glenn Rochon on the board of [...]
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The state-owned UIkraine company Naftohaz Ukrainy has penned a government-to-government [...]
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Napims, an affiliate of NNPC that sees to its dealings [...]
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According to Maghreb Confidential (Indigo Publications), a sister newsletter of [...]
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Accenture last week signed a contract worth 1 million euros [...]
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Negotiated last summer, a contract between Libya and Fahmy Hudome [...]
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A British company that protected Iraq's oil pipeline network, Erinys, has just opened an office in Africa.
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The U.S. administration is pulling out all the stops to provide security to African oil producing nations. In mid-May, Peter [...]
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Operating in Tanzania and Namibia, Energulf is poised to raise nearly $1 million on the Toronto Stock Exchange to finance [...]
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On the strength of its recent debut in Nigeria, Ireland's Providence Resources is going to seek a listing on London's [...]
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IBC Energy is organizing a conference at the Houstonian Hotel [...]
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The CWC Group is organizing a conference on the Gulf [...]
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Total has presented chief Lulu Briggs, boss of the Nigerian firm Moni Pulo, to French foreign trade minister Francois Loos.
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China's Sinopec group has decided to team up with a local firm, Jagal Ventures, for all of its projects in
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Despite three vain attempts to sell Senegal's state-owned power utility Senelec, the World Bank still seems intent on turning it [...]
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Nigeria's government has called on China, France and the World Bank for assistance in boosting its power production.
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Several countries intent on helping their oil companies to set up shop in Mauritania are offering to establish cooperation with [...]
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The operators of the Chinguetti offshore field in Mauritania are going to have to spend $80 million more than planned [...]
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The former vice president of the U.S. bank Riggs who managed a number of accounts held by Equatorial Guinea leaders [...]
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The International Finance Corp., the private investment arm of the World Bank, is scheduled to open a $30 million credit [...]
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The American oil services company Wilbros revealed in one of its filings to the Securities & Exchange Commission last week [...]
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CEO of Regal Petroleum which owns two concessions in Liberia's offshore, Vasile Frank Timis is facing an angry revolt by [...]
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Once run by Jonathan Mason, Liberia's current energy and mines [...]
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Starting from 2007 the sixth train at Nigeria Liquefied Natural [...]
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Published early this week, Shell Nigeria's annual report "People & [...]
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Global Pacific & Partners is organizing a conference in Dakar [...]
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Bids for acreage in a licensing round that began in November closed last week.
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The China National Petroleum Corporation is expected to debut on block 15 on Sudan's coast. This follows a trip to Beijing by Sudan's foreign minister.
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White Nile, an oil company headed by former cricket champion [...]
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It took a full year of bargaining but the American firm Kerr McGee finally managed to work its way into a hotly contested block in Angola's offshore.
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Rebels from the Cabinda Enclave Liberation Front claimed responsibility in mid-May for destroying an Angolan army helicopter and said it [...]
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ExxonMobil's Kizomba B field on block 15 in Angola will [...]
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The state-controlled oil company PetroSA has found itself at the [...]
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Already active in Sudan, Ethiopia and Zambia, China's Sinhydro is looking at prospects in Congo-K.
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New Talk on Bakassa
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Oil minister in the government of president Fradrique de Menezes, Arlingo Carvalho quit his post two weeks ago. With the [...]
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Geology director in Burundi's energy ministry, Thaddee Nkanira was promoted minister early this week in the place of Andre Nkundikije. [...]
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The U.S. concern Anadarko plans to shortly drill its first [...]
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We incorrectly stated in our last issue that PanOcean was [...]
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Just before a big ceremony on May 25 in the [...]
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In conjunction with the World Bank, Congo-B's energy ministry has [...]
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