The clashes in the Niger Delta that lasted all through last week are a prelude to conflicts likely to rock the country until presidential elections in mid-April
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Africa Energy Intelligence understands that the standoff between TotalFinaElf and Congo-Brazzaville over a number of beefs between the two sides [...]
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Coveted by Libya during Ange-Felix Patasse's presidency, a huge concession owned by the small American oil company Grynberg Petroleum has been confirmed by Central African Republic's new leader.
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Launched in 2001, talks between China and Congo-Brazzaville for the construction of a dam at Imboulou finally gave rise to an agreement last week.
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Cameroon president Paul Biya turned up for dinner at the White House on the eve of military intervention in Iraq [...]
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Tension between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon that sprang up early in March when the two countries each claimed ownership of [...]
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After discreetly closing its offices in Senegal and Gabon, Germany's Siemens is preparing to set up an affiliate in Democratic [...]
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Ever since last year China's Sinopec has been trying to make up for lost time in Africa against its long-standing rival CNPC. It has just pulled off two major coups.
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CEO of Anadarko over the past two years, John Steitz was fired last week and replaced by the chairman of [...]
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Following Kenneth Crouch's appointment as executive vice president of Kerr McGee, David Hager has been named exploration and production manager [...]
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Boss of Petro-Canada for the past year, Norm Mcintyre is expected to leave the firm in 2004. After the Canadian [...]
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IBC Energy is organizing a conference in Houston between June [...]
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The two lawyers of Sudanese anti-slave militants who filed a [...]
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After appearing before a hearing of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee [...]
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The Royal Bank of Scotland has just set up an [...]
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Tripoli has announced a new licensing round even before negotiations on the last have been completed. The aim is to bring pressure to bear on American oil companies.
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Petro-Canada has begun producing on the En Naga field on [...]
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Anadarko and Sonatrach have made a new discovery on block [...]
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The Societe Algerienne d'Electricite et de Gaz (Sonelgaz) posted revenue [...]
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The CWC Group is organizing a meeting in Rome on [...]
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The three oil companies operating in Ghana plan to step up exploration just as the state-owned oil company sells off its last assets to pay its debts.
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Present in Benin's offshore for over two years, the U.S. independent Kerr McGee is discreetly pushing ahead with its exploration efforts.
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Senegal's Societe Nationale d'Electricite is raising CFA 10 billion ($16.4 million) in an bond issue organized by BICI Bourse, management [...]
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After awarding 24 marginal fields in the Niger Delta's offshore to local companies (AEI 341/342), the Nigerian government has asked [...]
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Nigerian transportation minister Ojo Maduekwe last week set up a panel to draft legal measures that will allow local companies [...]
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The Gambian government has vetoed a plan by Australia's Fusion [...]
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The Canadian firm Nexem has just drilled several wells on [...]
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The Senelec Task Force set up by Senegalese civil servants [...]
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A bill adopted by the Nigerian parliament last week will [...]
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RoyalDutch/Shell's lawyer in its case against the Nigerian firm Malabu [...]
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Recent finds by Petrodar and the return of Sweden's Lundin to Sudan could well lead to the construction of new pipelines towards the coast.
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Only weeks after disposing of its stake in the Greater Nile Petroleum Corporation in Sudan, the Canadian firm Talisman could [...]
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On hold since last July because of allegations of corruption, the Bujagali dam project headed by AES could well start [...]
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Destroyed during the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, the Hirgigo power station has been restored. But Eritrea's obsolete power grid could quickly buckle under its input.
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A fourth meeting between the Sudanese government and the rebel SPLA/LM movement wound up two weeks ago in Nairobi with [...]
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The overhaul of Kenya's state-owned companies that new president Mwai Kibaki had promised took a dramatic turn last week when [...]
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The Canadian firm Diamondworks, which is already a leading supplier [...]
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Sonangol could offer the Portuguese firm Galp a stake in Angola LNG in return for the latter's assets in Angola.
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The Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) has just awarded an 881 million rand ($16.4 million) loan to the Swaziland [...]
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The South African state-owned oil company PetroSA which was formed two years ago out of a merger between Soekor, Mossgas [...]
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South Africa's Eskom Enterprises is trying to make its mark in the Sahel region of Africa, which Tripoli views as its sphere of influence, through its joint venture with Libya's national utility.
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Uncertainty over Angola's exact position concerning the conflict in Iraq has given rise to questions in diplomatic and oil circles. [...]
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Eskom and Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) are both trying [...]
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