On the strength of its robust cash position, Angola managed to briefly overtake Nigeria as Africa’s leading oil producer last year and is now thinking in global terms. To be sure, the national oil company Sonangol is acquiring stakes in [.
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Africa Energy Intelligence understands that following the Feb. 18 coup d'etat that toppled president Mamadou Tandja most executives from the [...]
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Having made an about-turn this summer to focus on Iraqi Kurdistan, Gulf Keystone has been trying for six months to pull out of Algeria. And it hasn’t been easy.
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Sao Tome is to kick off a licensing round for the exploration of its exclusive economic zone. But two companies which had rights on the area have already been given first choice.
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With an MOU signed in September between Guinea’s government and Hyperdynamics expiring on March 11 both sides are preparing their arguments to negotiate a new contract.
With presidential and legislative elections looming large in 2011, president Kabila has proceeded with a cabinet reshuffle. The sensitive oil brief has gone to a loyal backer.
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A project for an oil pipeline to supply South Africa with oil products will ease congestion in the oil terminal in Durban.
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In early February, the Canadian concern Africa Oil signed an [...]
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The American firm EnerGulf Resources, which is exploring in the [...]
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According to our sources, the state-owned Russian leviathan Gazprom is currently finalizing talks to acquire a stake in the Kudu [...]
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Plagued by power shortages for want of gas, the Nigerian authorities could stand in the way of gas export projects.
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The new acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, is a former governor of the state of Bayelsa. Oil companies are using that to re-float a project for an LNG plant in the area.
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Anadarko announced on Feb. 18 that it had hit more [...]
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According to our sources, executives from Empower., an affiliate of Britain’s Globeleq, signed a contract with Mauritanian prime minister Moulaye [...]
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After picking up contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Symbion Power has turned its attention to Africa.
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Now a national - or even nationalist - program, the Inga 3 project will be developed exclusively for Congo-K, driving a final nail into the coffin of the regional Westcor project.
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The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) agreed on [...]
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Congo-K’s new energy minister, 67-year-old Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula Wa Tumba, is a legislator from Western Kasai province, a constituency in [...]
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In a cabinet re-shuffle on Feb. 19, the deputy oil minister, Gustave Beya Siku, was appointed to the key post [...]
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The former head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EECC) during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo, Nuhu Ribadu could [...]
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After heading Esso Chad, a subsidiary of Exxon which works the Doba fields, for five years between 2002 and 2007, [...]
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The Societe Tunisienne de l’Electricite et du Gaz (STEG) is [...]
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In an interview with Algeria’s radio network on Feb. 25, [...]
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On Feb. 5, the public South African utility Eskom awarded [...]
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Ten years after the Democrat administration of Bill Clinton vetoed [...]
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The American ambassador to Nigeria, Robin Renee Sanders, signed a [...]
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After failing to gain a foothold in Guinea (AEI 589), [...]
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The special envoy of Uganda president Yoweri Museveni in Nigeria, [...]
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The World Bank’s board is expected this summer to endorse [...]
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According to our sources, the European Investment Bank (EIB) won’t [...]
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On February 22, the Egyptian concern Citadel Capital acquired a [...]
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In a report issued in February, the British NGO Platform [...]
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The investment bank of the London-based Ambrian group was officially [...]
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The French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel and Canada’s Macleod [...]
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The U.K. law firm Reed Smith last month defended Trafigura [...]
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Yves Louis Darricarrere, the director for exploration and production at [...]
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Rupiah Banda, the president of Zambia, called on China to [...]
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Ledum Mitee, president of the Niger Delta Technical Committee (NDTC) [...]
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