Although Libya was on the oil industry's mind in 2004, the new year could well belong to Sudan. Long thwarted by the war between the government and rebels in the South, oil exploration looks set to resume with a forthcoming [.
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John Lander, former operations manager for Tullow Oil in the United Kingdom, has just formed a new company, Medoil, that [...]
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With the LNG terminal in Skikda still limping seriously and the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline suffering a major hitch, Sonatrach is working to ensure its future by negotiating the sale of LNG in Spain and buying gas tankers.
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Rejected in its bid to develop the Gassi Touil field in Algeria, RoyalDutchShell is doing its utmost to mount an LNG project in Libya.
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Two firms from the United Arab Emirates, Al Thani and Kampac, have teamed up with state-owned Petrosen.
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The Korea National Oil Corporation has pressed ahead with its offensive on Africa by debuting in Benin, where it has acquired Archean's license.
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Although they compete with one another across Africa to pick up acreage, state-owned Indian and Chinese firms have teamed up with the U.S. company Vanco in Ivory Coast's offshore.
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Three juniors have submitted offers alongside American independents and Nigerian firms for acreage in the Joint Development Zone between Sao Tome and Nigeria.
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Having become a limited liability company, France's Maurel & Prom has snapped up South Africa's Rockover and hired a new board. It includes Alain Gomez, ex-boss of Thomson-CSF.
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Congo-B is about to sell off seven licenses, including three that lie beside rich concessions of Maurel & Prom.
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Sonatrach will put several petrochemicals projects out to tender to [...]
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Wilbros has beaten out Entreprose Contracting, Hyundai Heavy Industries and [...]
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Debuting in Equatorial Guinea's offshore in 2003, Repsol could shortly [...]
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Operator of the Etame field in Gabon that produces nearly [...]
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A Portuguese firm, Synergy Investment, has taken over management of the Sao Tome utility Empresa da Agua e Electricidade (EMAE). [...]
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RoyalDutch/Shell is going to try once again to win control of the Port Harcourt power station.
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Faced with the hostility of the Egi ethnic community in Rivers state for years, Total is preparing to bankroll a power station to supply the region.
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Total and Perenco have both acquired gas permits with a view to supplying the country's power utility.
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The United Nations Mission to Congo (MONUC) announced in late [...]
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The Belarus power utility Belmyatalenerha and the General Electricity Co of Libya (GECOL) signed an agreement during a trip by [...]
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A licensing round in Nigeria's deep offshore which had initially been scheduled for this month won't be held until March [...]
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Several countries have joined South Africa in strengthening their ties with Sudan on the eve of a peace agreement between [...]
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The U.S. NGO Human Rights Watch published a report on Dec. 23 concerning Cabinda that spoke of systematic misconduct by [...]
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Angola's diplomatic and financial network in Asia is expanding, with Luanda planning to shortly open an embassy in South Korea. [...]
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Already holding a 51% stake in Gulf of Guinea Petroleum, Energem - formerly DiamondWorks - has snapped up a further [...]
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Locked in litigation for eight years with villagers in Burma who accuse it of complicity with the army, Unocal has [...]
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Taking its cue from Total, RoyalDutch/Shell and ExxonMobil, Chevron has put an alternative funding system in place to spur the [...]
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Since the restoration of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Libya, Tripoli has been able to recuperate nearly $1 billion [...]
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Last month's decision by the International Monetary Fund to offer a $84 million facility to Congo has prompted the Paris [...]
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Head of the African Express Bank, Stanley Lawson has just been appointed financial director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [...]
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Less than a year after his appointment as chairman of Transatlantic, George Plewes has stepped aside in favor of Michael [...]
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Close to Maurel & Prom managing director Frederic Boulet and holding a 1.5% stake in the company since last year, [...]
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A long-standing executive at BP, Colin Goodall will take over from Charles Smith, former Africa director of Gulf Oil, as [...]
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A long-standing manager of the international assets of South Africa's Sasol, Phil Vingoe, a former executive of BP, has just [...]
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The U.S. firm Black & Veatch will put a new [...]
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In an attempt to oblige Western majors to buy stakes [...]
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The bidding round currently underway in Libya is expected to [...]
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With funding from the United States Agency for International Development, [...]
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The United States Trade & Development Agency (TDA) has contracted [...]
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The British firm Clearwater Research Service is organizing a conference [...]
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The CWC Group is organizing a conference in Kuala Lumpur [...]
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