With Algerian energy and mines minister Chakib Khelil standing in since Feb. 28 as acting chairman of Sonatrach, the Algerian authorities have remained remarkably close-mouthed about the departure of Abdelhak Bouhafs a little over a year after he returned as [.
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An affiliate of Horizon Offshore, Inc., Houston-based Horizon Offshore Contractors has named Eric Stagg as vice president for international operations. [...]
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The refining and marketing affiliate of the U.S. groups Chevron and Texaco, Caltex is returning to Tanzania and has appointed [...]
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Previously managing director in charge of exploration at Dana Petroleum, John Craven has been appointed "New Ventures" manager at Vanco [...]
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Rwanda hopes to beat power shortages by extracting methane gas from Lake Kivu starting from this summer. The Gisenyi Electric [...]
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The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) and the Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (Tanesco) are in advanced negotiations for the construction [...]
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To improve the country’s power supply the Kenyan government is planning an inter-connection between its grid and those of neighboring [...]
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A memorandum of understanding was signed in late February between [...]
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The United States has agreed to help get rid of [...]
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Morocco’s Office National d’Electricite (ONE) has issued an invitation to [...]
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The situation of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority has deteriorated, [...]
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The Sahara el Mehadjer-1 well on block 424 (Hassi Bir Rekaiz) has been plugged and abandoned without being tested, BP [...]
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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is to start exploring again in Algeria. After making 12 discoveries in the country during the 1990s, [...]
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Centurion Energy International Inc. announced in late February that it had spudded the Al Manzah 3 development well on a [...]
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Rumors have been rife for some weeks that ExxonMobil is thinking of pulling out of Congo-B because of disappointing drilling [...]
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Sonangol has stated that a consortium to build the $3.3 billion Lobito refinery with a capacity of 200,000 bpd will [...]
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Oil minister Anatole Bishikwabo set up a committee on Feb. 27 to see to deregulation of the oil sector in [...]
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Irritated by the Falcone-Gaydamak arms affair, Angolan president Jose Eduardo [...]
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Sao Tome president Miguel Trovoada said after a mid-February visit [...]
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Sweden’s Lundin Oil believes it can probably put the En [...]
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Total Outre Mer and the Moco company, which has bought [...]
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The Nigerian government’s wish to award 116 marginal fields with [...]
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Based on expected growth of 6% per year in electricity consumption between 1999 and 2010, Algeria’s production will need to [...]
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"The majors are back in the game," declared the head of Houston-based Global Marine Inc., Bob Rose, in commenting on [...]
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A license to explore on the 1,206 sq.km. area known [...]
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Despite the current difficulties of the National Electric Power Authority [...]
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TotalFinaElf says it has begun production on the on-shore Atora [...]
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A two-day conference on Analysing International Border Disputes that is [...]
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CWC Associates has brought together a number of leading figures [...]
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Zimbabwe has run up a lot of debts but the [...]
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As part of a shake-up of the power sector, the [...]
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The Nigeria Gas Association (NGA) is shortly to table a [...]
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The increase in the price of refined products has stirred [...]
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Although the Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (Tanesco) has claimed victory [...]
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Nigeria and Sao Tome & Principe have signed an agreement [...]
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Although it had initially said it intended to keep its [...]
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Uncertainty hangs over the fate of Westmont Power (Kenya) Limited [...]
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