After going about their own business for years in seeking Africa's oil reserves, Beijing and New Delhi are now openly competing with one another on the continent. Africa Energy Intelligence has looked from Angola to Nigeria to pinpoint an ever-growing [.
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Received regularly in recent years by U.S. energy secretary Spencer Abraham, Algeria's energy minister, Chakib Khelil, was back in Washington [...]
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Imposed last September when president Kumba Yala was overthrown in a coup d'etat, U.S. sanctions against Guinea Bissau were lifted [...]
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A bid by the state-owned South African oil company PetroSA to gain a foothold in Equatorial Guinea's offshore -- Africa [...]
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Although they've now buried the hatchet, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea squared off angrily for over a year over ownership of [...]
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After a year-long chill between Luanda and Paris - Angola demanded the withdrawal of a complaint by the French defense [...]
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Sparing no effort on behalf of its oil industry, South Africa sent a high-level delegation to Angola in late August [...]
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According to our sources, Kerr McGee will shortly make its debut in Angola's offshore. The American independent is negotiating with [...]
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Although a bill on deregulating the oil industry has been withdrawn, Algeria's president is continuing to secretly prepare Sonatrach's eventual privatisation.
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With Petronas beginning to drill its first well, TG World and CNPC have signed an agreement on the Tenere block and are shortly to begin exploring the region.
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Emboldened by its success in Congo-B, Maurel & Prom are placing bets on oil deals in fringe countries.
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An upsurge in tension between Nigeria and Cameroon on the Bakassi peninsula is once again preventing exploration in the area. Some oil companies have been secretly kicked out.
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Nigeria is going to issue a call for bids in the country's deep offshore early next year.
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After settling its problems with Total and awarding the Marine XI license, Congo is expected to kick off a new bidding round in coming months.
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After a first abortive attempt, the Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking to revive exploration around Lake Albert.
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Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas has signed with Japan's Nippon Yusen [...]
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The U.S. firm Vaalco has spudded a fourth production well [...]
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Aminex, a British firm present in Tanzania's offshore, has signed [...]
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Norway's Ocean Rig has signed a fresh contract with BP [...]
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After buying up the entire onshore concession of Cabinda South, [...]
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A second well drilled by the Norwegian junior DNO on [...]
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The South African oil services firm Murray & Roberts, which [...]
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Launched two years ago, a project to sell Ethiopia's power to Djibouti via a joint transmission system - known as [...]
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NEPA is continuing to invest in new power stations even as more private projects are hatched.
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The constant drop of the Congo River's water level since July is affecting the production potential of the Inga I and Inga II dams.
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Ethiopia's second biggest city, Dire Dawa, now has its own power station.
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The dispute that has pitted Sonatrach against its former partner Duke Energy in the U.S. for nearly a year won't [...]
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An American junior that filed for bankruptcy early this year, Trinity Energy, has reached a compromise with Encana and Clivenden [...]
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An appeals court in Abidjan ordered International Finance Corp., the private investment arm of the World Bank, to pay around [...]
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The NNPC submitted a request for a $4 billion budget to Nigeria's finance ministry to bankroll its activities in the [...]
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As Africa Energy Intelligence reported in July, Sudan is still seeking loans guaranteed against its share of the country's oil [...]
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The new CEO of Statoil, Helge Lund, has overhauled the management team at the company, naming Peter Mellbye, previously in [...]
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Long the right-hand man of ExxonMobil boss Lee Raymond and once tipped as his successor, Harry Longwell is going into [...]
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A former executive of the French bank Credit Agricole, Xavier Monteau is to take over from David Meekes as head [...]
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An official of the World Bank for over 10 years, Noel Tshiani, a Congolese national, is the Bank's new resident [...]
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Following the departure of Dan Mercier, its vice president in charge of production, Soco International has hired a U.K. national, [...]
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Former Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete counts among a number of former Nigerian officials who have been asked to testify [...]
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In addition to China's Sinopec, the China National Petroleum Corporation [...]
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The Nigerian government last week announced it was planning to [...]
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Angola should have already topped the 1 million bpd mark [...]
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The London-based law firm Penngton's is representing Equatorial Guinea in [...]
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The oil services firm IHS Energy which sells oil information [...]
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WAPO, a company founded by a former trade attaché at [...]
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Global Pacific Partners is organizing the 11th Africa Upstream conference [...]
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