Oil companies are increasingly confronting the determination of certain African nations to tax capital gains when assets are sold. The problem is by no means new but the way rates for capital gains are calculated remains difficult to pin down [.
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Africa Energy Intelligence understands that a company owned by Romanian tycoon Ovidiu Tender is currently putting the final touches to [...]
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Although it no longer produces in Tunisia, Lundin group has taken Tunis before an arbitration court.
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By investing in an area on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya, Marathon has resumed exploring in the Sudanese basin which it was forced to quit because of American sanctions.
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The relative improvement in relations between Khartoum and Juba will speed up the process of awarding blocks near the border.
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The apparent improvement in the political and security situation in Mogadishu has prompted the Anglo-Dutch major to make fresh contact with the local authorities.
Malawi’s president is preparing to make her stand in the fight with Tanzania over ownership of Lake Nyassa. One of her trump cards could be the arrival of Chevron.
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The Wall Street Journal’s report that Angola and Syria had [...]
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After announcing on Sept. 13 that they were going to [...]
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The Ethiopian government is expected to stage a new competition early next year for blocks in the Ogaden region that [...]
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A new stage in the construction of a gas pipeline between Angolan waters off Cabinda and the Soyo liquefaction plant in Soyo has opened with the selection of Saipem to build the line. Now all that’s needed is customers for the gas.
Although the Angola LNG plant isn’t up and running yet Sonangol is in talks with Trafigura to sell its LNG on the Asian market.
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Andrew Yakubu, the chief executive of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp [...]
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Very little seems to have happened at the gas-fired Azito power plant in Abidjan ever since a contract to extend [...]
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A private firm that operates power stations is increasingly being accused of incompetence. It’s got to the point inhabitants almost regret SNEL.
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The Brazilian mining behemoth Vale hopes to begin work on its coal-fired power plant in 2013. That means it will have to quickly pick a developer.
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Congolese lawyer Jean Muganza is a natural survivor in Congo-K’s oil sector. He has just been confirmed in his post [...]
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The director of the exploration/production department in Niger’s oil ministry, Ousseini Boureima, has left his job to set up the [...]
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It appears that state-owned PetroCI has revamped its management without waiting for approval from its board. In addition to accepting [...]
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The Australian firm Rialto Energy seems to have trouble holding on to its top executives. Its managing director, Jeff Schrull, [...]
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With only days to go before the 10th anniversary of [...]
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The president of Russia's Lukoil, Andrey Kuzyae, has discreetly teamed [...]
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Ghana's parliament is due to start deliberations on the new [...]
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According to our informations, Niger’s oil minister, Foumakoye Gado, has [...]
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Officials from Simba Energy are hoping to sew up negotiations [...]
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Crude production in Ivory Coast is continuing to fall, according [...]
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According to a ministerial decree published at the end of [...]
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Blacksands Pacific Group, a subsidiary of the American property company [...]
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The World Bank is due on Dec. 13 to approve [...]
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Credit Suisse is currently working to raise nearly $350 million [...]
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The final countdown has begun on the sale of ConocoPhillips' [...]
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Tunisian lawyer Othman Ben Fadhel, a specialist in trade law [...]
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The firm of the former Democrat Congressman from Connecticut, Toby [...]
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The law firm Norton Rose has made initial contact with [...]
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Vince Cable, the U.K. business secretary, has been in Lagos [...]
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Charles Adeniji, the managing director of the West African Gas [...]
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Chris Pitman, the managing director of Surestream Energy, arrived in [...]
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