Largely unnoticed, the recent arrival of a flock of companies to try to find oil in Benin's onshore and offshore shows to what extent successes in neighbouring Ghana and Nigeria have profited the country. Here's a rundown of exploration players [.
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Ghanaian businessmen are intent on joining foreign companies like Socar and Elenilto ( AEI 739) in picking up some of [...]
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One of the rare hopes of Nigeria’s government to keep oil production over the 2 million bpd mark is pinned on the very special OPL 245.
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The latest report by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative reveals the country has much to fear about its future oil revenue.
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Even if the price of oil has fallen the American major is continuing to snap up acreage in West Africa in partnership with Kosmos Energy.
After searching for a buyer for several months, Ophir Energy is finally selling off its share in the Berbera block to a local businessman.
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Apart from Benin, where it penned an exploration contract for block B in 2013 (see P. 1), the British junior [...]
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The Taoudeni basin is still stirring interest in Mali despite the two dry wells that France’s Total drilled on the [...]
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Exasperated by several months of trying to open talks with East Africa Exploration (EAX), an affiliate of Britain’s Afren, Lion [...]
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Angola’s government and Sonangol are busily promoting new exploration areas [...]
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Tender Group founded by Romanian businessman Ovidiu Tender has confirmed [...]
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Tunisia’s former industry, energy and mines minister, Kamel Ben Naceur [...]
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With talks dragging on since December, Afren finally decided to [...]
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The international fuel delivery concern Puma Energy (Trafigura group) based [...]
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South Africa’s energy crisis - Eskom has scheduled power cuts for pretty well everywhere - work in favour of acquiring gas from Ibhubesi.
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After negotiations lasting a full 12 years, Falcon Corp has finally managed to pen a memorandum of understanding with Anambra [...]
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A joint venture between the Australian junior Bounty Oil and Gas and Britain’s Aminex, through its Tanzanian subsidiary Ndovu Resources, [...]
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According to our sources, Shell has put in a bid [...]
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Contrary to what Africa Energy Intelligence reported ( AEI 739), [...]
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Algeria’s Sonatrach is optimistically predicting it will be producing up [...]
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Privatized nearly two years ago, the power plants and grids in Nigeria aren’t earning anything for their owners.
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Bent on shaking up Angola’s power sector, the government has approved the appointment of boards of three new state-owned companies [...]
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Amar Boukheddami, boss of Algeria’s Aminer Energie group that specializes in delivering generators and power plants, met with Chad president [...]
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While Germany’s Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) has agreed to finance [...]
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The Uganda Electricity Generation Co (UEGC) appointed a new CEO, [...]
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Ruling on a suit filed last year by Crestar Integrated [...]
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Although the main findings were leaked to the local press, [...]
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