France’s TotalFinaElf has lifted its exploration budget this year to $750 million from $700 million in 2000 and Africa will get the lion’s share. The group’s exploration drive will focus on the major oil basins that the Gulf of Guinea, [.
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Petro-Canada has decided to "suspend" talks with Sonatrach after more than two years of bargaining over a gas project with [...]
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New measures enshrined in the draft bill regarding oil and gas give Algeria strong hopes of "seeing the arrival of [...]
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The Kizomba project on block 15 appears to be following a normal course despite earlier claims by Sonangol that bids [...]
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The French oil company Maurel & Prom believes it has two good production sharing agreements (PSAs) in Congo-Brazzaville. The firm’s [...]
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An independent report has estimated that Woodside Petroleum could find oil reserves of almost 400 million barrels in the two [...]
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An exploration contract was finally signed in Yaounde on March 14 between the Australian firm Fusion Oil & Gas and [...]
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Angolan oil minister Botelho de Vasconcelos says the government firmly intends to employ gas for power production, household consumption and [...]
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Ghana’s new president, J.A. Kuffour, has called for an increase [...]
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The Kuwaiti company Independent Petroleum Group has stopped deliveries to [...]
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The Manantali hydro-electric power station that consists of four 40 MW generators will begin supplying power to Mali in September. [...]
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Belgium will do its utmost to persuade multilateral donors to provide funding for projects to build or rehabilitate energy facilities [...]
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The Volta River Authority (VRA) has joined ranks with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to call on the government’s [...]
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Although Algeria is seeking to attract foreign investment not only in the oil and gas industries but also in the [...]
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Stockholm-based Lundin Oil says it is highly concerned by "recent allegations" of human rights abuses linked to the construction of [...]
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The Nigerian government earned $9.62 billion from the export of [...]
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The Japanese oil firm Teikoku Oil has teamed up with [...]
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The Cameroon government has awarded the American group AES Sirocco [...]
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Chief executive officer and managing director of Engen Petroleum, Almorie Maule has become the first woman to become head of [...]
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Bouygues Offshore posted solid results for 2000 although business is marking time on some of its main markets: its revenue, [...]
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The OCS Technology Group is organizing a conference entitled Angola [...]
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Swaziland’s rural electrification program has received a boost from finance [...]
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According to Sonangol director Syanga Abilio the Lobito refinery which [...]
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The coast in the enclave of Cabinda has fallen victim [...]
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The Nigerian government will meet cash calls worth a total [...]
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The Nigerian government has appointed a 23-member committee to see [...]
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Ghana’s energy minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah, says the government will meet [...]
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