With the big African Cape V oil conference that will draw of the continent’s producers coming up in two months’ time in Libreville, reasons for concern about Gabon’s oil and gas sector headed by Etienne Ngoubou are piling up.
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At least two victims of the spectacular hostage-taking at the gas site of In Amenas worked for the Algerian-Maltese oil [...]
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The certification group Veritas is seeking to set up operations in N’Djamena to control oil products from the Djermaya refinery.
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A rebellion by the Seleka coalition is preventing the only two oil companies active in Central African Republic from working. And it’s cooled the ardour of those wanting to invest in CAR.
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Just as Central African Republic was about to recover rights on oil prospects in the north of the country they were occupied by rebels from the Seleka movement.
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Close to Nigeria’s oil minister, Atlantic Energy has been awarded a much coveted permit in Equatorial Guinea’s offshore.
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The arrival of Pura Vida Energy on the Nkembe block has enabled the national oil company to acquire a new asset in Gabon’s offshore.
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The cost of a well in the Taoudeni basin (over [...]
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When Islamist fighters took a large number of hostages in their attack on facilities at In Amenas last week, Sonatrach [...]
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The inauguration of the first section of ContourGlobal’s methane gas power plant on Lake Kivu is now scheduled for the end of March.
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Talks between Dodoma and Zanzibar on who gets to award exploration licenses in the archipelago’s waters aren’t making much headway.
Three major power blackouts occurred in Kinshasa, Katanga and Lower Congo between Jan. 3-7 and caused disruption in electricity distribution [...]
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France’s Alstom is winning contract after contract while other French concerns are waiting in line to share the Libyan energy cake.
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The ramshackle state of the grid in the north of Democratic Republic of Congo is forcing donors to think of preparing stations in Central African Republic to supply Equateur province.
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According to our sources, a joint commission consisting of officials [...]
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In addition to the advent of a new government, John Mahama’s election as president of Ghana will lead to changes [...]
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Former Mauritanian ministers never seem to have much trouble finding new jobs. Mohamed Ali Ould Sidi Mohamed, who was the [...]
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According to our sources, the former governor of the northern Nigerian state of Borno, Ali Modu Sheriff, who was awarded [...]
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The new American Capital Infrastructure (ACI) fund set up in October by American Capital and headed since then by the [...]
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Some sources at Sonatrach say last week’s attack by Islamic [...]
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Tanzania’s energy minister, Sospeter Muhongo, figures among a delegation accompanying [...]
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According to our sources, Mthozami Xiphu, former general manager of [...]
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A draft bill containing amendments to legislation on oil and [...]
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Turkey is making ever stronger efforts to lock in long-term [...]
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The European Union appears determined to take measures to secure [...]
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Ghanaian president John Mahama has decided to create the post [...]
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Called the "Bunker," a meeting at which members of Total’s [...]
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In the wake of Libyan Investment Authority, which briefly showed [...]
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The World Bank is pouring over a project to grant [...]
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On Jan. 11, the World Bank offered $437 million in [...]
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The British establishment is reportedly ready to put up the [...]
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The British law firm last month formed a key alliance [...]
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A huge $1.6 billion loan put together for the Emirati [...]
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Balkoyor Jamal Bakor, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Ivory Coast, paid [...]
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John Mahama, the president of Ghana, reserved his first trip [...]
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Henry Okah, one of the alleged leaders of the Movement [...]
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