While Abidjan probably won’t suffer power blackouts like other African capitals Ivory Coast’s finance ministry finds itself in a bottomless pit for the moment. The Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) has a deficit of 42 billion CFA francs ($56 million) [.
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Angola’s Sonangol signed a memorandum of understanding with 14 companies in London on May 18 for the construction and operation [...]
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The oil-producing nations in West Africa are having a lot of trouble sharing out oil wealth inasmuch as some of [...]
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Held back since 1992 by a U.S. embargo and softness in oil prices, Libya is determined to make up for [...]
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A bid by the German company Wintershall to acquire the assets of Libya’s National Oil Corp in the joint venture [...]
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Texaco and Sonangol are to award the contract for the construction phase of the Luanda liquefied natural gas project by [...]
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For the first time, the French-Nigerian trade balance began edging slightly in France’s favor last year following a sharp increase [...]
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Algerian energy minister Chakib Khelil ’s efforts to attract foreign investment in the oil and gas industry will shortly get [...]
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Zimbabwe’s mines and energy ministry is negotiating with financial institutions [...]
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The South Korean company LG Engineering is reportedly in the [...]
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The Greek firm Hellenic Petroleum has teamed up with the [...]
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The TotalFinaElf affiliate Elf Gabon saw its net profit rise [...]
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Operating in the Mauritanian offshore for six years, the small [...]
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An affiliate of Vanco Energy Company , Vanco CI-112 , [...]
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The Togo government has just signed a production sharing agreement [...]
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The Malagasy government will issue invitations to tender before the end of June for the construction of four hydro-electric power [...]
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South Africa’s Chamber of Mines appears highly interested in the privatization of the country’s power utility, Eskom. During a hearing [...]
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The authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo and Germany’s Siemens [...]
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Ghana’s government gave Electricity Company of Ghana , the Volta [...]
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In a letter to Republican Congressman Frank Wolf , chairman of the House's Appropriation Subcommittee, Laura Unger , chairman of [...]
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Unveiled during TotalFinaElf ’s annual general meeting on May 17, [...]
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A visit by Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharrazi to Djibouti [...]
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Chevron Corp posted a 53% surge in net earnings [...]
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The World Bank has given two reasons for suspending disbursement [...]
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Vicky Bailey has been named deputy assistant secretary for international affairs at the department of energy. She replaces Calvin Humphrey, [...]
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A close adviser to president Abdoulaye Wade , Macky Sall , has just been named head of a new energy, [...]
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Algerian energy and mines minister Chakib Khelil has just appointed Abdelmalek Zitouni as secretary-general of Sonatrach in succession to Reda [...]
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During a European gas conference held on May 15 in Norway, a senior BP official, Steven Welch , spelled out [...]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp ’s boss, Jackson Gaius-Obaseki , [...]
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The government has moved ahead with its plans to overhaul [...]
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Zimbabwe’s Competition Commission has given in initial green light to [...]
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Madagascar’s energy and mines department has given a green light [...]
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The Societe National d’Electricite in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...]
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Weighed down by CFA 40 billion francs in debt following [...]
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The African Development Fund , a branch of the African [...]
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The World Bank affiliate International Finance Corp . has launched [...]
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Twenty firms took part in the 4th CIGRE ( Conference [...]
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The second international exhibition devoted to pumps, valves and pipes [...]
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A conference on business strategies for deepwater exploitation will be [...]
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