After a flurry of delays due to the quality of Nigerian gas, the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) to supply Togo, Benin and Ghana was put into service in early December and will be officially inaugurated before the end of [.
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The U.S. firm Madagascar Oil said on Dec. 9 it had increased by 30% the estimate of reserves on its [...]
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Backed by two equity funds and advised by a former Total executive, Canamens Energy has made its debut in Africa by acquiring a license in Morocco.
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Shaken by the financial crisis, the Canadian firm Verenex is trying to attract companies interested in its Libyan positions.
The boss of Shell Nigeria, Ann Pickard, has launched new arbitrage proceedings against the Nigerian government.
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The British junior Sterling needs find oil in Madagascar to boost to its sagging share price. But it is having trouble finding the money to pay for its share in drilling a well.
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The Australian company has decided to pull out of Namibia without waiting for the government to confirm its contract for acreage.
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After announcing a discovery on the Kingfisher field on block [...]
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Addax Petroleum has announced plans to increase its stake on [...]
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This autumn the Scottish junior Bowleven loudly declared that its find on the IF-1r well on the Etinde offshore license [...]
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After ardently wooing the Algerian authorities for three years, Russia’s Gazprom has finally landed a gas permit in the country.
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Russia, Italy and Libya are now linked through a series of cross-holdings that resembles a state-run energy partnership.
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In its annual report issued on Dec. 11, the South [...]
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The French firms Acergy and Entreprose Contracting have been chosen [...]
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A USD 78 million loan approved by the African Development Bank's board will finance the installation of new transmission lines. [...]
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Iranian and Bosnian companies have been awarded a contract to connect the power grids of Ethiopia and Sudan.
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Firms pre-qualified to help in restoring the Ruzizi 1 power plant submitted bids on Dec. 15.
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An agreement between the Canadian consultancy Canadian Energy Solutions Consortium [...]
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The Chinese concern Shanghai Electric Group Co. has been contracted [...]
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The appointment of Rilwanu Lukman as energy minister can be expected to benefit his protégé at the Nigerian National Petroleum [...]
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The appointment of Melinda Cilento as non-executive director of Woodside’s board on Dec. 11 fills a position that had remained [...]
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Serving up to now as financial director of Sonangol, Francisco de Lemos Jose Maria has just joined the board of [...]
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After several months of deliberations to form a new Nigerian government, a list of fresh appointments was finally issued on [...]
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Jorn Berget is to replace Stuart Fysh as executive president and managing director for Africa, the Middle East and Asia [...]
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On Dec. 11, Abubakar Yar'Adua, chairman of the Nigerian National [...]
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An affiliate of the national oil company Sonangol, the Sonair [...]
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Mohamed Meziane, managing director of state-run Sonatrach, declared on Dec. [...]
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A conference of the forum of gas-exporting countries met in [...]
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On Dec. 19, member countries of the Community of West [...]
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Starting from next year, Angola’s oil minister, Jose Maria Botelho [...]
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The legal battle to fix the border between north and [...]
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The development of the Jubilee field in Ghana, a potential [...]
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The appointment of Rilwanu Lukman as petroleum resources minister in [...]
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A member of the board of Britain’s Dominion Petroleum since [...]
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Having already borrowed nearly USD 700 million last year to [...]
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To buy a stake in Finagestion, a holding company of [...]
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Based in Nassau in the Bahamas, a Dutch consultancy headed [...]
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Founded by the former governor of Alaska, Steve Cowper, and [...]
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Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, Angola's president, paid an official visit [...]
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Igor Sechin, deputy Russian prime minister and chairman of Rosneft, [...]
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Chakib Khelil, Algeria's oil minister and president of OPEC attended [...]
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