Security problems in the eastern part of Congo-K are such that some oil companies like France’s Total are seriously thinking of declaring force majeure. To that can be added the controversy over Soco International’s exploration in the Virunga national park, [.
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The sale of ConocoPhillips' assets in Nigeria looks like becoming this summer's saga. After a first bidding round that ended [...]
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African Petroleum’s quick and bountiful harvest of acreage in West Africa means it will have to look for key partners with deep pockets. State-run Chinese companies fit the bill.
Mauritania’s government has granted a 30 month extension on two offshore licenses that expired.
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Niger’s stewardship of its oil sector doesn’t seem to have changed much since the departure of president Mahmadou Tandja. The Chinese always get what they want.
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The United Arab Emirates firm Pilatus Energy doesn’t want to proceed alone in drilling a well and has retained a Paris-based firm to find a partner for the operation.
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Two Israeli companies as yet unknown in African oil circles were awarded the most promising block in the latest auction in Sierra Leone’s offshore.
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The firm Genmin (Bermuda), which was awarded the Djado 1 [...]
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After thinking of building a GTL plant supplied with gas from the Tinhert field in the Illizi basin, Sonatrach has [...]
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With Mitsui seeking to acquire the stake of ConocoPhillips in Brass LNG, the facility’s future looks uncertain because its costs are going through the roof and Abuja is reducing its contribution.
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About the only thing the American major has been saying to the Malagasy authorities since 2009 is that it won’t work in the country because of the political crisis. That could soon change.
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In response to our article "Geogas and Trafigura at war" [...]
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In response to our article "Geogas and Trafigura at war," [...]
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Hardly had it acquired a 7.5% stake in Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), operator of the 2,075 MW power plant [...]
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Lender institutions have agreed to disburse funds needed for an extension of the Takoradi power plant.
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Last year was particularly bad for power generation at the Inga 1 and 2 dams. Congo-K's energy ministry is trying to prevent silt from once again threatening supplies to Kinshasa.
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Inhabitants of Nouadhibou, the economic capital of Mauritania, are going [...]
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The new managing director of Perenco RDC, Reza Mered, took up his post last week. According to our sources, he [...]
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The appointment of Messouda Mint Baham as new chairperson of the board of Societe Mauritanienne d’Electricite (SOMELEC) by the government [...]
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The temporary suspension of the leading executives of Tanzania Electric Supply Co (TANESCO) on July was due to a question [...]
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Madagascar’s oil and gas minister, Bernard Marcel, is seeking to find jobs for his friends from the coast in the [...]
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Stakeholders in the liquefaction plant at Soyo in Angola have [...]
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Nigeria's representative at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), [...]
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The managing director of Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp (TPDC), Yona [...]
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Sonatrach is counting on oilfields near Hassi Messaoud - specifically [...]
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During a trip to Beijing between July 17-22, Niger president [...]
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The Chinese major CNOOC has drilled a dry well in [...]
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Sunpec’s acquisition by the firm Yanchang Petroleum Group, owned by [...]
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The Lebanese-American businessman Roger Tamraz, who set up the Tamoil [...]
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Initially scheduled for last December, a decision by the World [...]
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The World Bank will decide in October whether to invest [...]
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As no oil group appeared willing to risk buying the [...]
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The small boutique bank co-managed by Dave Fassom and Spencer [...]
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The small consulting firm of engineers Kapo and Alan Simonian [...]
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The British firm RPS Energy Consultants (formerly Troy-Ikoda) drafted the [...]
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Blaise Mbatshi, son of a lawmaker from Lower Congo and [...]
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Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the crown prince of Qatar, [...]
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Mikhail Margelov, who heads the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, [...]
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