Central African Republic
Pioneering Days
Since the discovery of the Doba oil fields in next-door Chad nobody has had the least doubt that there is [...]
Since the discovery of the Doba oil fields in next-door Chad nobody has had the least doubt that there is [...]
A step-up in talks between U.S. oil companies and the Libyan government has altered the power structure within the Libyan [...]
Oil will be high on the agenda of Chinese leader Hu Jintao's African tour that begins early in February, and [...]
Although no Asian oil group took part in the licensing round organized in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and [...]
With peace negotiations between Khartoum and the SPLA winding up - an agreement on sharing out oil resources has been [...]
Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that Canada's Encana intends to drill a first well between now and the end of March on its H concession.
Despite assurances from Sonatrach, last week's blast at the Skikda oil complex will affect Algeria's LNG deliveries in a lasting manner.
After a first fruitless attempt, Transworld is trying once again to debut in Nigeria.
Like its competitors, France's Total group is seeking to set up sustainable development programs in the Niger Delta. Its Nigerian output is destined to grow increasingly in coming years, making it imperative that it establish such programs.
The U.S. group Chevron/Texaco has issued invitations to tender for its future GTL plant at Escravos and for development of the Agbami field.
The trading affiliate of Canada's DiamondWorks, Petroplus Africa, has been appointed Sao Tome's official partner under the nose of several well-established traders.
Since the American firm Williams & Connolly which handled Sao Tome's dispute with Chrome Energy left the country other American advisers have been assisting the Sao Tome leadership.
No company is currently working at Darfur but a lot were interested.
Sonatrach is currently negotiating with the Tunisian authorities about building [...]
The Spanish concern Enagas looks set to join the Medgaz [...]
ChevronTexaco and RoyalDutch/Shell are negotiating the ways and means of [...]
After weeks of negotiations that kicked off in December (AEI [...]
As Africa Energy Intelligence reported (AEI 355), ONGC Videsh Ltd. [...]
The decision by Mwai Kibaki's government to re-negotiate rates at which the country's power-generating firm Kengen buys its electricity from [...]
The Rwanda government has picked the German consultancy Lahmayer over South Africa's Eskom to manage the national utility Electrogaz.
The Nigerian government has announced a new timetable for the privatization of NEPA but the institutional and financial hurdles appear such that nothing is likely to happen.
Ivory Coast and Mali have just signed an agreement providing [...]
A mission from the International Monetary Fund is now in Libya at the bidding of the Libyan government. Indeed, prime [...]
The Export Credit Guarantee Department at Britain's Department of Trade & Industry has opened an inquiry into a GBP 130 [...]
Nigeria's oil industry is bracing itself for further assaults from Nuhu Ribadu, the hard-hitting chairman of the Economic and Financial [...]
Negotiations which began late last year have resulted in most of Congo-Brazzaville's creditors agreeing to be paid part of the [...]
Like its Chinese counter-part, the Export Import Bank of India has opened a $50 million credit line for the Sudanese [...]
A trusted adviser to Walter Kansteiner during his mandate as head of the State Department's bureau of African affairs, James [...]
Up to now in charge of sustainable development and relations with local communities for RoyalDutch/Shell Nigeria, Hubert Nwokolo has just [...]
Director of Columbia University's mechanical engineering department, the Indian national Vijay Modi is also adviser to the Ghanaian government on [...]
Energy and mines minister Chakib Khelil has just named Amanallah Sari as head of the Algerian Energy Company, a joint [...]
Born in Zimbabwe, Nkosana Moyo has just been appointed Africa director of the CDC Group, successor to the Commonwealth Development [...]
The U.S. firm ICF Consulting carried out the Environmental Baseline [...]
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea last week accepted the mediation of [...]
The state-owned Malaysian company Petronas has transformed its reconnaissance license [...]
The gas-to-liquids plant at Mossel Bay controlled by South Africa's [...]
The forthcoming return of American oil companies to Libya is [...]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation asked president Olusegun Obasanjo to [...]
Global Pacific & Partners is organizing a forum at the [...]
The CWC Group is organizing a conference in London on [...]