After four years of uncertainty, Congolese president Joseph Kabila finally made up his mind on June 18 by signing decrees concerning blocks 1 and 2 on the banks of Lake Albert. Exploration on the lakes is far more advanced on [.
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In the wake of consultations with foreign oil companies in March and April, Agence Nationale pour la Valorisation des Ressources [...]
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After a first transaction involving France's Maurel & Prom, the Anglo-Dutch group is preparing to dispose of other assets in the Niger Delta.
Persian Gold, a firm that owns several gold mines in Iran, is to become the future operator of an oil concession in Ghana.
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Caprikat and Fox Whelp, the two companies that have won blocks 1 and 2, are working with Congolese advisors.
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An Australian firm dubbed Red Emperor Resources is showing an interest in blocks operated by Africa Oil and Range Resources in the breakaway province of Puntland.
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Total is in talks with Chevron on buying its stake in block 1 in the JDZ between Nigeria and Sao Tome. The concession lies adjacent to Total’s block OML 130 in Nigeria.
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Acting chairman of Sonatrach during the investigation that decimated its [...]
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Issued in November, 2009, an invitation to tender for exploration [...]
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The U.S. group Chevron is trying to wrap up an agreement with Congo-K on crossing its territory with the Cabinda/Soyo [...]
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Projects by private companies to extract methane from Lake Kivu have been dogged by problems and the government is producing less than expected.
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The Nigerian government’s decision to increase the price of gas bought for the country’s power stations appears to be bearing fruit. PanOcean is to supply the Egbin station.
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The French major and its partner, Conoil Producing, have discovered [...]
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According to our sources, the consortium made up of Statoil, [...]
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During a meeting on June 23, officials from Albatros Energy succeeded in winning a green light from Uganda president Yoweri [...]
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Prevented from exporting its surplus electricity or increasing its rates on domestic markets, Algeria’s Sonelgaz finds itself in a serious financial bind.
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The European Investment Bank is to finance studies to put the Mount Coffee power plant back into service. It stopped running during Charles Taylor's presidency.
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According to sources at the Bureau Central de Coordination (BCECO), [...]
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As Africa Energy Intelligence anticipated in its last issue (No. 630), Lual Acuek Deng, a member of the Sudan People’s [...]
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The long-standing chief of Foxtrot International, which operates the CI-27 gas license in Ivory Coast, the American businessman of Iranian [...]
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Africa adviser to three French foreign ministers between 2002 and 2007 (Dominique de Villepin, Michel Barnier and Philippe Douste-Blazy) Nathalie [...]
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After joining the board of the Canadian company Lion Energy in January, John Nelson was appointed chairman and chief executive [...]
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Mauritania's government endorsed two extensions of oil contracts in the [...]
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The Libreville authorities will issue a 10th call for bids [...]
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After eight months of uncertainty during which the national utility [...]
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Expected to stand in Nigeria’s presidential ballot in 2011, head [...]
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According to our sources, the two months that Kenya and [...]
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Energy ministers from the East African Economic Community (EAEC) agreed [...]
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A new phase recently began in bargaining between South Africa’s [...]
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One year after Denmark’s Maersk Oil filed its complaint (AEI [...]
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A meeting of Mauritania’s partners in Brussels on June 22-23 [...]
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The EU-Africa Infrastructures Trust Fund managed by the European Investment [...]
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A partner of Africa Oil and Lion Energy on the [...]
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The private Brazilian geological consultancy High Resolution Technology Petroleum (HRT) [...]
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The oil team from the British law firm Clyde & [...]
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Earlier this year, lobbyist Lanny Davis negotiated an 18 month [...]
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Shokri Ghanem, the chief executive of Libya's National Oil Corp [...]
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Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the president of Angola, dropped in [...]
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Moses Wetangula, the Kenyan foreign minister, held talks on June [...]
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