With discoveries in Algeria becoming increasingly rare and production falling from year to year (see P. 2). Sonatrach is sounding out prospects in other African countries like Ivory Coast and Mozambique. The aim of a former Sonatrach boss, Mohamed Meziane, [.
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The Gabonese authorities were clearly intent on flexing their muscles when they wrested control of the Obangue oil field from [...]
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Already handicapped in its efforts to attract new oil companies to Gabon, Libreville is now confronting a potential influx of pirates from Nigeria.
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The Italian major ENI is hoping for a quick green light from Ghana’s government to develop the Sankofa license.
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Chevron is winding up the disposal of its acreage in the Niger Delta while Shell is preparing for another sell-off operation. But the conditions aren't all that propitious.
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Congo-B’s state-owned oil company and Ivory Coast’s PertroCI are now sole owners of the MBK fields discovered by Elf in the 1980s.
The major oil groups are increasingly moving in on Windhoek with the intention of swallowing up juniors that anticipated the opportunities some years back.
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Mediators in the oil conflict between north and south Sudan [...]
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The China Development Bank (CDB) has finally started funding the gas purification plant at Atuabo in south-west Ghana again. Some [...]
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Moves by Angola and Algeria to scrap the system of long-term sales agreements has opened the door to traders to negotiate LNG prices.
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Stakeholders in the Brass liquefaction project in Bayelsa state have trouble admitting it but the fate of their project appears deeply compromised.
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The resumption of supplies by the West African Gas Pipeline [...]
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The authorities in Niger moved on July 18 to cancel a contract awarded to Russia’s Zarubezhvodstroy (ZBS) concern to build [...]
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The governor of Orientale province, Jean Bamanisa, is asking for Belgium’s assistance in new power and mining projects.
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Power shortages hitting at Malawi’s economy have forced president Joyce Banda to do her utmost to import energy from future dams in Mozambique.
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There’s little doubt about what book wins the prize as summer reading among oil circles in Lagos and Abuja "The [...]
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Hamed Koffi Zarour has emerged as one of the most active lobbyists in touting Algerian interests in Ivory Coast. Zarour [...]
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Former operations manager for the British gas firm Centrica in Nigeria between 2006-2010, Stuart Connal has been named to the [...]
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Under secretary in charge of technical affairs at South Sudan’s oil ministry, Macar Aciek Ader is currently in charge of [...]
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There’s little doubt about what book wins the prize as summer reading among oil circles in Lagos and Abuja "The [...]
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The Algerians are seeking any means at hand to put [...]
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Gabon's Jean-Philippe Amvame, the 44-year-old boss of the trading concern [...]
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In what can be considered a blow to the Libyan [...]
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Although Sonatrach’s annual reports in recent years have cheerfully spoken [...]
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The three African mediators chosen by Africa Forum to examine [...]
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Three new oil blocks were awarded at a final cabinet [...]
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Although it came under strong fire in private by the [...]
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Two years after it took place, the acquisition of OPL [...]
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Insiders had little trouble in spying the hand of the [...]
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Talks that began last month between Tunisia and the Swedish [...]
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In addition to choosing a company to build the Kudu [...]
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Gambia is marshalling lobbyists to serve its cause. After retaining [...]
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The small consulting concern Tatweer Research in Benghazi, which specializes [...]
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The small boutique bank co-headed by Dave Fassom and Spencer [...]
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Stephen Dhieu Dau, South Sudan’s oil minister, was invited to [...]
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Luc-Adolphe Tiao, Burkina Faso’s prime minister, was present alongside Alassane [...]
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Foumakoye Gado, Niger's oil minister, and his adviser, Addo Mahamane, [...]
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