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Nigeria
PSA'S WITH DU PONT AND AGIP

Two new production sharing agreements have been signed for the deep offshore off the Niger river delta, contrary to fears [...]

Published on 21/07/1993 at 11:00 GMT

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Nigeria
MAJOR DISCOVERIES CONFIRMED

A year after its Agbami oil find pointed to very substantial reserves Texaco announced with considerable fanfare on Jan. 6 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.01.2000

Spotlight | Africa, United States
TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

In denouncing the secretive practices of the oil industry in its report "A Crude Awakening" (AEM 265), Global Witness has undoubtedly put paid to the impression created by its previous report on diamonds that it was banging away exclusively at [.

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1999

Angola
GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

Less than a year after it published its report "A Rough Trade" on the diamonds that fuelled UNITA's military ventures, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Angola
WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

In its latest update on E&P in Angola, Wood Mackenzie [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Africa
JOHN COUSINS NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXXON/MOBIL EXPLORATION

John Cousins who dealt with Africa for Mobil New Ventures [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Cameroon, Chad
DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

The Chad government signed a preliminary accord with Vivendi to take over management of the Societe Tchadienne d'Electricitre et d'Eau [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.1999

Africa
EXXON WON'T GET JACK RYAN UNTIL AT LEAST MID-2000

The newbuilding drillship Glomar Jack Ryan, which is being built [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Tanzania
ADDAX BUYS AGIP'S ASSETS

Addax Petroleum has signed an agreement with Agip to buy the latter's Tanzanian assets with the blessings of the government, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Congo
AGIP TO KEEP SCARABEO 3 UNTIL APRIL, 2001

Agip Congo has exercised its option to extend its contract [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.1999

Angola
TESTS ON PROSPECT IN BLOCK 15

Tests will be completed in August on an exploration well [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.1999

Algeria
COOPERATION PACT WITH BHP

Australia's BHP group has signed a cooperation pact with Sonatrach [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.1999

Spotlight | Africa, France
TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

A full week after Total Fina, which exists as such only since April 16, launched a 43 billion Euro takeover bid for Elf there is no solid indication of when Elf's board will meet to approve the "major project" that [.

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.1999

Africa
EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

Exatrade is interested in extending its activities to the mining sector, concedes the South African trading company. But in fact [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.06.1999

Nigeria
AGIP AWAITING NEW BIDS FOR DRILLING ON BENIBOIYE

After a check in February for jack-up availability, Agip has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.06.1999

Congo
BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

The Congo's hydrocarbons ministry has joined with the energy and hydraulics department in seeking private partners willing to conduct a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.1999

Angola
FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

Already postponed several times, the final distribution of stakes on the first blocks in Angola's ultra deep offshore - 31, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.1999

Africa
SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

The sale of Royal Dutch-Shell's exploration and production assets in Namibia, Congo Brazzaville and Ivory Coast came as a bolt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Angola
RANDOLPH YOST TO DRILL FOR AGIP

Negotiations between Agip and R&B Falcon to have the jack-up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

The swamp barges Searex IV and Searex VI have been [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Angola
THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

The fight for stakes in the first ultra-deep offshore blocks [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.1999

Angola
AGIP POISED TO DRILL WITH THE RANDOLPH YOST

Following release by Chevron/Cabinda Gulf, the jack-up Randolph Yost is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.1999

Nigeria
AGIP SEEKING SAME TYPE OF RIG

Agip is also revisiting the market with a Nigerian shallow [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.1999

Angola
PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

The government announced just before the New Year that it had signed three PSA's concerning blocks 21, 22 and 24 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

Congo
AGIP DROPS OCEAN LIBERATOR

Agip has not exercised options to extend its contract with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.1998

Spotlight
SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

Africa certainly hasn't been a decisive factor in the flurry of mega-mergers in the oil industry which are being spurred instead by the need to cut costs in the face of plunging oil prices – in real terms these are [.

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.1998

Angola, Nigeria
EXXON DECIDES AGAINST BRINGING IN DRILLSHIP

Exxon is no longer planning to move the Transocean Offshore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.11.1998

Angola
NEW FINDS ON BLOCKS 14-15

Within a week of one other Chevron and Exxon each announced new discoveries on blocks 14 and 15 where they [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.1998

Congo, Gabon
MARATHON GETS ITS RIG

Marathon has fixed the jack-up Glomar Adriatic I for a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.1998

Nigeria
AGIP SEEKING JACK-UP

Agip Nigeria is checking jack-up drilling rig availability for a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.1998

Algeria
BHP CONFIRMS MAJOR PROJECT

Australia's BHP group is now waiting only for a green light from Algiers to undertake a first development on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Spotlight | Angola
"WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"

With conflict widening in Angola's north-east, where the government claims that UNITA has fielded 30,000 troops, Angola has played a finer match in the oil tournament than the Brazilian soccer team did in the World Cup final against France.

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Congo
BUY-INS AND CHANGES

The following changes have been approved: Elf has acquired a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Congo
CONTRACTS ON KOMBI-LIKALALA

Elf Congo has just signed new integrated development drilling contracts with Horwell and Sedco Forex for the Kombi-Likalala project. Work [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.1998

Libya, Tunisia
ELF AND NIMR SHARE RIG

The semi-submersible Actinia will begin mobilizing from a yard in Singapore to the Mediterranean at the end of the month [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.1998

Angola
EXXON TAKES 50% ON BLOCK 24

The choice of Agip as operator on block 25 has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.06.1998

Angola
OPERATORS READY TO SIGN

The government is shortly to sign contracts with the operators chosen for blocks 23, 24 and 25 in the middle [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.1998

Gabon
ADRIATIC 1 PROGRAM FOR AGIP TO START

The jack-up Glomar Adriatic I was being transferred late last [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.1998

Congo
SCARABEO 3 BACK IN AFRICA

The semi-submersible Scarabeo 3 has arrived in Congo after mobilizing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Angola
SECOND DISCOVERY FOR EXXON

Exxon and Sonangol have confirmed that Esso Exploration Angola's first two wells on block 15 have struck oil, and not [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Congo
AGIP'S NEW DISCOVERY ON MARINE VI

The first of six wells that the semi-sub Ocean Liberator [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Angola
EXXON CONFIRMS MAJOR STRIKE

Sonangol and Exxon have confirmed a discovery recorded by Esso Exploration Angola on block 15 in the deep Angolan offshore. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Equatorial Guinea
AGIP KEEPS SEAREX IX

The tender-assist drilling unit Searex IX is being extended by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.03.1998

Libya
LASMO SEES 500 MILLION BARRELS

Named simply Elephant, the field discovered by Lasmo last October in Block NC-174 in the Murzuk basin in the south-west [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.1998

Nigeria
EXXON STILL HUNTING FOR RIG

Exxon is struggling to find a rig to drill a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.1998

Tunisia
SAME CONSORTIUM COULD TAKE RIG 136 BACK NEXT YEAR

A consortium made up of seven operators that was formed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.1998

Congo
REAL OUTPUT FIGURES FOR '97

Confidential but complete figures for Congo's production last year show that Nkossa's oil output fell 25% short of what had [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.1998

Congo
KITINA TO PRODUCE 42,000 BPD

Moving swiftly into action after its start in the second week of December (AEM 218), Agip's Kitina field in which [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.1998

Cameroon, Chad
KICKOFF FOR PIPELINE

Work on the pipeline that is to link the Doba oil basin in southern Chad to the future terminal at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.1998

Congo
UPGRADING FOR OCEAN LIBERATOR BETWEEN WELLS

The Ocean Liberator left Gabon's offshore for the Congo for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.1998

Nigeria
EXXON SEEKING FLOATING RIG

Exxon has tendered for a floating rig to drill one [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.1998

Eritrea, Tunisia
AGIP IN ERITREAN OFFSHORE

Agip celebrated the Christmas holidays with a few days in advance by signing a stake-swap agreement with Anadarko that will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.1997

Niger
IMF PUSHES FOR EXPLORATION

The timetable for Niger's structural adjustment program approved by the IMF calls for initiatives to identify "high potential areas" for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.1997

Congo
KITINA ON STREAM

Agip announced on Dec. 22 that production had begun on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.1997

Algeria
GHADAMES BASIN THE ENGINE OF GROWTH

More than ever, the Ghadames basin has provided the engine for the rise in Algeria's oil production. Exploration on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.12.1997

Congo
AGIP TO DRILL WITH OCEAN LIBERATOR

Diamond Offshore has agreed terms with Agip for a six [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.12.1997

Gabon
OCCIDENTAL DEBATES OMEGA PROGRAM

Having finished a well for Agip in Gabon, the semi-submersible [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.12.1997

Tunisia
KEY SINGAPORE SWITCHES TO TUNISIA

The jack-up Key Singapore will mobilize from Egypt to Tunisia [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.12.1997

Gabon
AGIP TAKES OVER REINS ON BIG OXY CONCESSION

Agip has acquired the 50% share that Occidental Petroleum had [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.11.1997

Libya
NEW DISCOVERY AND LICENCE NEAR MURZUK

A consortium led by Lasmo (33% alongside Agip and South [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.1997

Angola
NEXT TARGET 1.2 MILLION BPD

Angolan oil output will top the one million bpd mark in the year 2001 when Elf's Girasol field comes fully [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.1997

Gabon
AGIP COULD DRILL WITH ADRIATIC I

Agip has reportedly agreed terms for the fixture of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.1997

Cameroon, Chad
EXXON TAKES PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION

The Green movement can be relevant on occasion but also destructive, such as Greenpeace when it plays on the public's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

Gabon
OMEGA DRILLS FOR AGIP

After fixing Scarabeo 3 in August for a minimum of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

Congo
KOMBI PROJECT ON THE MOVE

Elf Congo has just begun work which will lead to a production start-up on the small Kombi oil field on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.1997

West Africa
RACE FOR DEEP WATER RIGS

There has been no let-up in the race among operators to find slots in the timetables of rigs adapted to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.1997

Algeria
QOUBBA'S RESERVES UPGRADED

The industry was already well aware that Anadarko's Berkine Est (BKE) discovery on its Hassi Berkine licence on block 404 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

Angola, Nigeria
TEXACO PLANS DEEPWATER OPERATIONS

Texaco now expects to spud a deepwater well in Block [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

Spotlight | Cameroon, Chad
A CAREFULLY-PLANNED PIPELINE

There will soon be a Chad street in Paris and in the year 2001 an oil avenue running from Chad to the Atlantic. The first results from a promise made to Chad president Idriss Deby who completed an official visit [.

Subscribers only Energy 16.07.1997

Algeria
LIGHTER FOOT ON BRAKES?

Youcef Yousfi's appointment as energy and mines minister in succession to Amar Makhloufi didn't make much of a stir when [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.1997

Spotlight | Nigeria
OIL, HEADWAY DESPITE SNAGS

The decision by Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete to cancel Ashland's contracts indeed concerns the four licences on which it operated and wanted to sell to Perenco, sources have confirmed to AEM. The contracts involved not only its partnership with [.

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.1997

Nigeria
AGIP SEEKS RIG

Agip affiliate Nigerian Agip Oil (NAOC) has issued a market [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.06.1997

Congo
AGIP TO DEVELOP DJAMBALA

The Djambala field, a small offshore oil discovery recorded by Agip at the end of last year and on which [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.1997

Algeria
BHP DISCOVERY, AGIP PERMIT

On May 28 the Algerian government announced that BHP had made a discovery on Sif Fatima, one of two licences [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.1997

Angola
CHEVRON REPORTS 2ND ELEPHANT

Has Chevron discovered the second "elephant" field in Angola's offshore? It has certainly been hoping so since its first test [...]