After more than 10 years of brushes with the law in France, the former chief executive of Elf, Loik Le Floch Prigent, is back in harness in Africa. Indeed, he has never ceased being active on the continent, advising several [.
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy was due to pay a state visit to Algeria between Dec. 3-5. He was to be [...]
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Mauritanian president Sidi Mohamed Ould Sheikh Abdellahi travelled to Sudan on Dec. 1 for an official visit. He met with [...]
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An agreement penned on June 12, 2006 in New York between the Nigerian president at the time, Olusegun Obasanjo, and [...]
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Godsay Orubebe, who belongs to the Ijaw ethnic community, was to have been officially named to the newly-created post of [...]
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Africa Energy Intelligence understands that a French court’s recent conviction of former Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete (452) prompted several [...]
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The German gas giant E.ON is seeking to become less reliant on the Middle East - and particularly Iran - for its supplies and is weighing its prospects in Africa.
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Under various names, the private Malaysian firm Markmore is snapping up acreage in the region.
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Italy’s ENI has offered to bring Gazprom into its concessions in Libya in return for some of the Russian giant’s assets.
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The Canadian junior has brought its countryman Heritage into its two licenses in western Mali.
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Conakry intends to carve out the country’s offshore as the U.S. firm Hyperdynamics clings to its contract.
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The Anglo-Dutch group that dominates Nigeria’s offshore has decided to dispose of its stakes in two ultra deep permits.
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By buying out Burren Energy, Italy's ENI has become owner of nearly 80% of the M'Boundi concession.
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Long-standing disputes between the majors and the Nigerian government on the funding of development costs could come to a head this year.
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With a licensing round in Angola’s offshore about to begin, a new Angolan company has emerged from the woodwork and is pushing for acreage.
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The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) operated by Chevron that [...]
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The Jarch Management Group has just announced that general Peter [...]
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On Nov. 24, Congolese soldiers arrested two geologists working for [...]
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The Swedish company PA Resources has acquired a 35% holding [...]
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France’s Total group has announced a new oil discovery on [...]
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Exodus Africa has just acquired a 50% holding in Elitheni Clean Coal Holdings (ECC) from its parent company, Independent Power [...]
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South Africa’s Clackson Power and the Kinshasa government are blaming each other for delays in the Katende power station.
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A consortium made up of a Brazilian group and Mozambique companies has put in a bid with the government to build the Mepanda dam.
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South Africa’s Sasol group has plans to build a gas-fired [...]
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France's BNP Paribas has put together a USD 1 billion loan for the Swedish oil group Lundin Petroleum. The loan [...]
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Considered a potential bidder for the huge Agadem license in Niger, ATI Petroleum, a firm owned by the American-Vietnamese businessman [...]
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A joint venture between Orascom Construction Industries (51%) and the national oil company Sonatrach (49%), Sofert Algeria is seeking to [...]
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Even though the government of president Idriss Deby has flouted pretty well all of the World Bank’s recommendations concerning the [...]
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The government of Democratic Republic of Congo has piled on its requests for extra money from the World Bank to [...]
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The contract of the Canadian chief executive officer of the state-owned power utility Kenya Power & Lighting Co (KPLC) won’t [...]
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Founder and executive president of Baraka Petroleum, Max de Vietri, has just resigned from his job but will nonetheless stay [...]
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Elise Razaka hasn’t been officially replaced since he quit his job as managing director of the Office des Mines Nationales [...]
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Former transport minister Paulo Muxanga has been named chairman of the board of Hidroelectrica Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company that [...]
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The American firm Noble Energy has appointed David Larson to the post of vice president of investor relations. Larson had [...]
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Global Pacific & Partners is organizing the 6th Annual National Oil Companies Worldwide: Strategy Briefing 2007 at the Sofitel St. [...]
The CWC Group is organizing a conference on the latest developments in Nigeria’s oil industry along with a related exhibition [...]
Global Pacific & Partners is staging a conference in London on April 10-11 on the latest oil developments in the [...]
The national oil company Sonangol could raise its stake in [...]
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The state-owned Senegalese utility Senelec has issued a call for [...]
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The state-run power utility Sonelgaz has finally awarded the construction [...]
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The Kenya Electricity Generating Co (KenGen) has issued a call [...]
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After spending four years in Standard Chartered Bank’s oil & [...]
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The power branch of the Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) consultancy has [...]
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The Zambia Electricity Supply Corp (Zesco) is counting on the [...]
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