The extension of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) that will allow countries to exercise ownership of oil reserves in the deep offshore can be expected to shortly become a burning issue for petroleum-rich nations in the Gulf of Guinea.
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Peter Woicke, chairman of the International Finance Corp., came out on Sept. 30 in favor of oil and mining companies [...]
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By the end of this month the government is expected to examine new legislation on oil that has been in [...]
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Under pressure from the Bush administration which is seeking to boost oil imports from Africa to reduce its dependency on [...]
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The International Court of Justice in The Hague will hand down its verdict on the dispute over the Bakassi peninsula [...]
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Ever since the national oil company GEPetrol was set up, the Equatorial Guinea authorities seem to be contradicting themselves. After [...]
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We understand that the Crosco oil services company controlled by the Croat government is poised to launch an arbitration proceeding [...]
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Osprey Oil & Gas has put together funding for its operations. Africa Energy Intelligence announced the founding of Osprey in March.
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The Chinese firms Sinopec and China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) are competing fiercely with one another for holdings in Africa. Sinopec has won the latest round.
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On the heels of Australian and Russian firms, two companies from the United Arab Emirates have won concessions in Mauritania.
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Advised by the World Bank, Nigeria's government is considering a major overhaul in the rules governing gas production in the country.
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Sao Tome's president and its prime minister clashed last week over the issue of who is to control future oil resources.
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The government and rebel movement in the south are putting out fake announcements concerning Sudan's oil industry.
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Using data from two new seismic surveys, South Africa believes it can drum up a lot of interest in its deep offshore.
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The Norwegian oil services group PGS has earned nearly $28 [...]
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Britain's Rolls Royce group has won the contract to build [...]
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Brian Mitchener, vice president of Statoil, and two of the [...]
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According to Trinity Energy, which holds a 5% stake in [...]
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The British firm Aminex is expected to shortly drill two [...]
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Operated by the national oil company PetroSa and the U.S. [...]
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According to our sources, several contracts for power imports totalling 650 MW in all will run out at the end [...]
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Uganda's government has just laid down a power strategy that calls for $2 billion in investment over the coming 10 years.
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As a direct result of South Africa's black empowerment policy several groups with good connections are staking claims in the power sector.
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Despite a visit to the site by Japanese experts, the [...]
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An operation by the Australian oil group Hardman to issue 37.5 million new shares to raise funds needed to drill [...]
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Global Petroleum, a company set up in June by John Armstrong, former boss of Santos Ltd., and Alan Burns, chairman [...]
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On Oct. 5 the French government cancelled a decree that gave the French state the right to veto the sale [...]
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The U.S. export-import bank has just guaranteed a $135 million contract awarded by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), a joint [...]
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The Senegalese government's reluctance to increase electricity rates was a stumbling block in abortive negotiations with Vivendi Environnement and AES [...]
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The Canadian firm Pan African Energy that is bidding to develop the South Sanaga offshore gas field has reportedly told [...]
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Elf Gabon, an affiliate of TotalFinaElf, modified its charter in late September to ensure that all of the shares in [...]
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Former special adviser to president Olusegun Obasanjo for economic affairs, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was last week named secretary-general and administrator [...]
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Former adviser to Shell International for South America and Africa, Frank Denelle has just replaced Jean-Pierre Tallon as head of [...]
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A specialist in questions of extending exclusive economic zones (EEZ) who works for the Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG), Jean-Sylvain [...]
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Sao Tome e Principe's new prime minister, 44-year-old Marie das Neves, has long-standing ties with the United States, as does [...]
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Of Congolese origin, Parfait Likibi was named Africa director for General Electric last month. Holding a PhD in chemistry from [...]
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Hit by a sharp drop in its profits, Stolt Offshore has fired three of its senior executives, including Bernard Vossier, [...]
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The already-strong ties between the Bush administration and ChevronTexaco are likely to get even tighter with the appointment of Charles [...]
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All of the contracts that NNPC had with leading trading [...]
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The South African government has set up a new company, [...]
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Congo-K's Societe Nationale d'Electricite has just signed an agreement with [...]
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After establishing ties with the state-owned Vietnam oil company PetroVietnam, [...]
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The utility Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation has just been awarded [...]
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Since last month a firm run by Thomas Bogg, one [...]
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The Mauritius-based firm De Chazel du Mee (DCDM Consulting) has [...]
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The Exploration Consultant Group, advisers to the Equatorial Guinea's national [...]
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In conjunction with the Moroccan firm Wafa Trust, McKinsey has [...]
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With funding from the World Bank, the U.S. consultancy Nexant [...]
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CWC Associates is organizing the launch of a bidding round [...]
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The American Jewish Congress is organizing a conference at its [...]
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IBC Energy is organizing a conference on the latest oil [...]
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