The Nigerian Electric Power Authority’s overarching aim is to boost its effective production capacity from 2,500 MW (official figure) to 4,000 MW by the end of 2001, the nominal but theoretical capacity currently being 6,000 MW.
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The state-run Industrial Development Corp (IDC) is seeking funding to the tune of US$10 million to undertake a feasibility study [...]
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After some hesitation, Nigeria’s Senate has confirmed the appointment of chief Onyema Ugochukwu as president of the Niger Delta Development [...]
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Senior vice-president of the U.S. firm Xpronet Inc. with responsibility for its international affairs, Jack Blackshear is supervising studies on [...]
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Edward (Kim) Jaycox has just left his job as director of PanAfrican Energy Corporation Ltd., a company listed in Canada, [...]
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As Africa Energy Intelligence indicated in its Dec. 6 issue, the Algerian Energy and Mines Ministry says over 20 foreign [...]
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Drivers in Kinshasa were deeply upset before Christmas to discover that the gasoline put on sale in service stations in [...]
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Sonatrach announced that it had made a new discovery at the end of last year on the Hassi Dzabat license [...]
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The oil industry appears interested in Morocco’s invitation to tender for exploration rights in the Atlantic off an area extending [...]
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The fate of the Block A offshore exploration license is now hanging in the air and will probably remain so [...]
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The Nigerian government has justified its choice of Chevron Corporation as operator on OPL 250 even though Snepco, an affiliate [...]
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The second appraisal well on the Akpo discovery on OPL 246, Akpo-3, was completed in December and the results confirm [...]
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Houston-based Oceaneering International has opened an office in Luanda to [...]
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The Kenyan parliament’s energy committee says the oil industry hasn’t [...]
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The year has begun on a positive note for Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) as an exploration contract is shortly [...]
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In issuing an invitation to tender for the construction and operation of a refinery in the Adrar region, the Energy [...]
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An affiliate of Italy’s ENI group, Agip has spudded an [...]
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The project to develop the Kudu gas field on the [...]
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The Uganda government is anxious to spur exploration in both [...]
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The European Union has just issued an invitation to tender for a contract worth 1.26 million Euros to supply technical [...]
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In the wake of Sithe’s withdrawal from the Carthage Power Company, the U.S. firm PSEG Global has gained control of [...]
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Work on hammering out new gas legislation has begun following [...]
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Although electricity consumption rose by 6.6% in the first nine [...]
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The South African government is being extremely cautious in its [...]
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Although Angola made strong gains in 2000 in terms of [...]
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The Kenyan economy’s losses resulting from power rationing that has [...]
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The Canadian firm TransAtlantic Petroleum Corporation has signed a letter [...]
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To beef up its operations in Africa, PanAfrican Energy Corporation [...]
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The World Bank has awarded a $30 million loan to [...]
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Ghana is hoping to pick up foreign loans for certain [...]
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The police in Congo-Brazzaville have uncovered illicit dealings involving dozens [...]
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The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) is endeavouring to [...]
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The Kenya Power and Lighting Company says the drastic rationing [...]
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The Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement (BOAD) has pledged to bankroll [...]
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Electric Equipment for Water Treatment Plants. The European Union will [...]
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Nigeria is continuing to be hit by a shortage in [...]
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The Strategic Research Institute is organizing a conference in Houston [...]
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Douglas-Westwood Limited has announced the publication of a new survey [...]
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