The Malagasy government has adopted a decree liberalizing the distribution of oil products and putting an end to Solima's monopoly. Other moves to privatize the oil branch will follow. The privatization has been under discussion since 1990 with the World [.
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The Caisse Francaise de Development (CFD) has offered loans to Cameroon and Chad for projects in the electricity branch. In [...]
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A major rift between the IMF and Nigeria surfaced in early January, shedding an even grimmer light on Nigeria's difficulty [...]
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SOMIAF (Société des Mines d'Or d'Afema) plans to boost output of bullion from 50 to 100 kg per month by [...]
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As was envisaged from the very start of negotiations in 1991 (AEM 74) a BOT (build-operate-transfer) formula has been chosen [...]
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Several factors are holding back international oil investment in Nigeria and the conclusion of production sharing agreements (PSA), according to [...]
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The Caisse Francaise de Developpement (CFD, formerly the CCCE) has [...]
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Unocal has exercised an option to drill a second well [...]
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Elf has extended its contract for the charter of the [...]
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Shell is due to release the jack-up Sedneth 202 towards [...]
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Dieter Frisch's resignation as director-general of the European Commission's Development department on Jan. 6 has stirred deep concern in African [...]
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The Future of OPEC will be the theme of a [...]
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Kelt Energie set up two new affiliates under French company [...]
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Elf holds a 35.5% stake in Technip alongside ISIS's 35.5% [...]
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Using the oceanographic ship Atalante, Elf and Ifremer carried out [...]
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The chairman of Total, Serge Tchuruk, confirmed that negotiations were underway for the development of the Mabrouk onshore Libyan oil [...]
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Samedan of Tunisia has signed a farm-out agreement with the Finnish company Neste Oy, the latter acquiring a 50% interest [...]
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The Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec), a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) says it has found commercial [...]
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British Gas has obtained the North Sinai permit for an [...]
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Ahmad Al Kheriji, president of Saudi Arabia's Petromin Lubricating Oil [...]
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As expected, Sonatrach signed an agreement in Lisbon on Dec. [...]
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Elf has taken over the interests of Chevron in an exploration consortium headed by Esso Exploration & Production Tchad under [...]
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Following permits offered to BGC in the deep offshore and [...]
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The Société Minière du Kivu (Sominki) has announced an official [...]
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The Congolese news agency ACI reported that Chevron had withdrawn [...]
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Amoco has completed two short wells with the jack-up Western [...]
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Jean Pierre Thysthere Tchikaya has been named minister for mines, [...]
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Agip-Gabon has discovered oil on the Mpira Marin permit. The [...]
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Elf has chartered the tender rig Robray T-5 from Smedvig [...]
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Saudi Arabian oil interests are currently attempting to set up an state oil company for Somalia that would take the [...]
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Saipem's semi-submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 3 is en route from [...]
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The dismissal of Njodzi Machirori, who was the Minerals Marketing [...]
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The production sharing agreement (PSA) pertaining to Block 17 in [...]
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