On Dec. 7 the Congolese government pushed through parliament a draft law that extended the Haute Mer permit where the N'kossa field lies until the year 2003 and provided for "the sale to Elf Congo of all of the oil [.
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Negotiations have led to a production sharing accord concerning Block 15 and the pact "just remains to be signed," Angolese [...]
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Two possible solutions have emerged for the rehabilitation of the high voltage line from the Cabora Bassa dam to South [...]
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Norsk Hydro, which had operated on Block 1991 in Offshore Namibia with a 40% interest, is getting a new partner [...]
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Early last week Elf and Sonangol announced a new oil discovery recorded by Elf Exploration Angola (EAA) in Block 3/91. [...]
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The conference held in Cape Town two weeks ago on the theme "Oil and Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa" was an [...]
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Among French firms seeking joint ventues in South Africa figure two small and medium-sized companies manufacturing auxiliary equipment for distribution, [...]
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In addition to trying to sell more electricity equipment to [...]
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Ranger has pre-tendered for a semi to drill three wells [...]
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Elf plans one well with jack-up and another with a [...]
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BHP has recorded an oil discovery on its Rhourde el Louh permit in the Ghadames basin with the Rhourde el [...]
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Philips is planning a two month well with a jack-up [...]
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London & Scottish Marine Oil (Lasmo) has no plans to [...]
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The Caisse Francaise de Developpement (CFD) has given Algeria two [...]
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The French company Heurtey Industries, affiliate of the Sofresid group, [...]
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Amoco plans one well in the Mediterranean with a jack-up [...]
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Informed sources in Cameroon have told AEM that Cameroon is no longer committed to acquiring a 49% stake in the [...]
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Without saying where the resources will be coming from, the new chief executive officer of the Office des Mines d'Or [...]
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Reviving Gecamines would be fine but the most important and pressing need is to safeguard the "Zaire state." That is [...]
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Kelt may drill one well with a jack-up towards the [...]
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The semi-submersible Sedco I was confirmed for seven well plus [...]
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Agip is planning an appraisal programme for a semi for [...]
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The African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a loan of roughly $8 million which will cover the hard currency part [...]
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The draft budget to be presented to parliament in the [...]
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The combustion turbine and combined cycle power station that the Volta River Authority (VRA) will run at Aboadse near Takoradi [...]
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Du Pont is checking rig availability for a requirement for [...]
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Shell and Statoil/BP are jointly pre-tendering for a semi submersible [...]
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Production still hadn't resumed at the end of November on [...]
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Although the new government had not yet been set up [...]
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Ashland Exploration is preparing two wells on its OPL90 and [...]
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African countries among the ACP countries accounted for 10% of [...]
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The French company Coflexip, which specializes in flexible pipes mainly [...]
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