Six months after his election, Ghana’s new president, John Mahama Dramani, hasn’t made the least headway on oil and gas issues. A challenge to his election before the Supreme Court by his leading rival, Nana Afuko-Addo, has held back any [.
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Ghana's president, John Mahama Dramana, made brief mention during a meeting of the French employers association Medef on May 29 [...]
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Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Total recently decided to withdraw from the Bemolanga permit on Madagascar’s block 3102 which it [...]
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After Oryx Petroleum’s unsuccessful initial public offering on the Toronto stock exchange, next on the list are Caracal Energy (formerly Griffiths International) and Nigeria’s Seplat.
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The Swiss trader Mercuria, which is firmly entrenched in Africa, is on the lookout for new investors. Among companies it has approached is Thailand’s PTT.
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The turmoil in Central African Republic in recent months hasn’t blunted the enthusiasm of oil companies to explore CAR’s sedimentary basins.
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Guinea’s former mines minister Mahmoud Thiam actively promotes the services of the oil auditing concern Alex Stewart in Africa. It turns out he’s also a business associate of the firm’s CEO.
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Trading giant Gunvor is now the leading shareholder in the junior PA Resources which produces oil from the Azurite field.
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According to our sources, this summer will see the start [...]
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A meeting was held in Kinshasa in early May between officials from Perenco and the Cabinda Gulf Oil Co (CABGOC/Chevron) [...]
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The idea of anchoring a re-gasification barge off Benin’s coast is gaining traction. And local investors have the means to put pressure on the government.
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Stalled since 2011, a World Bank project to guarantee sales of gas by the majors to Nigerian power plants has swung into action.
The conflict in northern Mali has had an impact on power infrastructure. However, an improvement can be expected following a [...]
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The government is taking strong measures because of setbacks encountered by a Russian firm building the Kandadji dam.
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The son of the renowned American billionaire has agreed to help finance power stations in the natural reserve in eastern Congo-K and Rwanda.
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The European Union’s envoy to the East African Community (EAC), [...]
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Although merger talks between International Petroleum headed by Frank Timis and Peter Landau’s Range Resources haven’t yet been completed, the [...]
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Chad’s lawyer at the Norton Rose office in Calgary is no longer with the company. The name of Jay Park [...]
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The chairman of International Petroleum (IP), Anthony Sage, is to step down on June 30. Very close to IP’s founder [...]
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According to our sources, the United Nations mediator in the territorial dispute over ownership of the potentially oil-rich Mbanie islet [...]
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Worker protests in Libya have begun to cost the National [...]
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A report by the Paris-based firm Fair Links for the [...]
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Angola’s national oil company has begun sending cargoes of crude [...]
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Publication of Uganda's new oil legislation has speeded up reforms [...]
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In a new presentation of the Inga 3 project (4,800 [...]
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According to sources in the president’s office in Gabon, negotiations [...]
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Several irregularities were pointed out in a new report for [...]
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In a shaky financial position following the freeze on assets [...]
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The Turkish drilling company Viking Services is currently raising money [...]
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An arbitration tribunal which is due to decide on a [...]
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Kevin Halligen, founder of the security firms Red Defence International [...]
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The Nigerian consulting company Yaroson & Partners run by engineer [...]
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A contract awarded to the Israeli defence group Elbit Systems [...]
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In December 2011 when Griffiths Energy International, which is active [...]
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Abiye Membere, the exploration and production boss of NNPC, will [...]
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Gabriel Obiang Lima, Equatorial Guinea's minister for oil and mines, [...]
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Francois Misser, a journalist specializing in Africa's Great Lakes region, [...]
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