The first invitations to tender are expected to be issued in 1995 for Madagascar's electricity project dubbed "Energie II" while new impetus has been given to reforms in the oil sector although investment in the refinery branch has been shelved.
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Efforts by Kengo Wa Dondo's government to win back control of precious gem exports appear to be bearing fruit. Monthly [...]
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The European Union's Audits Court has again assailed the Sysmin system for delays in payments and re-assignment of loans in [...]
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AEM understands that Mauritania is going to apply to the [...]
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"Our partners want us to talk about them only after they've left," declared Sonatrach managing director Mohammed Bouhafs on Nov. [...]
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A consultancy will be chosen from a short list by the end of January to carry out three studies forming [...]
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With British Petroleum poised to sign an agreement with Sonatrach to start developing gas fields totalling 350 billion cu.m. of [...]
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Oil circles in Angola believe that on-shore fields in the Soyo region (Fina Petroleos de Angola, operator, Texaco, Sonangol) won't [...]
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Several companies operating in the oil products distribution branch in Kenya, including Caltex, Shell and Total, are planning to set [...]
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The oil services market has seen a flurry of invitations to tender and preliminary inquiries from oil operators in the [...]
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The reserves of French-speaking oil-producing countries in black Africa are declining and exploration ought to be "stimulated," according to Petroconsultants. [...]
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The Nigerian government is said to have suddenly paid at least some of its arrears on payments to cover part [...]
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Sonatrach, Sonelgaz and Entreprise Nationale de Charpente and de Chaudronnerie [...]
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Ranger Oil is negotiating a contract with Odfjell Drilling for [...]
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Mobil has fixed the Noble Drilling jack-up Tommy Craighead (formerly [...]
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The dynamically-positioned semi sub Sedco 709 is believed to be [...]
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The semi-submersible drilling rig Drillmar 1 arrived in Congo on [...]
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The jack-up Glomar Adriatic VIII which is enroute from Alaska [...]
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United Meridian (UMC) is now drilling a well on the [...]
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Texaco is extending its contract with the jack-up Ed Noble [...]
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British Gas, which has invested $140 million in gas exploration [...]
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Marathon is planning one offshore well with a jack-up drilling [...]
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A delegation from the World Bank was expected in Nairobi on Nov. 21 for talks on a so-called Energy programme [...]
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Italy's Ansaldo carried the day against rivals which included Mitsubishi, ABB, Siemens and GEC Alsthom when it won a contract [...]
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A delegation from China Machine Building International Corporation (CMBIC) is expected to arrive in the next few days in Kinshasa [...]
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The Central Electricity Board (CEB) confirmed that Burmeister & Wein [...]
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