Barack Obama’s arrival in the White House hasn’t cleaned the slate: the U.S. Justice Department is continuing its probe into bribes paid by Western oil companies in Nigeria. Seemingly banal at first sight, the investigation was kicked off two years [.
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Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that a leading executive in Glencore’s African department in London, South Africa’s Kirk Lazarus, has [...]
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The Australian mining company Gleneagle Gold has just named a South African national, Anna Mokgokong, as a director of the [...]
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Madagascar’s new president, Andry Rajoelina, could well smother a prime [...]
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Eilias Mudzuri, Zimbabwe’s energy minister, announced a 22% drop in [...]
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Two businessmen, Russia's Vitali Malkin and Pierre Falcone, who holds [...]
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During a visit to Portugal by Angolan president Jose Eduardo [...]
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After losing out in its bid for the liquefaction plant at Arzew last year, Petrofac has landed a USD 2.26 billion contract for the El Merk field.
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Africa Energy Intelligence understands that a decision to launch work on the Galsi gas pipeline linking Algeria directly to Italy [...]
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After winning the right to sell its gas in Spain, Algeria’s Sonatrach can now market it in Portugal as well.
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The Canadian firm Canoel International Energy has just appointed Hans Osterle as vice president in charge of the group’s exploration. [...]
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Libya's National Oil Corp has just joined forces with the [...]
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Unlike other national oil companies that have announced a reduction [...]
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Having already inherited the contract to build the Eldoret/Kampala oil [...]
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The British oil services company Petrofac was advised by the [...]
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Highly active on African oil questions, a law firm headed [...]
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Libya's lobbyist in Washington for the past year, the firm [...]
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Ridha Touiti, Tunisian trade minister Ridha Touiti was in the [...]
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Petronas appears determined to win an extension of contracts it bought in 2007 from Woodside and has pledged to build a power station.
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Sabre Oil & Gas, an explorer that has a stake in three of the most promising concessions in Ghana’s offshore, has opened a data room in London.
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An arbitration court which is to hand down a finding on Dan Etete's OPL 245 block met in Paris in early March. The following week, France rejected an appeal against his conviction for money-laundering.
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Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koromo named a well-known professor to the post of energy minister in mid-March. Ogunlade Davidson [...]
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The Nigerian government’s minister of state for oil affairs, Odein [...]
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A meeting of ministers of nations served by the West [...]
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The Australian concern Baraka, which was run until February by [...]
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The group Canadian Natural Resources, which operates the offshore field [...]
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Last November, Nigeria launched a bidding round for three projects [...]
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Pablo Muscati, vice president of the Italian state-owned group ENEL, [...]
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Ousted from its OPL 321 and 323 blocks early this [...]
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According to our sources, the Scottish oil consultancy WoodMackenzie has [...]
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Marcelino Owono Edu, Equatorial Guinea's industry and energy minister, Marcelino [...]
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During negotiations last week Exxon agreed to allow Chad's government to sell part of the output from Doba and also said it would pay higher royalties.
Seeking partners for several months, the Scottish junior has been approached by a mysterious - and providential - buyer.
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According to our sources, the Indian group Bharat Heavy Electrical (BHEL) will build the 30 MW Katende dam on the [...]
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In mid-March the state-run Brazilian oil company Petrobras won a [...]
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The China National Oil and Gas Development (CNODC) company has [...]
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Rawanda is intent on making the most out of methane projects in Lake Kivu to limit the use of emergency generators.
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The national utility has found itself under attack once again for refusing a loan from the private sector even though it can’t satisfy consumer needs.
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In mid-March, Ugandan troops pulled out of the small island [...]
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Contrary to what Africa Energy Intelligence reported in its 598th [...]
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Justin Michael Dibb, managing director of Dominion Petroleum, a company incorporated in Bermuda, replaced Michael Garland as the firm’s chief [...]
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Constant over the past six months (AEI 414) talk about [...]
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Kenneth Ferguson, mayor of the city of San Bernando in [...]
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