With his group firmly ensconced in Congo-B and Nigeria, ENI’s chairman, Paolo Scaroni, set out between Aug. 11-13 to plant his flag in Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Ghana. The Italian government, which owns 30.
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According to our sources, the new Mauritanian oil minister, Ahmed Ouhd Moulaye Ahmed, is expected to shortly sign a service [...]
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Recently-elected president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz decided in mid-August to appoint a technocrat, Ahmed Ould Moulay Ahmed, as oil and [...]
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The boss of the Nigerian National Petroleum Co (NNPC), Mohammed [...]
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After long months of uncertainty about who would sit on [...]
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China's Sinopec, which operates block 2 in the Joint Development [...]
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In dire financial straits itself, the Canadian concern Mart Resources [...]
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The board of the International Finance Corp., private investment arm [...]
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Micha Ondo Bile, foreign minister of Equatorial Guinea, was in [...]
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The same business figures in Hong Kong are associated with both Angola's Sonangol and SNPC in Congo-B.
After investing in First Calgary and Emerald Energy, Michael Kroupeev is bidding for Sterling Energy.
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The vice president of the Scottish concern Cairn Energy, which is active in Tunisia, Mike Watts, joined the board of [...]
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Previously in charge of trading oil products for the Swiss firm Vitol, Dennis Crema was named a director of Dominion [...]
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Founder of Independent Resources, a British junior that holds a stake on Tunisia’s Ksar Hadada permit, Stephen Staley stood down [...]
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Anadarko has abandoned its exploration acreage in Algeria in order to focus on the huge El Merk field.
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Sonatrach has stopped insisting on gaining acreage outside of Algeria in return for the Ahnet gas concession.
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Algeria’s national oil company has been trying for several months [...]
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August 24 was the planned deadline for negotiations between the [...]
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The Irish junior Circle Oil raised GBP 16.5 million (USD [...]
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Antonio Vella, vice president of exploration & production for North [...]
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A month ago Glencore acquired a concession in Cameroon’s Rio Del Rey. In mid-August, its rival Vitol followed suit.
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Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Congo-K oil minister Rene Isekemenga succeeded in early August in getting the government to adopt [...]
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Despite tension arising out of two wars in Congo, the energy ministers of Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi have launched a joint project to extract methane from Lake Kivu.
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An in-house study by the regional organization for the Great Lakes has taken stock of developments concerning hydro power dams on the Ruzizi.
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Headed by Feh Henry Baaboh, the Cameroon firm Henry, Samuelson [...]
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Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, seized the occasion [...]
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Hardly does it acquire acreage in Africa than Africa Oil proceeds to sell off stakes here and there to reduce development costs.
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Through its overseas development agency Norad, Norway offered a USD [...]
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The government of South Sudan is fleshing out its diplomatic [...]
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The members of the Western Power Corridor (Westcor) -the power utilities of South Africa, Namibia, Angola and Botswana - have [...]
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To link its future power stations to foreign and local centers where consumption is highest Mozambique is going to have to invest in a very high voltage line.
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South African president Jacob Zuma ought to be highly satisfied [...]
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The name of former president Kgalema Motlanthe, who is now [...]
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Zambia’s mines minister, Maxwell Mwale, decided in early August to [...]
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Half of El Paso Corp's re-gasification terminal in the port [...]
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Energy minister Salvador Namburete said in early August that Mozambique [...]
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The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) is expected to shortly [...]
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With assets in the Seychelles, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, the [...]
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The small Norwegian company Interoil awarded a contract on Aug. [...]
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