Unveiled over the weekend, the results of a licensing round in Nigeria's offshore clearly reflect an overarching trend in oil exploration on the continent. The lion's share went to Asian groups and to local companies.
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Approved by Algeria's parliament in March, the country's new oil law was published in the Algerian official journal in July [...]
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The members of the military junta that overthrew president Maaouya Ould Taya on Aug. 3 were all very close to [...]
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Nigeria played host for over two weeks in August to a delegation from the Iranian defense ministry headed by Tahir [...]
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In early August, Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema became the first leader of his country to pay a visit [...]
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The House of Representatives' International Relations Committee held a lengthy hearing on July 28 on China's operations in Africa. Among [...]
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Virtually every Western independent along with Chinese and Indian groups are jockeying for position to win portions of blocks 15, [...]
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Algeria is going to recover most of its LNG production capacity in November.
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A Saudi Arabian group is displaying an interest in Sonatrach's petrochemical plans.
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A group of old Africa hands have set up a new company, Tower Resources, that is seeking to plant its flag in Namibia and Uganda.
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A major Chinese company could acquire Canada's Energem although it has failed to win a key concession in Congo-B.
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A arm-wrestling bout between the two top guns at France's Maurel & Prom has ended with the departure of managing director Frederic Boulet and victory for chairman Jean-Francois Henin.
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A loss of influence by its leading contact with the Guinea president has resulted in the U.S. firm being stripped of its huge offshore concession.
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Up to now a second-string player in Angola's oil-backed loan market France's Caylon has been contracted to syndicate Sonangol's next loan.
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Long explored only by Ireland's Tullow Oil, Namibia has begun signing deals with other companies.
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Already linked through a number of partnerships which have enabled [...]
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After winning the lion's share in Libya's first international licensing [...]
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Canadian Natural Resources announced in mid-August that production on its [...]
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Despite the Obasanjo administration's promise to put an end to [...]
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Less than a month after setting up an affiliate in [...]
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BP announced a seventh find on block 31 in Angola's [...]
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Italy's Salini has penned an agreement with Ethiopian Electric Power Cooperation (EEPCO) to build a 460 MW hydro power dam [...]
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Rwanda has been forced by drought to lease a
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Five groups pre-qualified to build two IPPs that Pretoria wants to construct have teamed up with well-connected local groups.
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After failing to gain a foothold in Tanzania, Malaysia's Ranhill is looking at a project to build a power station supplied by gas from the Kudu field.
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India's Bharat Heavy Electrical Group announced early in August it [...]
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Soros Fund Management, the equity fund founded by billionaire George Soros, has just doubled its stake in Pioneer Natural Resources. [...]
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The American group CB&I has been ensnared in the inquiry into the payment of bribes by the TSKJ consortium (Kellogg [...]
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After more than a year of bargaining, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is poised to acquire a 50% stake [...]
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After looking into the matter for a year, the Securities & Exchange Commission, the New York stock exchange watchdog, has [...]
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According to our sources, the World Bank will ask its board in November to endorse a $15 million project dubbed [...]
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Nephew of Alfred Sirven, former director of general affairs for Elf, Cedric Sirven has been working for several years for [...]
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Appointed oil minister following a putsch on Aug. 3 that brought col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall to power in Mauritania [...]
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Woodside has just named Ashton Calvert, former Australian foreign affairs and trade minister, to its board. Woodside has frequently won [...]
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In a government re-shuffle on Aug. 7, Chad's energy and water minister Mahamat Nasser Hassan traded jobs with oil minister [...]
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Congo's president named officials to the boards of state-owned companies by decree on Aug. 3. The new chairman of the [...]
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In charge of monitoring oil operations for Catholic Relief Services for the past six years, Ian Gary has just joined [...]
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Global Pacific & Partners is organizing three distinct conferences in [...]
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A contract to enhance production on the Hassi R'Mel gas [...]
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A presidential decree issued by Teodoro Obiang Nguema in late [...]
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The firms that were awarded concessions in the Joint Development [...]
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In mid-August, Chevron transferred three of its fields to the [...]
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Gulf LNG Energy, a private Texas-based company in which Sonangol [...]
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Long advised about its operations in Libya by the Duberstein [...]
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A lobbyist for Libya in Washington, Randa Fahmy Hudome, former [...]
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