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Congo
Why Total Bought a Dry Field

When Total and Congo-B signed an agreement settling all of the outstanding issues between the French oil group and Brazzaville [...]

Published on 01/10/2003 at 11:00 GMT

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Energy

Congo
Creditors Bang on Elf’s Door

The agreement that TotalFinaElf boss Thierry Desmarest signed with a lot of fanfare last month to re-schedule Congo-B’s debt guaranteed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2001

Congo
Inquiry in "Deep Offshore"

France's TotalFinaElf is negotiating with both Angola and Congo-B on actively participating in exploiting giant fields containing over 1 billion [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2001

Congo
Desmarets' Deal in Brazzaville

As one of his predecessors, Loik Le Floch Prigent , was appearing on television to promote his book entitled "Affaire [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2001

France
Africa Still Bonanza Territory

Unveiled during TotalFinaElf ’s annual general meeting on May 17, [...]

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Angola, Congo
An Oil And Military Marriage

The Angolan and Congo-B governments are planning to forge strong marketing links in the oil sector. Experts from the two [...]

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Congo
HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

Companies slated for privatization in Congo are going to change their management before the sell-off, including Hydro Congo. The latter [...]

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Congo
BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

The Congo's hydrocarbons ministry has joined with the energy and hydraulics department in seeking private partners willing to conduct a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.1999

Africa
SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

The sale of Royal Dutch-Shell's exploration and production assets in Namibia, Congo Brazzaville and Ivory Coast came as a bolt [...]

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Congo
ANOTHER FACELIFT FOR EMERAUDE

Governments can change but not a country's geology. At best, governments can only learn to live with it. Denis Sassou [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.1997

Congo
SASSOU TO REVIEW SELL-OFF

Congo's new president, Denis Sassou Nguesso, wants to see an inventory drawn up on state-owned companies, including Hydro Congo, before [...]

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Congo
PRIVATIZATION WITH CURBS

The timetable will be honored, as with electricity-generation, but the privatization of Congo's downstream oil sector will leave a government [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.05.1996

Congo
ELF AND AGIP PSAS SIGNED

Production sharing accords between Elf, Agip and the government for fields already in production were signed last week in Brazzaville, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.1995

Spotlight | Congo
THE 9,5 MILLION TON TARGET

According to forecasts circulating among international financial institutions, operated crude oil production in the Congo by Elf Congo and Agip Congo will have reached 8.656,000 tons in 1993, of which 6,118,000t (70.7%) was lifted by Elf and 2,538,000 (29.

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.1994

Spotlight | Congo
CONGO-ELF: A COMPROMISE

On Dec. 7 the Congolese government pushed through parliament a draft law that extended the Haute Mer permit where the N'kossa field lies until the year 2003 and provided for "the sale to Elf Congo of all of the oil [.

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.1993

Spotlight | Congo
THE HEART OF THE MATTER

Despite the election of a new president and advent of three governments in the intervening 18 months, Congo remains gripped in the same political and economic quagmire that was already evident in early 1992 (AEM 80).

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

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Why Total Bought a Dry Field

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Congo
Creditors Bang on Elf’s Door

Congo
Inquiry in "Deep Offshore"

Congo
Desmarets' Deal in Brazzaville

France
Africa Still Bonanza Territory

Angola, Congo
An Oil And Military Marriage

Congo
HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

Congo
BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

Africa
SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

Congo
ANOTHER FACELIFT FOR EMERAUDE

Congo
SASSOU TO REVIEW SELL-OFF

Congo
PRIVATIZATION WITH CURBS

Congo
ELF AND AGIP PSAS SIGNED

Spotlight | Congo
THE 9,5 MILLION TON TARGET

Spotlight | Congo
CONGO-ELF: A COMPROMISE

Spotlight | Congo
THE HEART OF THE MATTER

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Congo Creditors Bang on Elf’s Door

Congo Inquiry in "Deep Offshore"

Congo Desmarets' Deal in Brazzaville

France Africa Still Bonanza Territory

Angola, Congo An Oil And Military Marriage

Congo HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

Congo BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

Africa SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

Congo ANOTHER FACELIFT FOR EMERAUDE

Congo SASSOU TO REVIEW SELL-OFF

Congo PRIVATIZATION WITH CURBS

Congo ELF AND AGIP PSAS SIGNED

Spotlight | Congo THE 9,5 MILLION TON TARGET

Spotlight | Congo CONGO-ELF: A COMPROMISE

Spotlight | Congo THE HEART OF THE MATTER

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Congo
Why Total Bought a Dry Field

Congo
Creditors Bang on Elf’s Door

Congo
Inquiry in "Deep Offshore"

Congo
Desmarets' Deal in Brazzaville

France
Africa Still Bonanza Territory

Angola, Congo
An Oil And Military Marriage

Congo
HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

Congo
BRAZZAVILLE SEEKS GAS PARTNERS

Africa
SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

Congo
ANOTHER FACELIFT FOR EMERAUDE

Congo
SASSOU TO REVIEW SELL-OFF

Congo
PRIVATIZATION WITH CURBS

Congo
ELF AND AGIP PSAS SIGNED

Spotlight | Congo
THE 9,5 MILLION TON TARGET

Spotlight | Congo
CONGO-ELF: A COMPROMISE

Spotlight | Congo
THE HEART OF THE MATTER