Angola

RANGER DRILLS

Ranger Oil has just started its first well in Block [...]

SHELL SEEKS SEMI SUB

Shell has put out a tender for a semi-submersible rig [...]

ELF PLANS SECOND WELL IN BLOCK 17

Elf's first well in the deep offshore Block 17, spudded [...]

POOLING REGIONAL ELECTRICITY

Although progress continues with building an interconnection of the electricity grids of southern African countries, South Africa's state-owned electricity utility [...]

DEVELOPMENTS RESUME ON BLOCK 2

Although Texaco's recent inquiries involving the drilling rigs it will need in Angola sowed some confusion in oil services circles [...]

1,700 BPD ON BLOCK 16

Shell obtained 1,700 bpd during tests on the first well ever drilled in Angola's deep offshore, the managing director of [...]

JULIUS NYERERE

The former Tanzanian head of state (1961-1985) told the South [...]

The Southern Africa Development Community's Mining Coordinating Unit and the [...]

NO STEP-UP FOR NEMBA

Cabinda Gulf Oil (Chevron) has dropped a plan for an early production system on the Nemba field because it failed [...]

MAJOR EUROPEAN UNION/SADC MINING FORUM

The European Commission and the 11-member Southern African Development Community [...]

PELERIN TAKES BREATHER

The dynamically positioned drillship Pelerin is undergoing engine repairs off [...]

KATHERINE MARSHALL

Ms Katherine Marshall has headed the Southern Africa Department of the World Bank since September 1, covering ten countries in [...]

ELF LOOKS FOR ACCOMMODATION RIG FOR COBO

Elf has issued tender invitations for a jack-up or semi [...]

RANGER TO DRILL NEXT MONTH

Ranger Oil is due to start a two well plus [...]

TEXACO PLANS EARLY PRODUCTION

Texaco, which operates on Block 2 alongside Total, Braspetro and [...]

GATT STUDENTS

The 78th General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) course on trade policies commenced in Geneva on August 29 and [...]

Spotlight
THE ELECTRICITY CLUB

In announcing an accord with Mozambique for starters, Malawi has moved in its turn to espouse the South African utility Eskom's plans to connect up all of Southern Africa in order to export its surplus of coal-fuelled electricity in the [.

TARGETS FOR BRITONS

Overseas Trade Services, a British government body which coordinates export promotion, has published a list of target countries for Britain's [...]

COBO-PAMBI RESERVES UPGRADED

In an unspectacular but important development, it has been confirmed [...]