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Mauritania

Mali Covets a Pipeline

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Mali has been trying since this summer to see that the Trans Sahara Gas Pipeline [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Freeze on CCC’s Gas Projects

A creditor of Greece’s CCC oil services group has blocked the company’s accounts and assets, freezing its gas projects in Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Dy Ould Zein

Former Mauritanian oil minister Dy Ould Zein was appointed a special aide to the country’s president by the cabinet on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

Sarkozy’s Power Plant Gift

According to La Lettre du Continent (a sister newsletter of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2009

World Bank Showers Aid on Mining Sector

The World Bank is to set in motion a major programme to develop the mining sector in Africa via the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.10.2009

EIB Loan Awaits Commission’s Green Light

A loan of EUR 75 million to Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM), the Mauritanian iron ore producer, is under [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.10.2009

Oando to Usher In Gazprom?

After helping Saipem and Mitsubishi to set up shop, Nigeria’s Oando could give Gazprom a leg-up in the Gulf of Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Ba Houdou

On Oct. 15, the Mauritanian government appointed Ba Houdou as chairman of the board of Societe Mauritanienne des Industries de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.2009

Will Chavez Keep his Word?

The Latin American-African summit meeting organized by the Vezuelan president Hugo Shavez resulted in a flurry of energy contracts, including one for a refinery in Mauritania.

Free access Energy 06.10.2009

MEND Cuts WAGP Pipeline

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) that runs from Nigeria to Ghana by way [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Power Crisis Soon Over?

For the past two months Nouakchott has been hit by major power cuts but an end to the scorching summer and a contract with Aggreko ought to relieve the city.

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2009

Cash Injection for SNIM Postpones Sale

The possibility of a privatisation of SNIM, Mauritania's national iron producer, seems now to be receding. In fact, the country's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.09.2009

All Eyes on Total

The drilling campaign that Total is going to kick off on Sept. 25 in the Taoudeni region is vitally important for the future of exploration in the basin.

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Mohamed Salem Ould Bechir

To meet an emergency, the Mauritanian government appointed an official with wide knowledge of electricity issues as new chief executive [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Charles de Chezelles

Following the appointment of James Dick last week, the Canadian concern Gold Star Resources, which is active in exploration in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Chavez Does His Stuff

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced on September 14 that Venezuela [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Spain to Bankroll Electrification of Southern Mauritania

The Spanish ambassador to Mauritania has just made a EUR [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

Government Calls on ETAP

According to our sources, the new Mauritanian oil minister, Ahmed Ouhd Moulaye Ahmed, is expected to shortly sign a service [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2009

Ahmed Ould Moulay Ahmed

Recently-elected president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz decided in mid-August to appoint a technocrat, Ahmed Ould Moulay Ahmed, as oil and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2009

Disturbing Drop in Output on Chinguetti

The latest report of the National Hydrocarbons Monitoring Committee issued [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2009

Camara Bakary

The oil portfolio in Mauritania’s national union government that will soon take office formally in Nouakchott will be held by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.06.2009

Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz

In its last issue, Maghreb Confidential mistakenly reported that Lyes [...]

Subscribers only 18.06.2009

Pathok Chodiev Looks at Iron Ore

The visit by Patrick Balkany, deputy mayor of Paris suburb Levallois-Perret and a close friend of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.06.2009

BIDC’s High Risk Projects

West Africa’s Banque d’Investissement et de Developpement is planning to invest in gas-fired power stations but supply for them remains uncertain.

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

India Subsidizes its Firms

India’s overseas development program had put up USD 500 million for power interconnections in Africa on condition they be installed by Indian groups.

Subscribers only Energy 09.06.2009

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