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Mauritania

Oil Cooperation

South African mines and energy minister Buelwa Sonjinca visited Nouakchott in early March just a week before a presidential election [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2007

Roy Corrans

A former senior vice president for exploration at Anglo American, Roy Corrans has been named special adviser to the board [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2007

Pizzorno

Pizzorno has won a EUR 112 million contract to see [...]

Subscribers only 01.03.2007

BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is expected to win authorization to operate in [...]

Subscribers only 22.02.2007

Premier Follows BG Out of Door

Africa Energy Intelligence understands Premier Oil has retained an investment bank to find a buyer for its stakes on two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.01.2007

West African Diamonds on AIM

West African Diamonds made an initial public offering (IPO) on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.01.2007

Spotlight
Guinea the Last West African Frontier?

Although it operates on a long-term basis the oil industry nonetheless remains quick to pick up on trends, especially in the exploration field. Madagascar had its turn in the spotlight in 2006 - a lot of companies acquired acreage in [.

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2007

GDF Seeks to Replace BG

The French gas group is reportedly on the verge of bidding for BG’s assets in Mauritania’s offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 12.12.2006

Aigrette Deemed Not Commercial

Although Britain’s Dana found a 65 foot gas column on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.12.2006

Alba Mineral in Uranium Play

Alba Mineral Resources, a British junior which had been active in exploring for nickel, or, copper and cobalt up to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.11.2006

Ever-Shrinking Reserves

In a "right of issue" submitted on Nov. 2 to the Australian Stock Exchange, the Australian firm ROC, partner of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2006

Seeking Oil Connection

Mauritanian president Ely Ould Mohamed Vall paid an official visit to Madrid on Oct. 30-31 to negotiate what could be [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

New Hitch for Pipeline Project

Financial squabbles and supply headaches are continuing to cause delays in commissioning the West Africa Gas Pipeline.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Woodside Probe Widens

The Australian federal police who have been conducing a preliminary inquiry since this spring into the alleged payment of bribes [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2006

CNPC Drills First Well

Operator on block 20 that straddles Mauritania’s onshore and offshore, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2006

Sterling a Takeover Target?

Oil companies working on the Chinguetti field have become particularly vulnerable following the 50% reduction in the field’s estimated reserves [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.10.2006

BNP Puts Down Roots

The French bank BNP Paribas has become the first Western bank to open a branch in Mauritania. The group will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2006

BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas, as Maghreb Confidentialhad reported, is to open a [...]

Subscribers only 14.09.2006

Bad News for Sterling

Woodside’s announcement that the Chinguetti field may hold only half the reserves it was initially thought to contain is very [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.09.2006

GDF Strengthens Hand

Already a stakeholder on the offshore blocks 1, 7 and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.08.2006

Japan Lying in Wait

Japan’s foreign ministry last week invited Mauritanian energy minister Mohamed Aly Ould Sidi Mohamed to Tokyo for talks with officials [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.07.2006

GDF to Build LNG Plant

The chief executive of Gaz de France, Jean-Francois Cirelli, last [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.07.2006

World Bank Funding

The International Development Association, an agency of the World Bank, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.07.2006

Randgold on Nasdaq Global Select

In what was a special seal of approval for Mark [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.07.2006

Combing Through Sterling Pact

The Mauritanian government wants to re-negotiate its agreement with Sterling and is looking for the least flaw in the contract that would allow it to do so.

Subscribers only Energy 04.07.2006

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Mauritania

Oil Cooperation

Roy Corrans

Pizzorno

BNP Paribas

Premier Follows BG Out of Door

West African Diamonds on AIM

Spotlight
Guinea the Last West African Frontier?

GDF Seeks to Replace BG

Aigrette Deemed Not Commercial

Alba Mineral in Uranium Play

Ever-Shrinking Reserves

Seeking Oil Connection

New Hitch for Pipeline Project

Woodside Probe Widens

CNPC Drills First Well

Sterling a Takeover Target?

BNP Puts Down Roots

BNP Paribas

Bad News for Sterling

GDF Strengthens Hand

Japan Lying in Wait

GDF to Build LNG Plant

World Bank Funding

Randgold on Nasdaq Global Select

Combing Through Sterling Pact

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Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Mauritania

Oil Cooperation

Roy Corrans

Pizzorno

BNP Paribas

Premier Follows BG Out of Door

West African Diamonds on AIM

Spotlight Guinea the Last West African Frontier?

GDF Seeks to Replace BG

Aigrette Deemed Not Commercial

Alba Mineral in Uranium Play

Ever-Shrinking Reserves

Seeking Oil Connection

New Hitch for Pipeline Project

Woodside Probe Widens

CNPC Drills First Well

Sterling a Takeover Target?

BNP Puts Down Roots

BNP Paribas

Bad News for Sterling

GDF Strengthens Hand

Japan Lying in Wait

GDF to Build LNG Plant

World Bank Funding

Randgold on Nasdaq Global Select

Combing Through Sterling Pact

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Burkina Faso, Mali
Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Spotlight
Guinea the Last West African Frontier?