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Mauritania

Gas to Help Develop Iron Deposit?

Woodside Petroleum's recent discovery of gas on its Banda well in Mauritania's offshore could be good news for fellow Australian [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2002

Nouakchott Seeks to Exploit Potential

The Mauritanian government, which has just installed a new mining cadastre unit to simplify the management of mining licenses and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2002

Who Will Build WAGP?

Last month's agreement concerning the economic aspects of the West African Gas Pipeline project has sounded the opening shot in the fight for construction contracts.

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2002

Petrobras Eyes Big Outlay

Over the next four years, Brazil's Petrobras plans to invest nearly $1.5 billion in developing its concessions in Nigeria, Equatorial [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2002

Managing WAGP

Pre-qualification of equipment and oil services suppliers for the construction [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2002

Parameters for WAGP

The timetable and corporate structure of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) were fixed this summer. Nations on the pipeline's route won a few concessions.

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2002

Eskom Draws Fire

Ministers from member countries of the Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Senegal (OMVS) spent their entire meeting [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2002

British Eye Oil Prospects

Dominated up to now by Australian firms like Woodside, Hardman and Fusion, Mauritania's offshore and onshore oil resources are beginning [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2002

AURORA

AURORA, a trading company owned by Michael Prest, a former [...]

Subscribers only 11.07.2002

Decisive Month for WAGP

Put back on several occasions, the West African Gas Pipeline project is expected to make headway this summer although uncertainty over its future won't be entirely lifted.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

IFC's Plans for Gulf of Guinea Oil Projects

The International Finance Corp., private investment arm of the World Bank, is thinking of financing new energy projects in Africa [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

New Trading Contract

The Mauritanian government has picked Aurora, a company headed by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2002

New Shareholders in SNIM

The World Bank has called on Mauritania to sell off [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2002

Border Negotiations with Cape Verde Islands

After selling off most of its offshore to such companies as Australia's Woodside and Hardman, Mauritania is concerned about delineating [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2002

Australian in Gold Push

Before AngloGold and Newmont Mining threw themselves into the battle to acquire Normany LaSource, the latter had begun negotiating the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.06.2002

West Africa Mining Exhibition

A two-day exhibition and seminar on mining in West Africa [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.06.2002

Yugoslavs in Contract Push

The prime minister of the Yugoslav federal republic, Dragisa Pesic, paid a lengthy visit to Nigeria last week in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.2002

MOHAMED OULD SAIBOTT

Named president of the public contracts committee, Mohamed Ould Saibott, [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.06.2002

David Netherway

A geologist specializing in West Africa, David Netherway has just been named chief executive officer of Afcan. An Australian national, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.06.2002

FUSION OIL & GAS

FUSION OIL & GAS, an Australian company that made the [...]

Subscribers only 30.05.2002

Amerada Hess Bolsters Position

After buying Triton last year and gaining sway in Equatorial Guinea, the U.S. firm Amerada Hess has snapped up three of Fusion Oil's licenses in West Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2002

ONE Fails in SOMELEC Grab

Morocco's state-owned ONE company killed the clock in the hope of picking up Mauritania's SOMELEC cheaply. But the manoeuvre backfired.

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2002

Woodside's Drilling Program

Starting in September, the Australian firm Woodside will lead a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2002

How Abuja has Sidelined Yaounde

With tension rising constantly between Nigeria and Cameroon – the two are slugging it out in court in The Hague and on their borders – Abuja is busy sewing up oil pacts with its other neighbors.

Subscribers only Energy 09.04.2002

Listing in London

The Australian firm Hardman Resources, which is already listed on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.03.2002

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Mauritania

Gas to Help Develop Iron Deposit?

Nouakchott Seeks to Exploit Potential

Who Will Build WAGP?

Petrobras Eyes Big Outlay

Managing WAGP

Parameters for WAGP

Eskom Draws Fire

British Eye Oil Prospects

AURORA

Decisive Month for WAGP

IFC's Plans for Gulf of Guinea Oil Projects

New Trading Contract

New Shareholders in SNIM

Border Negotiations with Cape Verde Islands

Australian in Gold Push

West Africa Mining Exhibition

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MOHAMED OULD SAIBOTT

David Netherway

FUSION OIL & GAS

Amerada Hess Bolsters Position

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Mauritania

Gas to Help Develop Iron Deposit?

Nouakchott Seeks to Exploit Potential

Who Will Build WAGP?

Petrobras Eyes Big Outlay

Managing WAGP

Parameters for WAGP

Eskom Draws Fire

British Eye Oil Prospects

AURORA

Decisive Month for WAGP

IFC's Plans for Gulf of Guinea Oil Projects

New Trading Contract

New Shareholders in SNIM

Border Negotiations with Cape Verde Islands

Australian in Gold Push

West Africa Mining Exhibition

Yugoslavs in Contract Push

MOHAMED OULD SAIBOTT

David Netherway

FUSION OIL & GAS

Amerada Hess Bolsters Position

ONE Fails in SOMELEC Grab

Woodside's Drilling Program

How Abuja has Sidelined Yaounde

Listing in London

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

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