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Sao Tome and Principe

Chevron's Mystery Sidekick

The lone winner of the licensing round in the Joint Development Zone, ChevronTexaco has teamed up with an almost entirely unknown company, Equity Energy Resources.

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

Tajudeen Umar

Chairman of the Joint Development Authority which manages the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and Sao Tome, the Nigerian national [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2004

PetroChina Joins DiamondWorks

The last Chinese major to lack a holding in Africa, PetroChina has just joined forces with Canada's DiamondWorks.

Subscribers only Energy 20.04.2004

Majors Dragging Their Feet

Delays in the licensing round for the Joint Development Zone have been due essentially to the misgivings of majors concerning the agreements that will tie them to their future Nigerian partners.

Subscribers only Energy 20.04.2004

Iamgold to merge with Wheaton River

The Canadian concern that discovered the Sadiola gold mine in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.04.2004

Ovidio Pequeno

President Fradrique de Menezes has named Ovidio Pequeno as foreign minister to replace Mateus Meira Rita who was fired last [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.04.2004

Arlindo Carvalho

Sao Tome prime minister Maria das Neves has won approval from president Fradrique de Menez to appoint four new ministers [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.03.2004

Island Hit by Oil Bust-Up

A trading contract awarded in January to DiamondWorks was cancelled by Sao Tome's government at a cabinet meeting last week. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.03.2004

Licensing Round Held Up

Five months after it officially closed, the bidding for licenses in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and Sao Tome still hasn't resulted in any awards.

Subscribers only Energy 24.02.2004

De Beers Closes Down and Heads for Congo-K

De Beers is running down its operation in Guinea following its failure to discover a world-class diamond deposit promising a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2004

Asians Step up Lobbying

Although no Asian oil group took part in the licensing round organized in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

DiamondWorks Named Trader

The trading affiliate of Canada's DiamondWorks, Petroplus Africa, has been appointed Sao Tome's official partner under the nose of several well-established traders.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

The President's U.S. Advisers

Since the American firm Williams & Connolly which handled Sao Tome's dispute with Chrome Energy left the country other American advisers have been assisting the Sao Tome leadership.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2004

World Bank a Secret Adviser

Already deeply involved in oil questions regarding Sao Tome, the World Bank is preparing a three-year technical assistance package for the country.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2004

Consultancy Focuses on Sao Tome

Founded by former Alaska governor Steve Cowper and Joe Perkins, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2004

World Bank Saves Pipeline

After long months of bargaining, the World Bank has not only agreed to guarantee the West Africa Gas Pipeline project but even to invest in it.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2003

Nigerians Take the Lead

While the majors were conspicuous for their absence in the licensing round in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria and Sao Tome private Nigerian firms led the bidding.

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2003

First Funding from U.S.

The Sao Tome government has approached the Trade and Development Agency in the U.S. to ask that it finance feasibility [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2003

Was Licensing Round a Flop?

As Africa Energy Intelligence went to press the first results of a licensing round by the Joint Development Authority (JDA) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2003

Lobbying for Chevron?

ChevronTexaco's bid for acreage in the joint maritime zone between [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2003

The Army and Oil

In a highly detailed study of the abortive putsch on July 16 that South Africa's Institute for Security Studies has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Conditions Eased

The Joint Development Authority has considerably eased the conditions surrounding the licensing round in the Joint Development Zone between Nigeria [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2003

Kumba Resources' Plans Thwarted

In its annual report on its 2002-2003 financial year, the South African iron producer Kumba Resources took stock of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.10.2003

Total Examines Gas Deals

In addition to an agreement it has just signed with NLNG, France's Total is considering teaming up with Marathon in Equatorial Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

Bumpy Road for Bidders

A licensing round in the Joint Development Zone between Sao Tome and Nigeria has been singularly complicated by wrangling over bonuses and a number of technical factors.

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2003

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Sao Tome and Principe

Chevron's Mystery Sidekick

Tajudeen Umar

PetroChina Joins DiamondWorks

Majors Dragging Their Feet

Iamgold to merge with Wheaton River

Ovidio Pequeno

Arlindo Carvalho

Island Hit by Oil Bust-Up

Licensing Round Held Up

De Beers Closes Down and Heads for Congo-K

Asians Step up Lobbying

DiamondWorks Named Trader

The President's U.S. Advisers

World Bank a Secret Adviser

Consultancy Focuses on Sao Tome

World Bank Saves Pipeline

Nigerians Take the Lead

First Funding from U.S.

Was Licensing Round a Flop?

Lobbying for Chevron?

The Army and Oil

Conditions Eased

Kumba Resources' Plans Thwarted

Total Examines Gas Deals

Bumpy Road for Bidders

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Sao Tome and Principe

Chevron's Mystery Sidekick

Tajudeen Umar

PetroChina Joins DiamondWorks

Majors Dragging Their Feet

Iamgold to merge with Wheaton River

Ovidio Pequeno

Arlindo Carvalho

Island Hit by Oil Bust-Up

Licensing Round Held Up

De Beers Closes Down and Heads for Congo-K

Asians Step up Lobbying

DiamondWorks Named Trader

The President's U.S. Advisers

World Bank a Secret Adviser

Consultancy Focuses on Sao Tome

World Bank Saves Pipeline

Nigerians Take the Lead

First Funding from U.S.

Was Licensing Round a Flop?

Lobbying for Chevron?

The Army and Oil

Conditions Eased

Kumba Resources' Plans Thwarted

Total Examines Gas Deals

Bumpy Road for Bidders

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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