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Algeria
COOPERATION PACT WITH BHP

Australia's BHP group has signed a cooperation pact with Sonatrach [...]

Published on 28/07/1999 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Energy

Tanzania
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Congo
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Africa
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Nigeria
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Congo
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Angola
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Subscribers only Energy 05.05.1999

Angola
RANDOLPH YOST TO DRILL FOR AGIP

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Nigeria
SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

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Angola
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Nigeria
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Angola
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Congo
AGIP DROPS OCEAN LIBERATOR

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Angola
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Congo, Gabon
MARATHON GETS ITS RIG

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Subscribers only Energy 21.10.1998

Nigeria
AGIP SEEKING JACK-UP

Agip Nigeria is checking jack-up drilling rig availability for a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.1998

Algeria
BHP CONFIRMS MAJOR PROJECT

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Algeria
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Angola
BHP SEEKS SEMI SUB FOR BLOCK 21

BHP has issued a market check for a deepwater rig [...]

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Congo
BUY-INS AND CHANGES

The following changes have been approved: Elf has acquired a [...]

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Congo
CONTRACTS ON KOMBI-LIKALALA

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Libya, Tunisia
ELF AND NIMR SHARE RIG

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Algeria
MIXED RESULTS FOR LATEST BHP WELLS

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Gabon
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Algeria
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Congo
SCARABEO 3 BACK IN AFRICA

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Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Algeria
4TH STRIKE FOR ANADARKO ON 208

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Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Congo
AGIP'S NEW DISCOVERY ON MARINE VI

The first of six wells that the semi-sub Ocean Liberator [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Algeria
NEW STRIKE FOR BHP ON BIR SIF FATIMA

BHP successfully tested its ROD-2 appraisal well on the Rhourde [...]

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Equatorial Guinea
AGIP KEEPS SEAREX IX

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Libya
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Tunisia
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Congo
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Congo
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Congo
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Eritrea, Tunisia
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Congo
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Angola
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