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North Africa
London Offers Weaponry

Increasingly present on the business scene in North Africa, Britain has also made a major push in the specific and [...]

Published on 10/07/2003 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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United States
Diplomacy in Rabat, Business in Algiers

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Spotlight | Morocco
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Africa, France
RISE IN REFINED PRODUCTS IMPORTS

French imports of refined oil products from North Africa rose [...]

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Africa, France
EQUIPMENT: ALGERIAN SURGE

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Spotlight | Nigeria, North Africa
GAS: THE AWAKENING

Forecasts of a sharp rise in European demand for gas have spurred a revival in African LNG projects at a time when Nigeria's plans seem likely to be put on ice, perhaps for several years.

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Spotlight | Sudan
A MURKY TALE

Several new twists have been added to the jumble of Sudanese projects revolving around Chevron's discoveries. Within the space of a few days the political-industrial-financial saga took on dimensions far beyond what would be considered normal for a country that [.

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Algeria
TWO EXPLORATION CONTRACTS

As for exploration contracts, Algeria's energy minister Hasene Mefti indicated in the above-mentioned interview that in addition to the six [...]

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Spotlight | Gabon
BEST CARDS

Gabon's minister of energy, mines and oil resources, Jean Ping, declared emphatically during meetings to present the sixth round of Gabonese permits that the government had organized a truly competitive invitation to tender. But independent or second-ranking companies that attended [.

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.1992

Algeria
US AND JAPANESE LOAN GUARANTEES

The American and Japanese export-import banks have approved long-term loan guarantees to finance the supply of oil equipment and services [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.1992

Algeria
GOVERNMENT STRESSES CONTINUITY

Algiers has set out to dispel misgivings on whether the Belaid Abdesslam government will pursue the liberalization of oil policy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1992

Spotlight | Algeria
NEW CENTRAL EUROPEAN GAS SCHEME

A consortium including Total and ÖMV appears to have injected new life into an Algerian project to export natural gas to central Europe, a scheme that gathered momentum in the mid-1980's, only to be put on a back burner because [.

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Morocco
ARCO STEPS IN; ASHLAND INAUGURATES

Two new exploration agreements were signed as the Office National de Recherches et d'Exploitation Pétrolieres (Onarep) and Morocco's energy and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.1992

Algeria, Morocco
NEW HEADWAY FOR GAS PIPELINE

The Algerian, Moroccan and Spanish ministers in charge of the energy branch --Nordine Ait Laoussine, Driss Alaoui M'Daghri and Claudio [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.1992

Central Africa, West Africa
VARIED PICTURE FOR 1991

Differences in mining production patterns that were evident in the first half of 1991 between countries of the franc zone [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1992

Libya
ANTI-EMBARGO PRECAUTIONS

With Russia announcing at the end of April that it will comply with the U.N. embargo on military equipment and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1992

Spotlight | Algeria
POLICY, PRICES, RESERVES

The decision to open Algerian oil fields already under production to foreign partners should help to increase proven reserves (recoverable under present technical and price conditions) by 450 million tons of crude, according to Sonatrach.

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Mali
IMPORT CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

Government-imposed price controls on oil products were lifted last month and talks are underway between the administration, distribution companies and [...]

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Algeria
TENDERS COMING UP

While the first tender for exploration permits is planned for June as part of Algeria's new oil policy in this [...]

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Nigeria
EXPORT REFINERY PROJECT WITH ARGENTINA

Nigeria has turned towards Argentina in a drive to build export-oriented refineries and/or take stakes in foreign refineries, an objective [...]

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Angola
BLOCK 3: TWO NEW DISCOVERIES

Operator Elf Aquitaine Angola (EAA) and Sonangol last week announced two new discoveries in block 3 with the first two [...]

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Congo
ELF'S STAND

Should Congo feel badly served compared to other countries by the accords that govern its exploration & production? "It would [...]

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United States
Diplomacy in Rabat, Business in Algiers

Algeria
BREAKTHROUGH FOR SONATRACH

Spotlight | Morocco
ALL-OUT EFFORT IN MINES

Africa, France
RISE IN REFINED PRODUCTS IMPORTS

Africa, France
EQUIPMENT: ALGERIAN SURGE

Spotlight | Nigeria, North Africa
GAS: THE AWAKENING

Spotlight | Sudan
A MURKY TALE

Algeria
TWO EXPLORATION CONTRACTS

Spotlight | Gabon
BEST CARDS

Algeria
US AND JAPANESE LOAN GUARANTEES

Algeria
GOVERNMENT STRESSES CONTINUITY

Spotlight | Algeria
NEW CENTRAL EUROPEAN GAS SCHEME

Morocco
ARCO STEPS IN; ASHLAND INAUGURATES

Algeria, Morocco
NEW HEADWAY FOR GAS PIPELINE

Central Africa, West Africa
VARIED PICTURE FOR 1991

Libya
ANTI-EMBARGO PRECAUTIONS

Spotlight | Algeria
POLICY, PRICES, RESERVES

Mali
IMPORT CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

Algeria
TENDERS COMING UP

Nigeria
EXPORT REFINERY PROJECT WITH ARGENTINA

Angola
BLOCK 3: TWO NEW DISCOVERIES

Congo
ELF'S STAND

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United States Diplomacy in Rabat, Business in Algiers

Algeria BREAKTHROUGH FOR SONATRACH

Spotlight | Morocco ALL-OUT EFFORT IN MINES

Africa, France RISE IN REFINED PRODUCTS IMPORTS

Africa, France EQUIPMENT: ALGERIAN SURGE

Spotlight | Nigeria, North Africa GAS: THE AWAKENING

Spotlight | Sudan A MURKY TALE

Algeria TWO EXPLORATION CONTRACTS

Spotlight | Gabon BEST CARDS

Algeria US AND JAPANESE LOAN GUARANTEES

Algeria GOVERNMENT STRESSES CONTINUITY

Spotlight | Algeria NEW CENTRAL EUROPEAN GAS SCHEME

Morocco ARCO STEPS IN; ASHLAND INAUGURATES

Algeria, Morocco NEW HEADWAY FOR GAS PIPELINE

Central Africa, West Africa VARIED PICTURE FOR 1991

Libya ANTI-EMBARGO PRECAUTIONS

Spotlight | Algeria POLICY, PRICES, RESERVES

Mali IMPORT CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

Algeria TENDERS COMING UP

Nigeria EXPORT REFINERY PROJECT WITH ARGENTINA

Angola BLOCK 3: TWO NEW DISCOVERIES

Congo ELF'S STAND

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

North Africa
London Offers Weaponry

United States
Diplomacy in Rabat, Business in Algiers

Algeria
BREAKTHROUGH FOR SONATRACH

Spotlight | Morocco
ALL-OUT EFFORT IN MINES

Africa, France
RISE IN REFINED PRODUCTS IMPORTS

Africa, France
EQUIPMENT: ALGERIAN SURGE

Spotlight | Nigeria, North Africa
GAS: THE AWAKENING

Spotlight | Sudan
A MURKY TALE

Algeria
TWO EXPLORATION CONTRACTS

Spotlight | Gabon
BEST CARDS

Algeria
US AND JAPANESE LOAN GUARANTEES

Algeria
GOVERNMENT STRESSES CONTINUITY

Spotlight | Algeria
NEW CENTRAL EUROPEAN GAS SCHEME

Morocco
ARCO STEPS IN; ASHLAND INAUGURATES

Algeria, Morocco
NEW HEADWAY FOR GAS PIPELINE

Central Africa, West Africa
VARIED PICTURE FOR 1991

Libya
ANTI-EMBARGO PRECAUTIONS

Spotlight | Algeria
POLICY, PRICES, RESERVES

Mali
IMPORT CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

Algeria
TENDERS COMING UP

Nigeria
EXPORT REFINERY PROJECT WITH ARGENTINA

Angola
BLOCK 3: TWO NEW DISCOVERIES

Congo
ELF'S STAND