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Spotlight | Africa
CONOCO PULLS OUT

Although Conoco made its debut in Nigeria last year on the occasion of that country's first invitation to tender the American concern no longer operates south of the Gulf of Guinea except for one block in Angola, and could well [...]

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Energy

Nigeria
MAJOR DISCOVERIES CONFIRMED

A year after its Agbami oil find pointed to very substantial reserves Texaco announced with considerable fanfare on Jan. 6 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.01.2000

Spotlight | Africa, United States
TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

In denouncing the secretive practices of the oil industry in its report "A Crude Awakening" (AEM 265), Global Witness has undoubtedly put paid to the impression created by its previous report on diamonds that it was banging away exclusively at [.

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1999

Africa
JOHN COUSINS NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXXON/MOBIL EXPLORATION

John Cousins who dealt with Africa for Mobil New Ventures [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Angola
WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

In its latest update on E&P in Angola, Wood Mackenzie [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Angola
GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

Less than a year after it published its report "A Rough Trade" on the diamonds that fuelled UNITA's military ventures, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Cameroon, Chad
DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

The Chad government signed a preliminary accord with Vivendi to take over management of the Societe Tchadienne d'Electricitre et d'Eau [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.1999

Africa
EXXON WON'T GET JACK RYAN UNTIL AT LEAST MID-2000

The newbuilding drillship Glomar Jack Ryan, which is being built [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Libya
CONOCO AND OXY WANT A LOOK

Two American oil companies that were previously active in Libya, Conoco and Occidental Petroleum, recently applied to the State Department [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.1999

Angola
TESTS ON PROSPECT IN BLOCK 15

Tests will be completed in August on an exploration well [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.1999

Spotlight | Africa, France
TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

A full week after Total Fina, which exists as such only since April 16, launched a 43 billion Euro takeover bid for Elf there is no solid indication of when Elf's board will meet to approve the "major project" that [.

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.1999

Angola
FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

Already postponed several times, the final distribution of stakes on the first blocks in Angola's ultra deep offshore - 31, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.1999

Africa
SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

The sale of Royal Dutch-Shell's exploration and production assets in Namibia, Congo Brazzaville and Ivory Coast came as a bolt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Angola
THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

The fight for stakes in the first ultra-deep offshore blocks [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.1999

Angola
PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

The government announced just before the New Year that it had signed three PSA's concerning blocks 21, 22 and 24 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

Spotlight
SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

Africa certainly hasn't been a decisive factor in the flurry of mega-mergers in the oil industry which are being spurred instead by the need to cut costs in the face of plunging oil prices – in real terms these are [.

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.1998

Angola, Nigeria
EXXON DECIDES AGAINST BRINGING IN DRILLSHIP

Exxon is no longer planning to move the Transocean Offshore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.11.1998

Angola
NEW FINDS ON BLOCKS 14-15

Within a week of one other Chevron and Exxon each announced new discoveries on blocks 14 and 15 where they [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.1998

Africa
DOUBTS ON R&B FALCON/TEXACO DEAL

The drilling contractor R&B Falcon may be negotiating the possible cancellation of a three to five year drilling contract with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Spotlight | Angola
"WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"

With conflict widening in Angola's north-east, where the government claims that UNITA has fielded 30,000 troops, Angola has played a finer match in the oil tournament than the Brazilian soccer team did in the World Cup final against France.

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Congo
BUY-INS AND CHANGES

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

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Angola
EXXON TAKES 50% ON BLOCK 24

The choice of Agip as operator on block 25 has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.06.1998

Africa
CONOCO ON AUCTION BLOCK

The DuPont group announced it was selling off its oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.1998

Angola
OPERATORS READY TO SIGN

The government is shortly to sign contracts with the operators chosen for blocks 23, 24 and 25 in the middle [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.1998

Nigeria
TOTAL-PETROBRAS FOR DEEP BLOCK?

Total and the Brazilian company Petrobras, which produces oil off Brazil in water depths of over 1,500 meters, are reportedly [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Angola
SECOND DISCOVERY FOR EXXON

Exxon and Sonangol have confirmed that Esso Exploration Angola's first two wells on block 15 have struck oil, and not [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Angola
EXXON CONFIRMS MAJOR STRIKE

Sonangol and Exxon have confirmed a discovery recorded by Esso Exploration Angola on block 15 in the deep Angolan offshore. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Nigeria
EXXON STILL HUNTING FOR RIG

Exxon is struggling to find a rig to drill a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.1998

Nigeria
EXXON SEEKING FLOATING RIG

Exxon has tendered for a floating rig to drill one [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.1998

Cameroon, Chad
KICKOFF FOR PIPELINE

Work on the pipeline that is to link the Doba oil basin in southern Chad to the future terminal at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.1998

Niger
IMF PUSHES FOR EXPLORATION

The timetable for Niger's structural adjustment program approved by the IMF calls for initiatives to identify "high potential areas" for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.1997

Angola
NEXT TARGET 1.2 MILLION BPD

Angolan oil output will top the one million bpd mark in the year 2001 when Elf's Girasol field comes fully [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.1997

Cameroon, Chad
EXXON TAKES PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION

The Green movement can be relevant on occasion but also destructive, such as Greenpeace when it plays on the public's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

West Africa
RACE FOR DEEP WATER RIGS

There has been no let-up in the race among operators to find slots in the timetables of rigs adapted to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.1997

Angola, Nigeria
TEXACO PLANS DEEPWATER OPERATIONS

Texaco now expects to spud a deepwater well in Block [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.1997

Spotlight | Cameroon, Chad
A CAREFULLY-PLANNED PIPELINE

There will soon be a Chad street in Paris and in the year 2001 an oil avenue running from Chad to the Atlantic. The first results from a promise made to Chad president Idriss Deby who completed an official visit [.

Subscribers only Energy 16.07.1997

Nigeria
RIGS RE-ASSIGNED

As expected, Ashland has declared force majeure on its contract for the semi-submersible rig South Seas Driller after its interests [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.07.1997

Nigeria
TRANSOCEAN DRILLER LEAVING

Transocean Offshore is indicating the potential availability of the semi-submersible [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.1997

Nigeria
AGIP SEEKS RIG

Agip affiliate Nigerian Agip Oil (NAOC) has issued a market [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.06.1997

Africa, South Korea
JOINT ORDER FOR NEW DRILLSHIP

The tightness of the market for deep offshore drilling and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Nigeria
OCEAN VALIANT FOR NIGERIA?

Texaco has joined the bidding to use the semi-sub Ocean [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Congo
ELF TO OPERATE IN ULTRA DEEP WATER

Elf Congo has just been awarded the last available licence in the deep Congo offshore and the upper basin of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Angola
CHEVRON REPORTS 2ND ELEPHANT

Has Chevron discovered the second "elephant" field in Angola's offshore? It has certainly been hoping so since its first test [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

South Africa
SASOL SEEKS EXPORT DEAL

Sasol has reacted strongly to Exxon's arrival on the market for synthetic oil products derived from gas with reputedly advanced [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Spotlight | Africa
ELF'S AFRICAN RESERVES

In his press conference on Feb. 26 Elf Aquitaine boss Philippe Jaffré announced plans to create a new West-East axis by beefing up the company's activity in Latin America, the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and [.

Subscribers only Energy 05.03.1997

Nigeria
CONOCO SEEKS RIG

Conoco has invited bids for provision of a floating rig [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.1997

Spotlight | Chad
HINTERLAND THE NEXT PRIZE

When Congo's Nkossa oil field (operator Elf) was being officially inaugurated as the first production start-up in Africa's deep offshore on Nov.22 Exxon was announcing an agreement to develop fields in Chad's Doba basin. The agreement between the Chad government [.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Nigeria
CONOCO IN MARKET FOR NIGERIA SEMI

Conoco has issued a market check into semi-submersible availability for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Angola, Congo
SEMI-SUB CHASE CONTINUES

The chase for semi-submersibles adapted to the deep offshore (there are only 25 specially designed for that in the world) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.1996

Spotlight | Africa
THE OIL CONFERENCE RUSH

No less than three oil conferences are scheduled for Africa between now and November. The onslaught is significant. A good 30 developments are to be undertaken along the West African coast before the year 2000 without even counting Nigeria, according [.

Subscribers only Energy 11.09.1996

Congo
DEAL NEAR ON MER PROFONDE NORD

A consortium made up of Esso Exploration and Production, Elf Congo and Shell Exploration and Production Africa B.V. that shares [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.1996

Angola
ELF'S DETERMINATION IN ANGOLA

Angola offers an additional sign of Elf's determination to push ahead in order to avoid wasting time on Block 17 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.05.1996

Congo
ELF MOVES FAST IN CONGO

Elf has obviously decided not to waste any time in exploring the deep offshore in Congo and Angola. With regards [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.05.1996

Nigeria
CONOCO TAKES ADRIATIC IX

Conoco has fixed the jack-up Glomar Adriatic IX for a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.05.1996

Nigeria
CONOCO CHECKS MARKET FOR JACK-UP

Conoco has issued a preliminary inquiry for a jack-up for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.1996

West Africa
SEMI-SUB SHUFFLE CONTINUES

Elf is in the final stages of negotiations to fix the Reading & Bates semi sub Jim Cunningham, currently in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.1996

Niger
EXXON UPS STAKE ON AGADEM

Exxon and Elf now hold 80-20% stakes respectively on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.12.1995

West Africa
RISING DEMAND FOR RIGS

Rising exploration and development activity throughout West Africa has started pushing up dayrates despite a steady influx of mobile drilling [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Congo
OXY PERMITS FINALIZED

The government has given a green light to a production sharing agreement signed between Occidental Petroleum and Hydro Congo in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Spotlight | Africa
OIL EXPLORATION: CLOSER SELECTION

The message delivered to African nations by the major oil companies at this year's Africa Oil conference organized by AIC in Johannesburg between Oct. 11-13 was, in substance: "stay in line with global market realities or face a squeeze on [.

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Nigeria
CONOCO SEEKS RIG

Conoco has tendered for a floating drilling unit for one [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Nigeria
CONOCO ENERGY TO TENDER

Conoco Energy is seeking expressions of interest from contractors by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.07.1995

Congo
DEEP OFFSHORE PERMIT AND STAKE ON MARINE IX FOR EXXON

The government announced in late April that Exxon, represented by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.05.1995

Angola
DEEP WATER PLANS FOR MOBIL AND AMOCO

Mobil is planning two wells in the deep Angola offshore in late 1995 and 1996 in depths of 600 and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.04.1995

Angola
BLOCK 14 PSA SIGNED

A production sharing agreement for Block 14 was signed at the end of February. The accord had been put back [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.1995

Angola
BLOCK 15 SIGNED

Exxon announced early last week that a production sharing agreement had been signed on Block 15 in Angola (deep offshore), [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.08.1994

Nigeria
CONOCO TO SUBLET YUCATAN FROM CHEVRON

Conoco has agreed to sublet the jack-up Yucatan from Chevon [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.06.1994

Nigeria
FARMOUT DEALS BEFORE DRILLING

Negotiations on farmout arrangements prior to drilling are taking place on a lot of offshore Nigerian blocks, mainly in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.05.1994

Nigeria
CONOCO NOT TO DRILL IN DEEP WATER UNTIL 1995

Conoco's first well in the deep offshore at a water [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.1994

Zaire
PETROZAIRE: PLANNING CONTRACT

The Zaire government has just signed a so-called "1994-95 planning contract" with Petrozaire while the state-owned company has agreed to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Angola
CONOCO'S DEPARTURE CONFIRMED

Conoco has decided to halt work on Block 6, the last permit on which it was active in the country. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.02.1994

Somalia
OIL IN THE PICTURE?

Do oil considerations lie behind Washington's change of heart concerning warlord Gen. Mohamed Farah Aideed in Somalia? The Italian daily [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.1993

Nigeria
PSA'S WITH DU PONT AND AGIP

Two new production sharing agreements have been signed for the deep offshore off the Niger river delta, contrary to fears [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Angola
TWO NEW PERMITS ANNOUNCED

Angola's energy minister Mrs. Albina Assis Africano announced on July 7 that two new permits were likely to be signed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.1993

Nigeria
MOBIL IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Mobil Producing Nigeria, a major operator and the company that discovered the Oso condensate field that was put into production [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.06.1993

Cameroon, Chad
KRIBI PIPELINE CRITICIZED

The Cameroon government is sticking to its choice of Kribi as the site for a sea terminal for the future [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.06.1993

Nigeria
BP AND EXXON IN ACCORDS

On the heels of Shell and Elf which acquired five blocks apiece at the end of April (AEM 110), BP [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.1993

Somalia
A REAL SCOOP

Conoco, Amoco, Chevron and Philips divided up the cake by obtaining permits covering "two thirds of Somalia" before the overthrow [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.1993

Angola
PSA ON BLOCK 17 TAKES EFFECT

The production sharing agreement (PSA) pertaining to Block 17 in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.1993

Angola
BLOCK 6: CONOCO CUTS BACK

A major shake-up in the ownership will take place if exploration of Block 6 in Angola's offshore zone continues, as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.1992

Angola
EXXON WITH SHELL ON BLOCK 16

Oil minister Joao Landoite has indicated that Shell will be joined by Exxon on Angola's Block 16, according to the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1992

Angola
CONOCO TO CONTINUE ON BLOCK 6

Although the first well was dry, Conoco appears to believe [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.1992

Somalia, Somaliland
A FIRST PERMIT

The Republic of Somaliland has signed its first petroleum exploration agreement, with Alliance Resources, a US-based independent, the country's head [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.1992

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Nigeria MAJOR DISCOVERIES CONFIRMED

Spotlight | Africa, United States TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

Africa JOHN COUSINS NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXXON/MOBIL EXPLORATION

Angola WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

Angola GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

Cameroon, Chad DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

Africa EXXON WON'T GET JACK RYAN UNTIL AT LEAST MID-2000

Libya CONOCO AND OXY WANT A LOOK

Angola TESTS ON PROSPECT IN BLOCK 15

Spotlight | Africa, France TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

Angola FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

Africa SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

Angola THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

Angola PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

Spotlight SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

Angola, Nigeria EXXON DECIDES AGAINST BRINGING IN DRILLSHIP

Angola NEW FINDS ON BLOCKS 14-15

Africa DOUBTS ON R&B FALCON/TEXACO DEAL

Spotlight | Angola "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"

Congo BUY-INS AND CHANGES

Angola EXXON TAKES 50% ON BLOCK 24

Africa CONOCO ON AUCTION BLOCK

Angola OPERATORS READY TO SIGN

Nigeria TOTAL-PETROBRAS FOR DEEP BLOCK?

Angola SECOND DISCOVERY FOR EXXON

Angola EXXON CONFIRMS MAJOR STRIKE

Nigeria EXXON STILL HUNTING FOR RIG

Nigeria EXXON SEEKING FLOATING RIG

Cameroon, Chad KICKOFF FOR PIPELINE

Niger IMF PUSHES FOR EXPLORATION

Angola NEXT TARGET 1.2 MILLION BPD

Cameroon, Chad EXXON TAKES PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION

West Africa RACE FOR DEEP WATER RIGS

Angola, Nigeria TEXACO PLANS DEEPWATER OPERATIONS

Spotlight | Cameroon, Chad A CAREFULLY-PLANNED PIPELINE

Nigeria RIGS RE-ASSIGNED

Nigeria TRANSOCEAN DRILLER LEAVING

Nigeria AGIP SEEKS RIG

Africa, South Korea JOINT ORDER FOR NEW DRILLSHIP

Nigeria OCEAN VALIANT FOR NIGERIA?

Congo ELF TO OPERATE IN ULTRA DEEP WATER

Angola CHEVRON REPORTS 2ND ELEPHANT

South Africa SASOL SEEKS EXPORT DEAL

Spotlight | Africa ELF'S AFRICAN RESERVES

Nigeria CONOCO SEEKS RIG

Spotlight | Chad HINTERLAND THE NEXT PRIZE

Nigeria CONOCO IN MARKET FOR NIGERIA SEMI

Angola, Congo SEMI-SUB CHASE CONTINUES

Spotlight | Africa THE OIL CONFERENCE RUSH

Congo DEAL NEAR ON MER PROFONDE NORD

Angola ELF'S DETERMINATION IN ANGOLA

Congo ELF MOVES FAST IN CONGO

Nigeria CONOCO TAKES ADRIATIC IX

Nigeria CONOCO CHECKS MARKET FOR JACK-UP

West Africa SEMI-SUB SHUFFLE CONTINUES

Niger EXXON UPS STAKE ON AGADEM

West Africa RISING DEMAND FOR RIGS

Congo OXY PERMITS FINALIZED

Spotlight | Africa OIL EXPLORATION: CLOSER SELECTION

Nigeria CONOCO SEEKS RIG

Nigeria CONOCO ENERGY TO TENDER

Congo DEEP OFFSHORE PERMIT AND STAKE ON MARINE IX FOR EXXON

Angola DEEP WATER PLANS FOR MOBIL AND AMOCO

Angola BLOCK 14 PSA SIGNED

Angola BLOCK 15 SIGNED

Nigeria CONOCO TO SUBLET YUCATAN FROM CHEVRON

Nigeria FARMOUT DEALS BEFORE DRILLING

Nigeria CONOCO NOT TO DRILL IN DEEP WATER UNTIL 1995

Zaire PETROZAIRE: PLANNING CONTRACT

Angola CONOCO'S DEPARTURE CONFIRMED

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Spotlight | Africa
CONOCO PULLS OUT

Nigeria
MAJOR DISCOVERIES CONFIRMED

Spotlight | Africa, United States
TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY

Africa
JOHN COUSINS NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF EXXON/MOBIL EXPLORATION

Angola
WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

Angola
GLOBAL WITNESS, PART II

Cameroon, Chad
DOBA VICTIM OF GLOBALIZATION

Africa
EXXON WON'T GET JACK RYAN UNTIL AT LEAST MID-2000

Libya
CONOCO AND OXY WANT A LOOK

Angola
TESTS ON PROSPECT IN BLOCK 15

Spotlight | Africa, France
TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

Angola
FINAL ULTRA DEEP AWARDS SOON

Africa
SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

Angola
THE FIGHT CONTINUES FOR ULTRA DEEP OFFSHORE

Angola
PSA'S SIGNED FOR THREE BLOCKS

Spotlight
SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

Angola, Nigeria
EXXON DECIDES AGAINST BRINGING IN DRILLSHIP

Angola
NEW FINDS ON BLOCKS 14-15

Africa
DOUBTS ON R&B FALCON/TEXACO DEAL

Spotlight | Angola
"WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"

Congo
BUY-INS AND CHANGES

Angola
EXXON TAKES 50% ON BLOCK 24

Africa
CONOCO ON AUCTION BLOCK

Angola
OPERATORS READY TO SIGN

Nigeria
TOTAL-PETROBRAS FOR DEEP BLOCK?

Angola
SECOND DISCOVERY FOR EXXON

Angola
EXXON CONFIRMS MAJOR STRIKE

Nigeria
EXXON STILL HUNTING FOR RIG

Nigeria
EXXON SEEKING FLOATING RIG

Cameroon, Chad
KICKOFF FOR PIPELINE

Niger
IMF PUSHES FOR EXPLORATION

Angola
NEXT TARGET 1.2 MILLION BPD

Cameroon, Chad
EXXON TAKES PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION

West Africa
RACE FOR DEEP WATER RIGS

Angola, Nigeria
TEXACO PLANS DEEPWATER OPERATIONS

Spotlight | Cameroon, Chad
A CAREFULLY-PLANNED PIPELINE

Nigeria
RIGS RE-ASSIGNED

Nigeria
TRANSOCEAN DRILLER LEAVING

Nigeria
AGIP SEEKS RIG

Africa, South Korea
JOINT ORDER FOR NEW DRILLSHIP

Nigeria
OCEAN VALIANT FOR NIGERIA?

Congo
ELF TO OPERATE IN ULTRA DEEP WATER

Angola
CHEVRON REPORTS 2ND ELEPHANT

South Africa
SASOL SEEKS EXPORT DEAL

Spotlight | Africa
ELF'S AFRICAN RESERVES

Nigeria
CONOCO SEEKS RIG

Spotlight | Chad
HINTERLAND THE NEXT PRIZE

Nigeria
CONOCO IN MARKET FOR NIGERIA SEMI

Angola, Congo
SEMI-SUB CHASE CONTINUES

Spotlight | Africa
THE OIL CONFERENCE RUSH

Congo
DEAL NEAR ON MER PROFONDE NORD

Angola
ELF'S DETERMINATION IN ANGOLA

Congo
ELF MOVES FAST IN CONGO

Nigeria
CONOCO TAKES ADRIATIC IX

Nigeria
CONOCO CHECKS MARKET FOR JACK-UP

West Africa
SEMI-SUB SHUFFLE CONTINUES

Niger
EXXON UPS STAKE ON AGADEM

West Africa
RISING DEMAND FOR RIGS

Congo
OXY PERMITS FINALIZED

Spotlight | Africa
OIL EXPLORATION: CLOSER SELECTION

Nigeria
CONOCO SEEKS RIG

Nigeria
CONOCO ENERGY TO TENDER

Congo
DEEP OFFSHORE PERMIT AND STAKE ON MARINE IX FOR EXXON

Angola
DEEP WATER PLANS FOR MOBIL AND AMOCO

Angola
BLOCK 14 PSA SIGNED

Angola
BLOCK 15 SIGNED

Nigeria
CONOCO TO SUBLET YUCATAN FROM CHEVRON

Nigeria
FARMOUT DEALS BEFORE DRILLING

Nigeria
CONOCO NOT TO DRILL IN DEEP WATER UNTIL 1995

Zaire
PETROZAIRE: PLANNING CONTRACT

Angola
CONOCO'S DEPARTURE CONFIRMED

Somalia
OIL IN THE PICTURE?

Nigeria
PSA'S WITH DU PONT AND AGIP

Angola
TWO NEW PERMITS ANNOUNCED

Nigeria
MOBIL IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Cameroon, Chad
KRIBI PIPELINE CRITICIZED

Nigeria
BP AND EXXON IN ACCORDS

Somalia
A REAL SCOOP