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Spotlight | Africa
Dr. Total and Mr. Elf

When he presented his group's results for 2002 last week, TotalFinaElf boss Thierry Desmaret said his company would be re-named Total in May. The announcement came as the ?Elf scandal,? which kept the French financial police busy over the past [...]

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Congo
Bringing it All into the Open

To put further pressure on TotalFinaElf the Congo-B government got the country's parliament to mull its dispute over the Haute Mer concession.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2003

Gulf of Guinea
Elusive Goals in the Gulf of Guinea?

After completing the development of Girassol, France's TotalFinaElf group must meet a number of development objectives in Nigeria, Angola and Congo-B this year.

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Spotlight | Congo
Congo-B: The Real Oil Bosses

With presidential elections scheduled for May 10, Congo-Brazzaville's SNPC, which has remained largely in the shadows since it was set up in 1998, has been asked by the World Bank to open its books.

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2002

Africa, France
Michel Benezit

Accounting for nearly 30% of TotalFinaElf ’s world-wide production in 2000, Africa represents a highly important region for the French [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2001

Spotlight | Africa
Key Upstream Area for TotalFinaElf

France’s TotalFinaElf has lifted its exploration budget this year to $750 million from $700 million in 2000 and Africa will get the lion’s share. The group’s exploration drive will focus on the major oil basins that the Gulf of Guinea, [.

Subscribers only Energy 20.03.2001

Spotlight | Angola
Oil and Transparency

By indicating in a letter to the British non governmental organization Global Witness that it would publish information on its operations in Angola every year, BP Amoco sent a shock wave through the oil industry that is likely to continue [.

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2001

Nigeria
"Major" Find on Akpo

The second appraisal well on the Akpo discovery on OPL 246, Akpo-3, was completed in December and the results confirm [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.01.2001

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

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

Africa, United States
DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

A closed-door meeting in Washington just before New Years gave rise to what could appear as an American effort to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

Spotlight | Africa, France
OIL AND GAS, THE SEMINAR GLUT

The organizers of seminars and conferences seem in no way discouraged by sagging markets for raw materials and particularly for oil even though the price of crude doesn't look set to break out of the $12-14 range for a long [.

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.1998

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

Nigeria
NLNG ON THE MOVE

The Abacha's regime move to break off negotiations with the IMF appears to be the major obstacle standing in the [...]

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Congo
Bringing it All into the Open

Gulf of Guinea
Elusive Goals in the Gulf of Guinea?

Spotlight | Congo
Congo-B: The Real Oil Bosses

Africa, France
Michel Benezit

Spotlight | Africa
Key Upstream Area for TotalFinaElf

Spotlight | Angola
Oil and Transparency

Nigeria
"Major" Find on Akpo

Spotlight | Africa, France
TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

Africa
SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

Africa, United States
DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

Spotlight | Africa, France
OIL AND GAS, THE SEMINAR GLUT

Spotlight | Africa
THE OIL CONFERENCE RUSH

Nigeria
NLNG ON THE MOVE

Falcone Denied Resident Status

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Congo Bringing it All into the Open

Gulf of Guinea Elusive Goals in the Gulf of Guinea?

Spotlight | Congo Congo-B: The Real Oil Bosses

Africa, France Michel Benezit

Spotlight | Africa Key Upstream Area for TotalFinaElf

Spotlight | Angola Oil and Transparency

Nigeria "Major" Find on Akpo

Spotlight | Africa, France TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

Africa SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

Africa, United States DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

Spotlight | Africa, France OIL AND GAS, THE SEMINAR GLUT

Spotlight | Africa THE OIL CONFERENCE RUSH

Nigeria NLNG ON THE MOVE

Falcone Denied Resident Status

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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
Dr. Total and Mr. Elf

Congo
Bringing it All into the Open

Gulf of Guinea
Elusive Goals in the Gulf of Guinea?

Spotlight | Congo
Congo-B: The Real Oil Bosses

Africa, France
Michel Benezit

Spotlight | Africa
Key Upstream Area for TotalFinaElf

Spotlight | Angola
Oil and Transparency

Nigeria
"Major" Find on Akpo

Spotlight | Africa, France
TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

Africa
SHELL QUITS THREE COUNTRIES

Africa, United States
DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

Spotlight | Africa, France
OIL AND GAS, THE SEMINAR GLUT

Spotlight | Africa
THE OIL CONFERENCE RUSH

Nigeria
NLNG ON THE MOVE