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Spotlight | Africa
Fresh Set of Challenges for Tullow Oil

Now approaching the status of a major, the Anglo-Irish concern Tullow Oil won considerable praise during the 16th Oil Week laid on by Global Pacific & Partners in Cape Town. But the company is struggling to digest its success in [...]

Published on 18/11/2009 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Eskom
ExxonMobil
Gazprom
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Sudan
GPB Global Resources taps into ASM mining network to unearth gold

Out of the three tonnes of gold produced on average per annum by GPB Global Resources in the Red Sea [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.11.2019

Ghana
ExxonMobil made to play ball with GOIL

By authorising the semi-public firm Ghana Oil Co (GOIL) to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2018

DRC
Inga III: South Africa goes all in but other takers few and far between

According to our information, the South African minister of energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2018

Ghana
Who's preparing the list of blocks the minister wants to promote?

Over the past few months, Ghana's ministry of oil, headed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2018

Ghana
LNG: Gazprom signs deal of the century

The Russian colossus has struck a deal with Ghana to supply the country with liquefied gas, but not at any price.

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Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni puts oil under lock & key

Re-elected in February, president Yoweri Museveni has tightened his grip on Uganda's oil sector before production starts on the banks of Lake Albert, normally early next year. After more than a year of horse-trading, he forced Tullow Oil, operator on [.

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Spotlight | Ghana
Fight Narrows Down for Giant Jubilee Field

After a year of squabbling with Ghana's government, ExxonMobil has finally dropped the idea of laying out USD 4 billion for Kosmos Energy's assets in Ghana, and particularly for its shares in the huge Jubilee field that is due to [.

Subscribers only Energy 31.08.2010

Namibia
Gazprom Ponders Kudu’s Fate

Russia’s Gazprom still has 16 months to take a decision on whether to develop the Kudu gas field.

Subscribers only Energy 13.07.2010

Spotlight | DRC, Uganda
Lake Albert: The Last Roll of the Dice

After four years of uncertainty, Congolese president Joseph Kabila finally made up his mind on June 18 by signing decrees concerning blocks 1 and 2 on the banks of Lake Albert. Exploration on the lakes is far more advanced on [.

Subscribers only Energy 29.06.2010

DRC
How Caprikat got their blocks

Caprikat and Fox Whelp, the two companies that have won blocks 1 and 2, are working with Congolese advisors.

Subscribers only Energy 29.06.2010

Uganda
An Unexpected Hitch for Tullow

After buying out the stake of its partner Heritage, Tullow Oil was to have brought Total and CNOOC into its acreage in Uganda. But the deal has been stalled for fiscal reasons.

Free access Energy 15.06.2010

Mauritania
Dana Bolsters its Presence

Although Petronas hasn't yet succeeded in having its concessions renewed, Dana Petroleum has been awarded a one-year renewable extension of its contract in Mauritania's offshore.

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Ethiopia
Tullow Extends Reach in Africa

The Irish firm is in talks with a local firm to become operator on three blocks in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region.

Free access Energy 15.12.2009

Madagascar
Madagascar Petroleum Project

The Madagascan national Danielle Raharimanantsoa, 44, will provisionally be the [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2009

South Africa
Gigajoule Seeks a Strategy

The South African company will decide this week on how to react to the government’s refusal to give it a license to sell gas in Western Cape province.