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Spotlight | Madagascar
ELF'S STRATEGY

The Malagasy government has adopted a decree liberalizing the distribution of oil products and putting an end to Solima's monopoly. Other moves to privatize the oil branch will follow. The privatization has been under discussion since 1990 with the World [...]

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Ethiopia
Hussein Al Amoudi defies the Majors in Ethiopia

The General Manager of Shell Ethiopia, the country's leading supplier in fuel and petrol products, should soon leave the post. [...]

Subscribers only 19.03.2004

Madagascar
Grumbling oil companies

A director of TotalFinaElf went to Antanarivo this week to present his company's grievances to the Malagasy authorities.

Subscribers only 12.03.2004

Spotlight | Madagascar
The Tiko Group's Expansionism

President Marc Ravalomanana has greatly diversified the businesses of his Tiko group since he became the supreme ruler...

Subscribers only Politics 06.02.2004

Madagascar
Jirama to Open Up its Capital

The Malagasy government seems to be leaning toward the partial privatization of the state company Jirama (water and electricity).

Subscribers only 16.01.2004

Uganda
Oil Disagreement with Kenya

The Ugandan authorities want Kenya to modernize its oil refinery in order to obtain less polluted imported products.

Subscribers only Politics 19.12.2003

Japan, Madagascar
Jocelyn Bertin Radifera

The new Malagasy ambassador to Japan was born on February 20, 1940, is married to an American of Navajo descent, [...]

Subscribers only 03.10.2003

Madagascar
Heading for the CAPE

The Comité d'appui aux entreprises (CAPE), co-directed by prime minister Jacques Sylla and one of the vice presidents of the [...]

Subscribers only 18.04.2003

Madagascar
Madavo Meeting in Madagascar

At the head of a 3-member mission, the World Bank's [...]

Subscribers only 06.09.2002

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

Angola
KUITO STARTS PRODUCING

Although it was four or five weeks behind time, the production start-up on Kuito by Chevron on Jan. 5 constituted [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.01.2000

Morocco
LPG, SOUNDING OUT MARKET

A Moroccan source has depicted Rubis' plan to build an imports terminal with a capacity of 40,000 tons per year [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1999

Angola
HAKURYU V TO DRILL FOR TEXACO

The Japan Drilling semi-submersible Hakuryu V has secured a commitment [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1999

Canada
SHELL PULLS OUT OF COASTAL FIELDS

Shell has sold its 45% stake in the coastal permits [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1999

Congo
HALFWAY MOVE FOR HYDRO CONGO

Companies slated for privatization in Congo are going to change their management before the sell-off, including Hydro Congo. The latter [...]

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

Angola
WOOD MACKENZIE LOWERS ITS PROJECTION

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

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Angola
PRIDE ANGOLA TO DRILL ONE WELL FOR BP AMOCO

BP Amoco is to take advantage of a slot with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Africa
THE EXECUTIVE LINE-UP AT TOTALFINA-ELF

On Dec. 1 Total Fina published a list of 50 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Spotlight | Chad, Libya
KHADAFI COMES TO RESCUE CHAD'S OIL

Colonel Muammer Kadhafi declared during a press conference on Nov. 30 that he intended to help Chad "replace Western oil companies" that pull out of the Doba oil fields project (AEM 264). He didn't dare add, however, that he was [.

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

Spotlight | Mozambique
ELECTORAL SCENARIOS

Another mandate for presidential-candidate Joaquim Chissano, whose re-election in the face of competition from rival runner Afonso Dhlakama seemed assured as the December 3-4 presidential election approached, will be sharply influenced by the equilibrium between his FRELIMO (governmental) party and [.

Subscribers only Politics 04.12.1999

Angola
HITCHES WITH NEWBUILD

Elf Exploration Angola's eighth find on block 17 after that of Cravo in early September is going to have to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.1999

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

Congo
ELF MAY HAVE FOUND RIG FOR ULTRA DEEP

AEM has learned that Elf is negotiating with Shell to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.1999

Spotlight | Africa
TOTALFINA-ELF, RESOLVED BUT SELECTIVE

A decision like the withdrawal – complete or partial – of Elf and Shell from the Chad oil project is automatically economic in nature. That, at any rate, was how the head of TotalFina Exploration-Production Christophe de Margerie portrayed the [.

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.1999

Nigeria
EA PROJECT IN STARTING BLOCKS

In late October Shell's board gave a go-ahead to the EA project that will involve a first venture in "alternative" [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

Angola
SEDCO EXPRESS TO BE DELIVERED IN JANUARY

The DCN shipyard in Brest, France expects to deliver the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

Angola
7TH DISCOVERY ON BLOCK 17 CONFIRMED

A seventh discovery in block 17 where Elf operates was [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Congo
UP TO THREE WELLS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE ON MPS

Elf indeed issued a tender – closed on Oct. 12 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

Bids for the privatization of Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) are now set to close on Nov. 7. This follows changes in TotalFina's approach to the sell-off that prompted it to re-shape its bid by bringing Shell aboard in addition [.

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Madagascar
TOTAL MADAGASIKARA AVIATION IS BACK

The company born of TotalFina's takeover of jet aviation fuel [...]

Subscribers only 16.10.1999

Angola, Congo
CLOSER LOOK AT CONGO BASIN

Elf Exploration-Production is examining the first results from a series of surveys conducted by the French marine research institute Infremer [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Gabon
POSSIBLE MOVES LOOMING FOR ELF GABON, ENERGY AFRICA AND AMERADA

Before planned talks with TotalFina on Elf Gabon's future, president [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Zimbabwe
TIGHT TIMING FOR NEW PLAN

The Zimbabwe government and the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) have just submitted a draft of a new System Development [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Cameroon, Chad
WORLD BANK COVERS ITSELF

With the pipeline project between Doba and Kribi coming up before the board in mid-October (AEM 258) the World Bank [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Congo
KOMBI-LIKALALA IN PRODUCTION

Elf Congo has just put its latest development among small fields in the former Pointe Noire Grands Fonds permit, Kombi [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Ivory Coast
SIR SELL-OFF POSTPONED

The Sept. 13 announcement that Elf and Total were to merge has had its first visible impact in Africa with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Angola
PRIDE AFRICA TO START WITH APPRAISAL WELL

The new deepwater drillship Pride Africa, which arrived in Angola [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Nigeria
SHELL STILL SEEKING TWO JACK-UPS FOR EA

Shell is still in the market for two other jack-ups [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Rwanda
METHANE GAS PROJECT

At the behest of Rwanda's energy ministry, the "special projects [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Gabon
ELF'S EVER-FASTER OUTPUT DROP

The pace of Elf Gabon's drop in production, which saw output fall from 53 million barrels in 1997 to 48 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.1999

Africa
TOTALFINA-ELF, ENI LEAVES OPTIONS OPENED

The Sept. 13 announcement that Total/Fina and Elf had agreed to a now-friendly merger pushed aside rumors that ENI might [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.1999

Congo
DEEPWATER FRONTIER FOR ULTRA-DEEP ELF WELL?

The drillship Deepwater Frontier may be emerging as the leading [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.1999

Zimbabwe
WORLD BANK FOLLOWS SUIT

Following the IMF's lead, the World Bank will on September 13 present a third structural adjustment credit line for Zimbabwe [...]

Subscribers only 04.09.1999

Cameroon, Chad
THREAT TO PIPELINE LOOMS LARGE

An obstacle to the funding of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline in the form of a U.S. bill named "Demilitarization for Development [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.1999

Angola
PRIDE AFRICA ON THE WAY

The 51-49% joint venture between Pride International and Sonangol that owns the drillship Pride Africa has taken delivery of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.1999

Angola
ELF CONTRACT FOR SBM

Elf has ordered a CALM loading point anchoring system from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.1999

Libya
NIMR LINES UP ACTINIA

Nimr Petroleum is due to take the Actinia next month [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.1999

Spotlight | Africa
SEDCO-TRANSOCEAN TIE-UP IN WAKE OF BP-AMOCO

A tie-up between Sedco-Forex and Transocean has come on the heels of a wave of mega oil mergers that began with BP Amoco and looks likely to end once the double takeover battle between Total Fina and Elf runs its [.

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.1999

Africa, France
TOTALFINELF A MARKET GIANT?

If Total Fina succeeds in its takeover bid for Elf the impact on the gas market could be extremely significant. [...]