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Angola
TECHNIP SCORES AND SCS GROWS

When Technip Angola was set up in June the step marked a promising debut for the French engineering group on [...]

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Canada
CHEVRON FIXES GLOMAR HIGH ISLAND

Chevron DRC has fixed the jack-up Glomar High Island V [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.1999

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

Angola
OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

The deepwater semi Ocean Alliance has secured a series of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

Gabon
TRIDENT 4 TO DRILL ON ATORA?

The jack-up Trident IV is in the running for the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.1999

Angola
KUITO IN PRODUCTION IN NOVEMBER

Chevron is to put Kuito, a first development in block [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Angola
CHEVRON PLANNING TWO NEW WELLS

Chevron is seeking a semi-submersible or drillship to drill two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Nigeria
CHEVRON NEEDS SECOND JACK-UP

Chevron is in the market for a jack-up for a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.1999

Angola
CHEVON SEEKS TWO OTHER JACK-UPS FOR THE MOMENT

Chevron has invited tenders for two jack-up contracts for drilling [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Angola
CHEVRON TO KEEP THREE JACK-UPS OUT OF FOUR

Cabinda Gulf Oil has not received approval to extend its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.1999

Ghana, Nigeria
CHEVRON FORMULA FOR WAGP

Chevron has been officially named head of the West African Gas Pipeline project linking Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Togo. The [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.1999

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
TECHNIP'S LOCAL CONTENT CARD

Technip plans to set up an engineering affiliate in Luanda in which Angola's national oil company, Sonangal, will hold a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.06.1999

West Africa
WAGP PUSHES AHEAD

A feasibility study on the West African Gas Pipeline project that the scheme's promoters handed to the German company Pipeline [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.06.1999

South Africa
SASOL-CHEVRON PACT ON SYNTHETIC OIL PRODUCTS

An agreement between Sasol and Chevron on gas-to-liquids cooperation announced [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.06.1999

Nigeria
CHEVRON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Chevron has teamed up with the International Foundation for Education [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.06.1999

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

Angola
CHEVRON EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH TRIDENT XIV

Chevron/CABGOC has extended its contract with the jack-up Trident XIV [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
SHELL, CHEVRON AND AGIP CEASE IN-SHORE OPERATIONS

The swamp barges Searex IV and Searex VI have been [...]

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
CHEVRON REDUCES JACK-UP FLEET UNTIL MAY

Chevron/Cabinda Gulf has released the R&B Falcon jack-up Randolph Yost. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.1999

Angola
NEW CONTRACT FROM CHEVRON FOR ETPM

ETPM, the offshore engineering and construction affiliate of France's Suez-Lyonaisse [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.1999

Angola
CHEVRON TO DRILL WITH OCEAN ALLIANCE

Chevron has secured a new rig for drilling in Angola's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.1999

Angola
BLOCK O TO PROVIDE 600,000 BPD

Initial development of the Kuito field on Angola's block 14 is going to be put back relative to earlier indications [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

Angola
CHEVRON RELEASES PETROBRAS XVI AND LIMITS ITSELF TO FOUR JACK-UPS

Chevron was to have released the semi Petrobras XVI at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.1999

Nigeria
CHEVRON RELINQUISHES ONE OF TWO JACK-UPS

The jack-up Noble Lloyd Noble has completed its contract with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.1998

Spotlight | West Africa
LAST OBSTACLES TO GAS PIPELINE

Of the three regional gas or gas-electricity projects that could be completed by the end of the decade in sub-Saharan Africa the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPG) based on reserves in Nigeria, where 2 billion cu.

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.1998

Angola
BRAKE ON EXPLORATION ON BLOCK 14

Chevron Angola has dropped plans to fix a semi for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.1998

Ghana
KMR A CLIENT FOR REGIONAL PIPELINE

Like the Takaradi-Aboadse power station, the 220 MW, combined cycle station presently being built at Tema by a consortium made [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.11.1998

Gabon
VANCO SEEKS MAJOR PARTNER

Total has been sounded out by Vanco Energy as a possible partner to help explore and begin oil production on [...]

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

Angola
TRIDENT IV TAKES BREAK

The Sedco Forex jack-up Trident IV is taking a break [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.1998

Nigeria
NNPC GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO RIG CONTRACT EXTENSION

NNPC has approved a two-year extension of Chevron's contract with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.1998

Canada
SOCIR CAUGHT UP IN REBELLION

When the Kabila regime's former allies overran Moanda in the offensive they launched on Aug. 4 Kinshasa's supplies of oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Sudan
ARAKIS SEEKS A BUYER

Arakis Energy Corp. is still finding it hard to raise funding and is even thinking of selling out to a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Canada
CHEVRON TO DRILL AGAIN

Chevron DRC will shortly resume drilling in the Democratic Republic [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.1998

Nigeria
CHEVRON EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR SANTA FE RIG

Subject to approval from NNPC, Chevron wants to extend its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.1998

West Africa
JACK-UP MARKET INCREASINGLY SOFT

After Mobil's decision to cut back its drilling operations in offshore Nigeria by the end of 1998 at depths of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.1998

Angola
BOUYGUES LANDS CONTRACT

The French group Bouygues Angola has won a $2.8 million [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.1998

Nigeria
CHEVRON PUTS OPOLO INTO PRODUCTION

Chevron Nigeria, which hopes to boost its production by 10% [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Gabon
MARATHON MOVES FAST ON KOWE

Marathon is pushing ahead with exploration on its Kowe licence – it is currently drilling a well on the Mpando [...]