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Nigeria
EIB LOAN FOR OSO CONFIRMED

The European Investment Bank confirmed in December its contribution to financing the Oso condensate development project, in Nigeria's offshore. Its [...]

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Energy

Kenya
Détails of a new energy project in Kenya

On 29 June, the board of administration of the World [...]

Subscribers only 30.04.2004

Eritrea
Power-distribution Project

Along with several bilateral donors ($15 million), the International Development Association (IDA, World Bank branch) is preparing a $25 million [...]

Subscribers only 17.10.2003

Mozambique
The IFC Deep in Gas

The International Finance Corporation (branch of the World Bank) will help Mozambique finance the exploitation of Temane and Pande's gas.

Subscribers only 01.08.2003

Tanzania
World Bank behind Songo Songo

Financed by the World Bank and lead by a company in which the Bank has interests, Songo Songo's gas project will be implemented by an equipment supplier?financed by the World Bank.

Subscribers only 20.06.2003

Eritrea
Large IDA Loan for Education

The International Development Association (IDA, World Bank branch) has planned to grant a $50 million-loan to the Eritrean government for [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.04.2003

Nigeria
MOBIL TAKES BACK TWO JACK-UPS AND WILL REACH FIVE NEXT YEAR

Mobil has fixed the jack-up Noble Percy Johns for one [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.1999

Equatorial Guinea
DOZEN FPSO OFFERS TO TRITON

Triton Energy, which is taking a "super fast track" to [...]

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

Nigeria
MOBIL SIGNS UP FOR ADRIATIC VIII AGAIN

Mobil has signed a new contract with Global Marine for [...]

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

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

New Zealand
OPEN CONFLICT WITH ERHC

The Sao Tome government has started legal action for "slander" [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.1999

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL RELEASES ALEUTIAN KEY

Mobil has released the semi-submersible Aleutian Key after a contract [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.1999

Africa
PRICE UPTURN FUELS HOPES

The oil price has recovered strongly and hopes are rising [...]

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

Africa
EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

Exatrade is interested in extending its activities to the mining sector, concedes the South African trading company. But in fact [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.06.1999

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL PLANS THREE EXPLORATION WELLS

Mobil has a requirement for a semi to drill up [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.06.1999

Nigeria
MOBIL RELEASES ANOTHER JACK-UP

Mobil Nigeria is releasing the jack-up Trident VI next week [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.1999

Nigeria
MOBIL TO RELEASE TOMMY CRAIGHEAD IN MAY

Mobil Nigeria has given Noble Drilling notice that it is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.1999

Gabon
MOBIL TURNS ALEUTHIAN KEY OVER TO ARCO FOR A WELL

Arco has agreed terms with Mobil to take a sublet [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.1999

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

Algeria
MOBIL QUITS ITS LAST PERMIT

Mobil has decided to wrap up exploration in Algeria until [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.1998

Nigeria
AMNI DISCUSSES GAS PROJECT WITH MOBIL

The local firm Amni Petroleum, which is continuing to produce [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.1998

Equatorial Guinea
FLEXIBLE BIDDING TERMS

A new invitation by the government to tender for exploration acreage and covering all available blocks in the deep offshore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.1998

Africa
SEMI-SUB SHIFT CANCELLED

Amoco has dropped plans to mobilize the DP drillship Discovery 543 from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to drill a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.1998

Nigeria
MOBIL CUTS SHORT CONTRACT

Mobil Nigeria has issued notice of early termination of its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.1998

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

Equatorial Guinea
FINDS BY OCEAN AND MOBIL

Ocean Energy (formerly UMC) has struck oil on block D in Equatorial Guinea's offshore in which it acquired a 100% [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.11.1998

Nigeria
FOUR JACK-UPS FOR MOBIL IN 1999

Mobil has committed to new contracts with three jack-up rigs [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.11.1998

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL SEEKS SEMI

Mobil has checked the market for semi availability for a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.1998

New Zealand
MOBIL-STPETRO ACCORD

Mobil has signed a technical assistance agreement that commits Mobil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.1998

Nigeria
OSO II IN SERVICE

The second phase of the Oso development project centered on the production of NGL has been commissioned. Output began at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Sao Tome and Principe
MOBIL GET A HEAD START

Mobil has won a serious option on all 22 blocks in the deep offshore that Sao Tome & Principe is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.1998

Nigeria
MOBIL SUBLETS SEMI-SUB FOR DEEP OFFSHORE

After changing its mind about offering slots for rigs at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.1998

Nigeria
MOBIL RELEASES JACK-UP BUT LIFTS FOOT ON BRAKE

AEM understands that Mobil Nigeria has given six months notice [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.1998

Nigeria
MOBIL/NNPC DRILLING HALT?

Mobil is meeting some success in farming out its jack-up fleet to other operators in West Africa to enable it [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.1998

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

Equatorial Guinea
PERCY JOHNS COULD DRILL FOR MOBIL

Mobil Nigeria is continuing to seek sublet opportunities for the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.1998

Nigeria
MOBIL TO CUT BACK JACK-UP OPERATIONS

Mobil is planning to back on its jack-up operations in offshore Nigeria for the rest of 1998, AEM understands. The [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.1998

Equatorial Guinea
AGREEMENT WITH MOBIL MODIFIED

Negotiations that began in early February between the government and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.1998

Nigeria
TOTAL SIGNS UP FOR KADUNA

After lengthy negotiations Total and the National Nigerian Petroleum Corp (NNPC) have just confirmed an agreement following a memorandum of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.03.1998

Equatorial Guinea
ATWOOD EAGLE LEAVES

The semi-submersible Atwood Eagle left Equatoral Guinea on March 4 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.03.1998

Equatorial Guinea
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO MODIFY MOBIL CONTRACT

The Equatorial Guinea government has asked that a contract with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.1998

Spotlight | Nigeria
OIL WATERS UNRUFFLED

The supposed putsch in Nigeria on Dec. 21 stirred some media interest but only briefly. From the oil standpoint, however, the re-appearance of oil minister Don Etiebet in the government formed on Dec. 16 when he had been scheduled to [.

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.1997

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL IS TO CONTINUE DRILLING WITH ALEUTIAN KEY

Mobil has signed a contract extending its contract for Aleutian [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.11.1997

South Africa
MOBIL RETURNS

Mobil is coming back to South Africa in the lubricants [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.1997

Equatorial Guinea
ZAFIRO TO JUMP TO 120,000 BPD

Production on Zafiro (Mobil operator, UMC) which began in August, 1996 is expected to reach 80,000 bpd at the end [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.1997

Nigeria
MOBIL FIXES NEW JACK-UPS

No sooner had Mobil Nigeria released the C.E. Thornton than it was back in the market looking for a replacement [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.10.1997

Angola
AMOCO TO DRILL WITH ROBERT F. BAUER

Amoco has fixed the drillship Robert F. Bauer from the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

Nigeria
NNPC CONCERNED

There are early signs that NNPC is becoming concerned about the drift of drilling units out of Nigeria and the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.1997

Ivory Coast
JUST CREATED EXPRONET COMES IN

Expronet, a company set up in June by two former bosses of United Meridian and registered in the Cayman Islands, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.1997

Nigeria
A $4.7 BILLION SHOPPING LIST

Regardless of whether NNPC falls behind with cash calls or not Nigeria's offshore equipment market remains huge. That was amply [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.1997

Equatorial Guinea
ZAFIRO FLAT OUT BY YEAR'S END

The Zafiro field system that was put into production on Aug. 25 of last year will reach its full capacity [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.1997

Nigeria
MOBIL TO DRILL AGAIN IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Mobil plans to drill in Nigeria's deep offshore again in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.06.1997

Nigeria
STORM CLOUDS GATHERING

Nigeria's oil ministry announced the immediate termination of Ashland's production sharing contracts on June 13. The reason was the sale [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.06.1997

Nigeria
R.F. BAUER TO MAKE SIDE-TRIP TO NIGERIA

It has been confirmed the drillship Glomar Robert F. Bauer [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Nigeria
TEXACO TO DRILL WITH OCEAN VALIANT NEXT YEAR

Texaco Nigeria will use the fourth-generation semi submersible Ocean Valiant [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Libya, Nigeria, Sudan
SANCTIONS SLAMMED AGAIN

Paul Hoenmans, vice-president of Mobil Corp.,took up arms again in Calgary on May 14 against the prospect of American sanctions [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.1997

Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
PLANS FOR EAGLE AND ROBERT BAUER

Mobil has exercised the first of two six month options [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Equatorial Guinea
DISCOVERY FOR UMC

United Meridian Corp (UMC) has just recorded a discovery on its exploration program on Equatorial Guinea's block D where it [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.1997

Equatorial Guinea
SIXTH DISCOVERY FOR MOBIL

Mobil has just made a new discovery four kilometers north-east [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.1997

Nigeria
MOBIL CUTS BACK FLEET

Mobil is cutting back its jack-up fleet in Nigeria to five rigs from seven recently and even eight in 1996. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.1997

Mauritania
HARDMAN KNOCKS ON MAJORS' DOOR

Taking its cue from UMIC in Ivory Coast which used a springboard tactic to promote the already-known Lion-Panthere prospect, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.1997

Nigeria
MOBIL SLOWS DOWN DRILLING

AEM understands that Mobil is considering cutting back its drilling operations in Nigeria's offshore in response to the persistent failure [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Nigeria
THE AMENAN-KPONO BATTLE

To develop or not to develop? The answer would have to be yes because what else could be done with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.1997

Equatorial Guinea
NEW DISCOVERY FOR MOBIL; CONTRACT FOR SAIBOS

Mobil's IQI-105 well on B block in Equatorial Guinea's offshore, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.02.1997

Angola
ANGOLA YARD FOR ETPM

The offshore joint venture McDermott-ETPM West headed by the French partner, ETPM International (66% owned by GTM Entrepose, 33% by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.1997

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL TO MAINTAIN PRODUCTION PACE

That Mobil will maintain a very active drilling program in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.1997

Angola, Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL TO KEEP ROBERT F BAUER

Mobil has exercised the first of two six-month options extending [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.1997

Equatorial Guinea
SCRAMBLE AT MALABO

As Equatorial Guinea is a small country with rich oil prospects several big groups are scrambling to install the first [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.1996

Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast
MOBIL TO BUY ZAFIRO FPSO

Mobil Oil Equatorial Guinea will exercise its option by the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.1996

Spotlight | West Africa
WEST AFRICA: COMPETITION CARRIES THE DAY

Initial exploration in West Africa's deep offshore has proved encouraging but because of the huge investments involved it would be best for host countries to display more flexibility regarding E&P contracts. That view, voiced by Lambert Ona Ovono, deputy CEO [.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Nigeria
MOBIL COMPLETES NIGERIA JACK-UP CONTRACT RENEWALS

Mobil Nigeria has confirmed the renewal of the jack-up Trident [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.1996

Angola
MOBIL ASSIGNS R.F.BAUER TO SHELL FOR WELL

Mobil, which has Global Marine's drillship Robert F Bauer on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Nigeria
MOBIL SEEKS OR EXTENDS JACK-UP CONTRACTS

Mobil has issued letters of intent for a number of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.10.1996

Equatorial Guinea
ZAFIRO RESERVES A STATE SECRET

Can Equatorial Guinea's government be persuaded that it won't be able to shroud the country's oil reserves in secrecy indefinitely [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.09.1996

Kenya
MOBIL OIL TIPTOES BACK

US oil major Mobil Oil has tiptoed through the tulips and back onto the Kenyan hydrocarbon market, ten years after [...]

Subscribers only 14.09.1996

Kenya
MOBIL BUYS ESSO NETWORK

Esso has just sold its marketing assets in Kenya to Mobil. The company already had downstream assets in Africa only [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.09.1996

Cameroon
PERENCO FINALIZES KRIBI SCHEME

The Perenco company, which made its debut in Cameroon in 1993 by acquiring Total's interests in the Moudi field, has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.09.1996

Congo
ELF/SHELL/TEXACO FAVORED

Elf, Shell and Texaco which presented a joint bid for Congolaise de Raffinage (Coraf) and Congo's marketing network, are in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.09.1996

Central African Republic
STATE CONFIRMS CONTROL OF PETROCA

The nomination, expected in recent days, of a new general [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.08.1996

Nigeria
MOBIL LOOKING FOR TENDERS FOR 3-6 JACK-UPS

Mobil has issued tender invitations for long-term contracts for between [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.08.1996

Equatorial Guinea
PLANS FOR ZAFIRO

Oceaneering is getting a shipyard in Portugal to put the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.1996

Angola
R.F. BAUER IN ANGOLA FOR MOBIL

The drillship Glomar Robert F. Bauer arrived on location in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.1996

Nigeria
CONTRACTS FOR MCDERMOTT-ETPM

McDermott-ETPM International, a new company formed last year following a re-organization of joint ventures between the American group and the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.06.1996

Spotlight | South Africa
ENGEN-PETRONAS PACT A SPRINGBOARD?

Mobil had clearly been keen on acquiring a holding in Engen, a company created following Gencor's 1989 purchase of the refinery and distribution assets of the U.S. group's South African and southern African affiliate Trek.

Subscribers only Energy 26.06.1996

Equatorial Guinea
ZAFIRO TO HIT 80,000 BPD

The Zafiro oil field that will go into production in August at an initial 40,000 bpd will hit a level [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.06.1996

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

South Africa
BAUER FOR MOSSGAS RE-COMPLETION

The drillship Glomar Robert F. Bauer has arrived in Port [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.05.1996

Sudan
KHARTOUM AND THE OIL DISTRIBUTORS

After having asked the four petroleum product distribution companies (Agip, Mobil, Nile Petroleum Co, Shell) at the beginning of February [...]

Subscribers only 23.03.1996

Nigeria
OSO II PROJECT NOW 22% COMPLETED

The Mobil-NNPC joint venture has started building storage and loading [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.1996

Djibouti
MOHAMED HERRADI

A Moroccan national who has spent his whole career with Mobil Oil Morocco, Mohamed El Mehdi Herradi has been appointed [...]

Subscribers only 09.03.1996

Congo, Gabon
A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR ELF AND MARATHON

Elf has fixed the Global Marine jack-up Transocean 5 (to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.1996

West Africa
MOBIL BRINGS IN NEW SUB

Mobil is carrying through its project to bring an additional semi-submersible to West Africa for work in Equatorial Guinea. The [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.1996

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

Angola
ONE MILLION BPD TARGETED

New oil fields are going to be developed in Angola, Joachim David, Sonangol's managing director, confirmed implicitly in mid-December when [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.1996

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL SEEKS THIRD PLATFORM FOR 1996

After lining up two drilling rigs for exploration and for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.1995

West Africa
DEEP OFFSHORE PUSHES EXPLORATION

The deep offshore will continue to serve as the main arena of exploration activity off Western Africa. Elf's discovery of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.1995

Nigeria
LNG PROJECT SHELVED AGAIN?

The execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other pro-Ogoni activists after they were sentenced to death on Nov. 6 on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.1995

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ANALYST'S NOTEBOOK TRACKS CRIME

Some months ago Mobil's investigative and business analysis unit based at the oil company's headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, was warned [...]

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Kenya Détails of a new energy project in Kenya

Eritrea Power-distribution Project

Mozambique The IFC Deep in Gas

Tanzania World Bank behind Songo Songo

Eritrea Large IDA Loan for Education

Nigeria MOBIL TAKES BACK TWO JACK-UPS AND WILL REACH FIVE NEXT YEAR

Equatorial Guinea DOZEN FPSO OFFERS TO TRITON

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

Nigeria MOBIL SIGNS UP FOR ADRIATIC VIII AGAIN

Angola OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

Spotlight | Ivory Coast NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

New Zealand OPEN CONFLICT WITH ERHC

Equatorial Guinea MOBIL RELEASES ALEUTIAN KEY

Africa PRICE UPTURN FUELS HOPES

Spotlight | Africa, France TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

Africa EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

Equatorial Guinea MOBIL PLANS THREE EXPLORATION WELLS

Nigeria MOBIL RELEASES ANOTHER JACK-UP

Nigeria MOBIL TO RELEASE TOMMY CRAIGHEAD IN MAY

Gabon MOBIL TURNS ALEUTHIAN KEY OVER TO ARCO FOR A WELL

Africa, United States DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

Algeria MOBIL QUITS ITS LAST PERMIT

Nigeria AMNI DISCUSSES GAS PROJECT WITH MOBIL

Equatorial Guinea FLEXIBLE BIDDING TERMS

Africa SEMI-SUB SHIFT CANCELLED

Nigeria MOBIL CUTS SHORT CONTRACT

Spotlight SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

Equatorial Guinea FINDS BY OCEAN AND MOBIL

Nigeria FOUR JACK-UPS FOR MOBIL IN 1999

Equatorial Guinea MOBIL SEEKS SEMI

New Zealand MOBIL-STPETRO ACCORD

Nigeria OSO II IN SERVICE

Sao Tome and Principe MOBIL GET A HEAD START

Nigeria MOBIL SUBLETS SEMI-SUB FOR DEEP OFFSHORE

Nigeria MOBIL RELEASES JACK-UP BUT LIFTS FOOT ON BRAKE

Nigeria MOBIL/NNPC DRILLING HALT?

West Africa JACK-UP MARKET INCREASINGLY SOFT

Equatorial Guinea PERCY JOHNS COULD DRILL FOR MOBIL

Nigeria MOBIL TO CUT BACK JACK-UP OPERATIONS

Equatorial Guinea AGREEMENT WITH MOBIL MODIFIED

Nigeria TOTAL SIGNS UP FOR KADUNA

Equatorial Guinea ATWOOD EAGLE LEAVES

Equatorial Guinea GOVERNMENT WANTS TO MODIFY MOBIL CONTRACT

Spotlight | Nigeria OIL WATERS UNRUFFLED

Equatorial Guinea MOBIL IS TO CONTINUE DRILLING WITH ALEUTIAN KEY

South Africa MOBIL RETURNS

Equatorial Guinea ZAFIRO TO JUMP TO 120,000 BPD

Nigeria MOBIL FIXES NEW JACK-UPS

Angola AMOCO TO DRILL WITH ROBERT F. BAUER

Nigeria NNPC CONCERNED

Ivory Coast JUST CREATED EXPRONET COMES IN

Nigeria A $4.7 BILLION SHOPPING LIST

Equatorial Guinea ZAFIRO FLAT OUT BY YEAR'S END

Nigeria MOBIL TO DRILL AGAIN IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Nigeria STORM CLOUDS GATHERING

Nigeria R.F. BAUER TO MAKE SIDE-TRIP TO NIGERIA

Nigeria TEXACO TO DRILL WITH OCEAN VALIANT NEXT YEAR

Libya, Nigeria, Sudan SANCTIONS SLAMMED AGAIN

Equatorial Guinea, Gabon PLANS FOR EAGLE AND ROBERT BAUER

Equatorial Guinea DISCOVERY FOR UMC

Equatorial Guinea SIXTH DISCOVERY FOR MOBIL

Nigeria MOBIL CUTS BACK FLEET

Mauritania HARDMAN KNOCKS ON MAJORS' DOOR

Nigeria MOBIL SLOWS DOWN DRILLING

Nigeria THE AMENAN-KPONO BATTLE

Equatorial Guinea NEW DISCOVERY FOR MOBIL; CONTRACT FOR SAIBOS

Angola ANGOLA YARD FOR ETPM

Equatorial Guinea MOBIL TO MAINTAIN PRODUCTION PACE

Angola, Equatorial Guinea MOBIL TO KEEP ROBERT F BAUER

Equatorial Guinea SCRAMBLE AT MALABO

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Nigeria
EIB LOAN FOR OSO CONFIRMED

Kenya
Détails of a new energy project in Kenya

Eritrea
Power-distribution Project

Mozambique
The IFC Deep in Gas

Tanzania
World Bank behind Songo Songo

Eritrea
Large IDA Loan for Education

Nigeria
MOBIL TAKES BACK TWO JACK-UPS AND WILL REACH FIVE NEXT YEAR

Equatorial Guinea
DOZEN FPSO OFFERS TO TRITON

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

Nigeria
MOBIL SIGNS UP FOR ADRIATIC VIII AGAIN

Angola
OCEAN ALLIANCE TO DRILL FOR CHEVRON

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
NEWCOMER EDGES INTO OIL PICTURE

New Zealand
OPEN CONFLICT WITH ERHC

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL RELEASES ALEUTIAN KEY

Africa
PRICE UPTURN FUELS HOPES

Spotlight | Africa, France
TOTALFIN/ELF FALLOUT FOR AFRICA

Africa
EXATRADE-JOVENNA ON THE MOVE

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL PLANS THREE EXPLORATION WELLS

Nigeria
MOBIL RELEASES ANOTHER JACK-UP

Nigeria
MOBIL TO RELEASE TOMMY CRAIGHEAD IN MAY

Gabon
MOBIL TURNS ALEUTHIAN KEY OVER TO ARCO FOR A WELL

Africa, United States
DRAFTING AN OIL POLICY?

Algeria
MOBIL QUITS ITS LAST PERMIT

Nigeria
AMNI DISCUSSES GAS PROJECT WITH MOBIL

Equatorial Guinea
FLEXIBLE BIDDING TERMS

Africa
SEMI-SUB SHIFT CANCELLED

Nigeria
MOBIL CUTS SHORT CONTRACT

Spotlight
SIZING UP MEGA MERGER IMPACT ON AFRICA

Equatorial Guinea
FINDS BY OCEAN AND MOBIL

Nigeria
FOUR JACK-UPS FOR MOBIL IN 1999

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL SEEKS SEMI

New Zealand
MOBIL-STPETRO ACCORD

Nigeria
OSO II IN SERVICE

Sao Tome and Principe
MOBIL GET A HEAD START

Nigeria
MOBIL SUBLETS SEMI-SUB FOR DEEP OFFSHORE

Nigeria
MOBIL RELEASES JACK-UP BUT LIFTS FOOT ON BRAKE

Nigeria
MOBIL/NNPC DRILLING HALT?

West Africa
JACK-UP MARKET INCREASINGLY SOFT

Equatorial Guinea
PERCY JOHNS COULD DRILL FOR MOBIL

Nigeria
MOBIL TO CUT BACK JACK-UP OPERATIONS

Equatorial Guinea
AGREEMENT WITH MOBIL MODIFIED

Nigeria
TOTAL SIGNS UP FOR KADUNA

Equatorial Guinea
ATWOOD EAGLE LEAVES

Equatorial Guinea
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO MODIFY MOBIL CONTRACT

Spotlight | Nigeria
OIL WATERS UNRUFFLED

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL IS TO CONTINUE DRILLING WITH ALEUTIAN KEY

South Africa
MOBIL RETURNS

Equatorial Guinea
ZAFIRO TO JUMP TO 120,000 BPD

Nigeria
MOBIL FIXES NEW JACK-UPS

Angola
AMOCO TO DRILL WITH ROBERT F. BAUER

Nigeria
NNPC CONCERNED

Ivory Coast
JUST CREATED EXPRONET COMES IN

Nigeria
A $4.7 BILLION SHOPPING LIST

Equatorial Guinea
ZAFIRO FLAT OUT BY YEAR'S END

Nigeria
MOBIL TO DRILL AGAIN IN DEEP OFFSHORE

Nigeria
STORM CLOUDS GATHERING

Nigeria
R.F. BAUER TO MAKE SIDE-TRIP TO NIGERIA

Nigeria
TEXACO TO DRILL WITH OCEAN VALIANT NEXT YEAR

Libya, Nigeria, Sudan
SANCTIONS SLAMMED AGAIN

Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
PLANS FOR EAGLE AND ROBERT BAUER

Equatorial Guinea
DISCOVERY FOR UMC

Equatorial Guinea
SIXTH DISCOVERY FOR MOBIL

Nigeria
MOBIL CUTS BACK FLEET

Mauritania
HARDMAN KNOCKS ON MAJORS' DOOR

Nigeria
MOBIL SLOWS DOWN DRILLING

Nigeria
THE AMENAN-KPONO BATTLE

Equatorial Guinea
NEW DISCOVERY FOR MOBIL; CONTRACT FOR SAIBOS

Angola
ANGOLA YARD FOR ETPM

Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL TO MAINTAIN PRODUCTION PACE

Angola, Equatorial Guinea
MOBIL TO KEEP ROBERT F BAUER

Equatorial Guinea
SCRAMBLE AT MALABO

Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast
MOBIL TO BUY ZAFIRO FPSO

Spotlight | West Africa
WEST AFRICA: COMPETITION CARRIES THE DAY

Nigeria
MOBIL COMPLETES NIGERIA JACK-UP CONTRACT RENEWALS

Angola
MOBIL ASSIGNS R.F.BAUER TO SHELL FOR WELL

Nigeria
MOBIL SEEKS OR EXTENDS JACK-UP CONTRACTS

Equatorial Guinea
ZAFIRO RESERVES A STATE SECRET

Kenya
MOBIL OIL TIPTOES BACK