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New 2010 report & seminar

Libya’s Energy Future: Industry and Political risk outlook was launched at a Chatham House seminar in London on 20 July.

Based on African Energy’s unparalleled track record in following Libya’s energy story and careful, originally sourced reporting from Libya and global markets, this updated and enlarged special report analyses the major issues and the financial and political trends influencing development of Libya's energy industries.
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A detailed guide to electrification in Africa

A 400-page study published in Paris by Karthala, L’Electricité au Coeur des Défis Africains (available in French only) includes an overview of the continental electricity supply industry and examples of generation, transmission and distribution projects. A chapter on decentralised rural electrification is followed by another on the establishment of decentralised services companies.

The book draws on articles and materials from a number of experts and sources, including African Energy.

Order a copy now, priced €36 / £30 plus postage and packing. Email: nick@africa-energy.com

 

AfricaHardball is an executive dialogue that brings together policy-makers, industry leaders and analysts to discuss the key political issues affecting the African energy industry in frank and open terms.

The last AfricaHardball roundtable was held on 29 June, prior to the start of EnergyNet Ltd’s annual Africa Energy Forum (AEF), in Basel.
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Issue 132, 8 February 2008

How BP’s Libya deal got back on track

The ratification of BP’s $900m gas exploration contract with National Oil Corporation (NOC) returns British relations with Libya to an even keel. As African Energy exclusively reported in November, Libyan Leader Muammar Qadhafi halted the deal to pressure the UK into allowing Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohammed Al-Megrahi to be repatriated (AE 126/1). He approved BP’s contract after Justice Minister Jack Straw confirmed that Megrahi would not be excluded from a general accord on prisoner repatriation agreed with Libya last year. Megrahi’s conviction is being reviewed by Scottish appeal judges. If Libya asks for his return, Scottish Executive ministers will have the final say. An informed source in Tripoli says the government is building a house for Megrahi, anticipating his return.

A senior British source told African Energy it had been “a pleasant surprise when the green light was given”. But one informed observer noted that the spat had allowed French President Nicolas Sarkozy to capture the advantage won by the UK in assisting Libya’s diplomatic rehabilitation in 2003. “All the capital gained has gone with the wind. If the British hadn’t signed now they would have been left behind,” he said – and other possible contracts, including arms deals, had also been jeopardised.


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