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Donors have agreed $53m of finance for the Liberia Electricity System Enhancement Project, which aims to improve access to power as the country recovers from civil war

Construction work on the milestone 36MW wood-chip burning power plant in Monrovia is set to begin in early 2011, according to its sponsor

Move by the US major puts a couple of small players in an enviable position in one of the West Coast Transform Margin’s emerging E&P plays, writes Thalia Griffiths

BHP Billiton/ArcelorMittal iron ore deal off; Egyptian minister becomes World Bank MD; Kihansi toads to return to wild

Major West Africa player Chevron has signalled its continued support for the region by farming into Liberia, where companies are hoping to replicate Tullow Oil and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s success

Scottish engineering contractor Motherwell Bridge has announced a $22m contract with Liberian Petroleum Refining Company for the building and refurbishment of oil storage tanks

ANGOLA: Top crude supplier to China; LIBERIA/NIGERIA: Crude supply deal

Buchanan Renewables Fuel and two new Swedish co-investors are setting up a scheme to convert old rubber trees to woodchip for fuel to fire a 36MW power plant in Monrovia, as well as for export, writes Kevin Godier

The International Finance Corporation’s IFC Asset Management Company has announced the first investment by the IFC African, Latin American and Caribbean (Alac) Fund, committing up to $35m in equity to support the modernisation and expansion of HeidelbergCement in West Africa.

An international call for expressions of interest (EoIs) has been issued for work to prepare for the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant project

Pushing for more HCB electricity; Power grid for irrigation; Power prices rise; Solar power for Lofa police; Nexans cable links Pemba to mainland

Canada’s Manitoba Hydro International (MHI) has won a five-year management contract to help rebuild Monrovia’s war-shattered electricity services and connect at least 30,000 new customers in the capital.

Vancouver-based Simba Energy has completed an oil seep survey on its onshore reconnaissance licence and is applying to convert the licence into a production-sharing contract (AE 164/15).

After a difficult period of collapsing financing and often disappointing results, African biofuels investors believe markets are set to improve so they can launch new export and domestic fuel and power projects, write François Misser and Jon Marks

DANA GAS: New find as Egypt output tops 40,000 boe/d; KNOWLEDGE KATTI: Namibian consolidation; RANGE RESOURCES: Rights issue; FRANK TIMIS: Listings planned despite AIM ‘witch hunt’