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The World Bank has selected a consortium of consultants led by Mott MacDonald of the UK to perform an economic, financial, and technical assessment of the 1,870MW Gibe 3 hydropower project on the Omo River (AE 132/9). The signing of a contract with the consortium also comprising Sogreah of France and the local AG Consult is pending negotiation of a final contract price.

UK-registered Victoria Oil & Gas Plc (VOG) said on 28 October it had agreed a 12-month option to acquire Falcon Petroleum Ltd, which has assets in Ethiopia and Mali (AE 147/16). VOG is making efforts to

Austria’s OMV has made a condensate and gas find with the Sourour-1 exploration well in the Jenein Sud exploration permit, the fourth discovery in the permit within the last two years.

ALGERIA: Larbâa on stream by end-2009; ETHIOPIA: EEPCo seeks Geba dam EOIs; ETHIOPIA: Construction manager sought for Chemoga-Yeda; GHANA: VRA tender; NIGERIA: Nerc licenses IPP to supply industrial plant, grid

Canadian upstream junior Calvalley Petroleum has signed an agreement for the exploration, development and production of the Gimbi and Metema blocks, in the west adjacent to the border with Sudan. The blocks fall under a single contract that covers a total area of some 46,470km2.

rance’s Vergnet has signed a E210m ($286m) contract with Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) to supply 120 wind turbines for what it says is sub-Saharan Africa’s largest wind farm, to be developed at Ashegoda, in the northern highlands.

Ultra-deep find for BP, deep discovery for Eni; Roc drilling; NW Gemsa well hits oil, gas; Lundin PSC farm-out; MPDC seeks partners, New Maurel & Prom find; Petronas signs for two Rovuma Basin blocks

The African Development Bank’s soft lending arm, the African Development Fund, has approved a combined loan and grant of $32.57m towards the cost of the Ethiopia-Djibouti interconnector (AE 123/4).

DR CONGO: Oil Ministry to meter production; EQUATORIAL GUINEA: CNOOC rig contract; ETHIOPIA: Aero survey plans; LIBYA: More RWE discoveries; LIBYA: Hellenic sells up; LIBYA: Punj Lloyd rig contract; NAMIBIA: Seismicl plans; SIERRA LEONE: Elixir hits snag on SL-4; TUNISIA: Ashtart upgrade contract

Epsilon Energy International Ltd has hired New Resolution Geophysics from South Africa to conduct a 27,500km2 aero-gravity and aeromagnetic survey over a portion of its Northwest Study Area. The survey is expected to start in October. The US company, which also has acreage in Yemen, signed a one-year study agreement for the 154,872km2 area in the north-west of the country in June.

Bouygues Construction unit ETDE has won a €50m ($71m) contract to renovate the grid in Addis Ababa (AE 123/1). The capital’s mainly overhead power lines are to be replaced by a more secure, mainly underground network to improve power supply to the city’s 4m inhabitants. ETDE said work on the World Bank-financed project had already begun and was expected to take 22 months.

Falcon Petroleum Ltd, a company with Middle Eastern backing said to be registered in Cyprus, has been awarded three blocks in Amhara Regional State. Minister of Mines and Energy Alemayehu Tegenu said the initial exploration period was four years.

The Ministry of Mines and Energy and the US’ Titan Resources Corporation, owned by Nelson ‘Bunker’ Hunt, have signed two production-sharing agreements covering acreage in the Ogaden and Abay basins, which were offered in an open tender earlier this year (AE 141/18).

CBM pilot drilling; EEPCo seeks Gilgel Gibe 3 links;Accra looks to nuclear power; Gurara Falls HEP scheme; Rural electrification tenders; Gariep hydro rehab; AfDB financing

Cabinda South find, Lukoil plans, Lotshi survey, RWE gas find in North El Amriya, Woodside find in Libya; Sweden’s PA Resources has spudded a second well on the Didon field; Eurogas drills on Sfax permit