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PetroVietnam/PTTEP JV plans $2bn investment; AMEC JV in training initiative; Block 31 yields 17th discovery; Lukoil/Vanco drilling; San Leon to convert Zag licence; Chariot completes seismic, woos partners; Aje field deemed commercial; Petrodar to bring new field on stream

Eni to fund transmission work; New turbine for Vridi plant; Nuwaiba turbine generator tender; First two turbines start up at Merowe; Tanesco seeks procurement advisor

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation has signed contracts totalling $31.4m with Bosnia’s Energoinvest and Iran’s Sunir to build transmission lines and substations to link its grid with Sudan (AE 154/9).

The announcement that a Dubai company is to ‘invest $16bn’ in Nigeria serves as a reminder of the extent that Gulf investors have sought out new business in Africa.

As the deadline for solving the toughest challenges of Sudan’s peace agreement looms, both north and south are facing sharp falls in oil income, writes Thalia Griffiths.

Having failed to secure oil acreage in the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) region, New York-based Jarch Management Group has purchased a 70% interest in Leac For Agriculture And Investment Company Ltd, a Southern Sudanese company incorporated in Juba.

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation has awarded contracts for an interconnection with Sudan. Bosnia’s Energoinvest will build the 230kV line, while Iran’s Sunir will reinforce existing substations in northern Ethiopia. The 297km line will run from Bahir Dar to Gondar and Shehedi, then to the Sudanese border.

CAMEROON: Andritz VA Tech Hydro wins refurb order; EGYPT: AfDB loan for Ain Sokhna; EGYPT: Bechtel gets nuclear design and consultancy contract; EGYPT: Transmission order for KEC; GHANA: Gas-to-power plans; MOZAMBIQUE: EU-backed capacity-building TA work; NAMIBIA: NamPower tenders Ruacana IV civil works; NAMIBIA: EIB/EU support for NamPower, Caprivi interconnector; NIGER: Areva to mine Imouraren uranium; NIGERIA: Business lobby plans 30MW wind farm; SUDAN: Talks on co-operation with Iran; TOGO: Opic funding for Lomé plant

Philippe Edmonds’ White Nile Ltd has announced plans to change its name to Agriterra and focus on African agriculture, following its problems in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) region. “Due to certain situations beyond the control of the board, including the fluctuating political situation in Southern Sudan and the current global economic downturn,

Ugandan President seeks Nigerian oil expertise; Bahraini link up for Africa plays

Few countries excite such violent emotions as Sudan, where committed IOCs still see new upside in their exploration and production projects but where political violence and geopolitical shifts, including Barack Obama’s election to the White House,

As it looks for farm-in partners, PetroSA is making some very bullish statements about its north-west Sudan acreage, on Block 14. The South African explorer’s geoscience manager Dr Chris Davies said in Vienna on 5 November that the nearly 300,000km2 acreage had “significant potential”, with several structures identified

Sudan has been looking to build alliances where it can, with energy co-operation a tool for building links, and Khartoum retains the ability to deal with even such champions of human rights as Norway, which on 15 October signed a new petroleum sector co-operation agreement.

Five Chinese oil workers taken hostage in South Kordofan have been killed by their captors, according to the Sudanese foreign ministry.

NIGER: Badea backs Kandadji HEP; SUDAN: More Kuwaiti funding for Merowe