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Critical to better use of Nigeria’s hydrocarbons wealth are efforts to tackle infrastructure bottlenecks in power and transportation by implementing key projects.

Houston-based Blacksands Pacific, a company owned by US real estate developer Raheem Brennerman, has farmed into the offshore Niger Delta block OPL 2012 as the new joint operator.

Following his controversial election victory in April, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan faces unprecedented pressure to tackle the policy failings and lapses of implementation that so many of his predecessors failed to address. Overcoming years of underdevelopment in the power sector,

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, managed by Frontier Market Fund Managers, has provided $15m of senior secured debt to project company Tower Power Abeokuta for a 12MW gas-fired combined heat and power plant in Abeokuta, Ogun State

The environmental disaster in Ogoniland could take up to 30 years and $1bn to repair, but Royal Dutch Shell says it remains committed to its Nigerian operations despite accepting liability for its part in oil spills, writes David Slater

Kpong hydro rehabilitation; Power sector reform; AFD backs solar power; New units for Kainji

With oil production at a four-year high, the government is reaching out to IOCs to ensure that a temporary and fragile ceasefire can be transformed into a lasting peace

As President Goodluck Jonathan puts the final touches to his long-awaited new cabinet, having returned staunch ally Diezani Alison-Madueke to the petroleum ministry, questions over sector reform and industry power remain. Following his re-election in April, President Goodluck Jonathan has opted for continuity rather than change in the composition of his new cabinet, with 13 ministers expected to return to their portfolios.

Until now, Houston-based ERHC Energy has been Gulf of Guinea-focused, with shares in six blocks in the Nigeria-São Tomé & Príncipe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) and two blocks in the São Tomé & Príncipe’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The Chadian deal confirms that ERHC is diversifying, with the company also recently bidding for acreage in Tanzania and looking for acreage elsewhere.

Confirmation of intentions to bid for Nigeria’s six generation companies and 11 distribution companies, accompanied by a $20,000 fee for the request for proposals document,

With the new government promising to push public/private partnership (PPP) power projects, the federal Ministry of Power is expected to promote several power projects

Addax Petroleum has given Saipem a contract extending the charter of the semi-submersible Scarabeo 3 for six months from November 2011, for drilling activities in Nigerian waters.

NIGERIA/SAO TOME: JDZ Block 2 extension; RWANDA: Government expects to sign PSA with Vanoil; SIERRA LEONE: Block SL-4 may have new owner

As the Jonathan administration settles in, GE is among the major players looking to build an even bigger business on the back of Abuja’s commitment to increased electricity supply and an acceleration of stalled IPPs

With the sale of key Power Holding Company of Nigeria assets high on President Goodluck Jonathan’s agenda, state privatisation agency Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) says 331 companies have expressed interest in the sales of 11 distribution companies, and six generating assets.