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Despite international condemnation of the killing of scores of unarmed protesters, Guinea has attracted a credible offshore farm-in partner in Dana Petroleum, write Thalia Griffiths and our Conakry correspondent. But can IOCs overlook the country’s governance record, or will China’s promised infrastructure package win the day?

China has turned its attention to Guinea as offshore licence holder Hyperdynamics brings in a new team. Former chairman and chief executive Kent Watts and current executive vice president Harry Briers have quit the Hyperdynamics board, though Briers will remain on the management team.

After months of uncertainty and a curtailing of its operations on the ground, Hyperdynamics Corporation says its new chief executive officer has signed a memorandum of understanding “reaffirming the validity of Hyperdynamics’ concession”.

Hyperdynamics Corporation’s cash woes have hit its troubled Guinea project.

Houston-based hopeful Hyperdynamics Corporation has announced plans to replace its president and chief executive Kent Watts when his contract expires on 1 July, and hire a replacement “with international oil and gas experience”. Watts will continue as chairman of the board.

Unusual rumours provide insight into Guinean politicking

No one was seriously expecting that President Lansana Conté’s death would be followed by a smooth democratic transition, and the coup carried out by young officers supported by army chief General Mamadouba Toto Camara was not exactly a surprise.

Steam turbines for Ein El Sokhna; Vattenfall Power Consultant wins WAPP contract; ADF funds Conakry power project; Morocco seeks bids for wind, solar, PV and hydro; Linklaters wins Mphanda Nkuwa contract; Sweco wins Maputo grid contract; ADF backs Kandadji; Consultants sought for first joint hydro project in Nile Basin, ESBI wins US consultancy work; Southern finds mean increased gas for Ste

In Salah substations; OMVS seeks studies of hydropower projects; Sahanivotry HEP start-up; USTDA grant for waste-to-energy; Wind farm tender, AfDB considers funding for Buseruka HEP

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) secretariat has awarded two contracts for studies for the Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea (CLSG) interconnection

Côte d’Ivoire has joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; New PM as Conte’s circle consolidates.

The new government named after last year’s violent general strike is keen to speed up the revision of oil and mining contracts, but is meeting resistance from President Conté’s inner circle, writes Our Conakry Correspondent.

The World Bank has launched a new initiative to develop and expand the principles of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The Bank says its EITI++ initiative seeks to develop national capability to handle the boom in commodity prices and channel growing revenue streams into fighting poverty, hunger, malnutrition, illiteracy and disease.

US-based Hyperdynamics says the government has given the go-ahead for offshore seismic acquisition, even though it is reviewing its 2006 production-sharing contract. Calgary-based Geophysical Service Incorporated is acquiring 2D seismic as a first phase of a multi-client contract for 2D and 3D seismic.