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Technip contracts for Block 31 developments; PA Resources farms out Marine XIV; EODC contracts for two jack-ups; M&P to appraise Omko-1; Perenco quits Dussafu Marin; Swiss Oil takes Blocks L4 and L13; Candax starts seismic; Universal extends holdings; Aker contract
Diesel then grid options for Mayoko iron ore scheme; MHI/Toyota Tsusho win Abu Qir order; WDEPC Transformer supply tender; Lebanon to import 450MW as gas supplies fall short; Chinese to build hydro plant; ONE reports big upside from GMT+1; Refinery scheme to include 500MW unit; Minister lines up to set out sector policy
Total has announced an agreement with Houston-based Madagascar Oil to farm into the Bemolanga heavy oil block, taking a 60% interest in a project which initial independent estimates suggest could eventually cost $5bn.
ANGOLA: Wärtsilä to power cement works; ANGOLA: New capacity; DR CONGO: Snel seeks study of Nzilo 2 HEP; MADAGASCAR: Sinohydro contrac; MOROCCO: Bidders for Safi IPP coal plant named; RWANDA: Bhel to build Nyabarongo; SENEGAL: Nuclear talks with Sarko; SOUTH AFRICA: Voith Siemens to equip Ingula
Madagascar is opening up to private projects, with several schemes already under way, government and Jirama officials told François Misser.
JGC wins big Rhourde Nouss EPC contract; Three firms in Liberia bid round; Bouri field tenders; Eni contracts platform supply vessel; Niko Resources to farm in to Grand Prix; Fugro gets Essar study award; Government tweaks oil law; Vangold in aeromag study; OMV find on Jenein Sud
ALGERIA: Gulf Keystone gas find ANGOLA: Cabinda South drilling LIBYA: Eni charter MADAGASCAR: Aminex pulls out; MADAGASCAR: Chinese partners; MAURITANIA: RWE farms into onshore; MAURITANIA: Chinguetti drilling; MOZAMBIQUE: Indians plan Rovuma farm-ins; SIERRA LEONE: Elixir completes seismic; TUNISIA: Al Thani rig contract
UK-based Africa Oil Exploration Plc (AOC), which listed on London’s PLUS market in January 2008, raising £1.03m, recently bought a 9.68% stake in London-based Wilton Petroleum. AOC’s managing director David Carr told African Energy
The European Investment Bank has agreed a loan of €24.5m to state power utility Jiro Sy Rano Malagasy (Jirama) to finance the doubling of capacity of Madagascar’s largest hydropower plant. Jirama plans to purchase two new turbines to expand generation from the Andekaleka plant, which has two 29MW turbines and is powered by a 50,000m3 capacity dam
The International Finance Corporation has announced that it will invest E7m in I&P Capital II, a private equity fund that finances small and medium enterprises in the Indian Ocean region.
Private Thai company Asia Thai Mining has agreed to buy Canada’s Pan African Mining in
USTDA, transport initiative; IDA financing; World Bank finance for regional project; Chinese loan
The deadline is looming for countries to submit claims to the United Nations to extend their maritime boundaries beyond the usual 200 nautical miles to include submarine areas that are the prolongation of their land mass
CityView to work with local operator; PA completes MPS farm-in; Dry well on WEEM; Noble spuds Benita appraisal; Chinese partners; New reconnaissance licence for Czechs; Kunene well spuds; Key teams up with Pancontinental; Tower Block 5 drilling plans
ANGOLA: Block 15/06 find; ANGOLA: SeaBird contract; REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE): Moho-Bilondo starts up; EGYPT: Melrose record production from its acreage; GAMBIA: GB Energy pulls out; LIBYA: Hess to acquire 2D seismic; MADAGASCAR: Seismic shoot; MAURITANIA: Banda NW sidetrack hits oil and gas; TUNISIA: Sud Remada drilling success
