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US firm ContourGlobal has signed a $146m non-recourse financing agreement with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Opic) for the construction of a 100MW power plant in Lomé (AE 144/13). The project is due on stream by year-end. It will be powered by six Wärtsilä 18V50DF engines (16.6MW each), which can operate on natural gas, heavy fuel oil (HFO), and distillate diesel oil. The project will operate on HFO until gas becomes available from the West African Gas Pipeline. Contour Global has a 25-year concession and power purchase agreement to sell its power to Togolese distributor Compagnie d’Energie Electrique du Togo.

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Chevron Africa Holdings has agreed to sell Chevron Nigeria Holdings (CNH) and its operations in Benin, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo to Corlay Global, a Panamanian company owned by a consortium of Nigeria’s MRS Holdings Ltd and Petroci Holdings of Cote d’Ivoire. Bermuda-registered CNH holds 60% of the publicly listed Chevron Oil Nigeria.

US power company ContourGlobal has given Wärtsilä a turnkey contract to supply a 100MW power plant for the capital Lomé (AE 105/3). The project, Togo’s largest ever electricity investment, has attracted $209m in financing and political risk insurance from the US’ official Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Opic).

ENERISQ: Nigeria partnership; GALP: Portuguese buying Shell operations in three countries

A groundbreaking ceremony for a Ghana-Togo power interconnection scheduled for 10 May had to be postponed at the last minute.

Pipeline leaks in Nigeria mean Ghanaians are still waiting for first gas from the West African Gas Pipeline, which had been promised for Christmas.

COTE D’IVOIRE: ADB post-conflict funds; RWANDA: World Bank funding; TOGO: World Bank arrears deal