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Successful appraisal and development wells in Etame Marin license area CALGARY, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Addax Petroleum Corporation ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") (TSX:AXC and LSE:AXC) today announces the successful appraisal and development of the Ebouri field in the Etame Marin license area offshore Gabon. Addax Petroleum has a 31.36 per cent non-operated interest in the Etame Marin license area. Commenting, Jean Claude Gandur, President and Chief Executive Officer of...
PARIS, December 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Operating Permit Granted for the Ocelote Field in Colombia - A new Exploration Permit in Colombia - Last Update With the Onal Launch in Gabon - Evidence of Oil on Omal-1D in Gabon Ocelote field (100%) in Colombia In August 2008, via Hocol, a wholly-owned subsidiary, Maurel & Prom tabled a development plan for the Ocelote field with the National Hydrocarbon Agency. The operating permit was received on...
Additional 18.75 per cent interest of offshore Gryphon Marin license area CALGARY, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Addax Petroleum Corporation ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") (TSX:AXC and LSE:AXC), today announced that it has acquired an additional 18.75 per cent interest in the Gryphon Marin license area bringing its total interest in the license area to 68.75 per cent, prior to third party back-in options. Addax Petroleum is the operator of the Gryphon Marin license area....
HOUSTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VAALCO Energy, Inc. today announced that production at its Etame and Avouma / Tchibala fields in offshore Gabon, West Africa, has successfully been restored following the planned upgrade to the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility serving these fields. During the upgrade, VAALCO installed an expanded flare system and increased the water processing capacity at the FPSO to accommodate production from VAALCO's planned...
HOUSTON, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. today announced 2008 third quarter earnings and an operations update. Highlights for the quarter include: -- Receipt of an advance of cash dividend of $16.6 million net to Harvest, from Petrodelta on October 29, 2008 relating to net income as reported under International Financial Accounting Standards through the period ending June 30, 2008; -- Third quarter oil production averaging 16,300...
PARIS, November 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - 3rd Quarter 2008 Highlights Sales for the 3rd quarter and first 9 months of 2008 - Sales for Q3 2008 rose 50% to EUR 115.7m, up from EUR 77.3m in Q3 2007. - Total sales for the first nine months were up 36% to EUR291.6m as against EUR 214.3m over the first 9 months of 2007. - Maurel & Prom's production share increased 32% to 19,983 bbl/d and by 30% to 17,075 bbl/d in production share net of in-kind taxes...
HOUSTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VAALCO Energy, Inc. today provided an update on the Company's drilling and exploration program. VAALCO currently has six producing wells in offshore Gabon, West Africa: four in its Etame field and two in the Avouma / Tchibala fields. Production from these wells is steady, totaling approximately 20,500 barrels per day (bpd). In early November, the Company expects to continue the planned upgrade to the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading...
Increased bushmeat trade in central Africa's tropical forests poses a serious threat to the food supply for the region's poor inhabitants, conservationists say. The Center for International Forestry Research said increased hunting of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians in tropical forests is unsustainable. Report author Robert Nasi said significant number of forest mammals will become extinct in fewer than 50 years if current hunting levels persist, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday....
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Sept. 10, 2008) - SearchGold Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RSG)(FRANKFURT:S1O) ("SearchGold") is pleased to announce it was granted two new mining titles for its Bakoudou-Magnima Gold Project located in Gabon, Africa which is being developed with Managem, SearchGold's majority partner on the project. The titles include the anticipated exploitation permit as well as an exploration permit enlarging the total land holdings. A mining exploitation permit covering a...
Total Gabon, which is involved in the exploration, excavation and sale of oil and gas, has reported a net income of $251 million for the first half of 2008, a 36% increase, compared to $184 million for the same period of 2007. Total Gabon's equity share of operated and non-operated oil produced stood at 60,200 barrels per day during the first half of 2008, a 6% decrease from the 64,300 barrels reported in the same period of 2007. First-half sales amounted to $1.05 billion, up 48% from $706...
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The Bioko Allen's Bushbaby (Galago alleni) , also known as Bioko Allen's Galago, or Bioko Allen's Squirrel Galago is a species of primate in the Galagidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is a subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla). It lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps. It is found throughout all or parts of Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Of all gorillas it is the least endangered and is the gorilla usually found in zoos. The western lowland gorilla eats plants and, occasionally, insects....
The Grey-cheeked Mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. They range from Cameroon down to Gabon and across in western Uganda. The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is a dark monkey. It looks in shape overall like a small, hairy baboon. Its thick brown fur is almost black in its forest home. It has a slightly golden mane around the neck. The sexes are similar, with the males slightly larger than the females. The Grey-cheeked Mangabey lives in a...
