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Kosmos Energy has signed agreements with Atwood Oceanics Pacific and Noble Energy, pursuant to which Kosmos will utilize Atwood's moored Hunter semi-submersible rig for its deepwater drilling program offshore West Africa. The rig provides Kosmos with additional capacity to accelerate its West African exploration, appraisal and development drilling, particularly in Ghana where the company discovered the prolific Jubilee oil field. Noble Energy will share the rig with Kosmos and intends to...
Kosmos Energy announces today that the company has signed agreements with Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW), and Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) under which Kosmos will utilize Atwood's moored semisubmersible rig "Atwood Hunter" to pursue its deepwater drilling program offshore West Africa. The rig provides Kosmos with additional capacity to accelerate its West African exploration, appraisal and development drilling, particularly in...
By Williams, Stephen Despite its detractors condemning it as yet another costly international conference of speeches that has little relevance to the general public, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) held in Ghana scored some notable successes. Stephen Williams was there and he reports on what was on the agenda for Africa. When heads of state and government ministers from Unctad's 193 member countries met in Accra in April, it was hailed as the first major UN...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 19, 2008) - Goldrush Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GOD) ("Goldrush" or the "Company") is pleased to report the latest positive results from a program of reverse circulation ("RC") and core drilling conducted on its Ronguen gold deposit in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Ronguen is located on Goldrush's Kongoussi 1 and Tikare permits, 80 kilometres north of the capital city of Ouagadougou and only 6 kilometres northwest of High River Gold Mines' ("High...
HOUSTON, June 18 /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 transfer of equipment to upgrade the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility. As previously announced, the FPSO upgrade is intended to improve water processing capacity at the facility, enabling VAALCO to increase production by 10% to 25,000 barrels of oil per...
By Carson, Cary Bowen, Joanne; Graham, Willie; McCartney, Martha; Walsh, Lorena CULTURE IS INDIVISIBLE FROM PLACE. SOME BELIEFS, CUSTOMS, AND practices can be transplanted from one location to another and come through more or less intact. Others are significantly altered by the alien conditions they encounter in their new surroundings. The fourhundredth anniversary of the founding of Jamestown has renewed scholars' interest in the transfer of cultures from the Old World and their reception...
By Nick Tattersall KAWSARA, Senegal (Reuters) - Senegalese villagers watching from under cashew nut trees looked on bemused as U.S. scientists emerged from beneath a rotating radar and launched a small white helium balloon into the air. U.S. weather experts have descended on this tiny village to try to understand how hurricanes that slam into the southeastern United States and the Caribbean are formed in West Africa before they go bowling across the Atlantic. The study, backed by U.S....
By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - A delegation of U.S. cotton farmers visiting West Africa said Washington's multi-billion dollar subsidies to its cotton industry were worsening hardship in the world's poorest region. During a trip to Mali, West Africa's largest cotton producer, the group of farmers from California, Illinois, Vermont and Kansas witnessed conditions in one of the world' poorest countries. Cotton provides a livelihood for nearly a third of Mali's 10 million...
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritanians have voted hugely in favor of limiting the number of terms future presidents can serve, early indications from a referendum in the Islamic republic showed late on Sunday. The poll in the impoverished nation straddling Arab and black West Africa asked voters to approve constitutional changes that would prevent a president from serving more than two terms, each of them limited to five years. "On the basis of polling stations considered to be...
By Nick Tattersall NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritanians voted in a referendum on Sunday on whether to amend their constitution, in a ballot aimed at ending decades of coup attempts and one-party rule in the Islamic Republic. The polls in the impoverished nation, which straddles Arab and black West Africa, are the first since a military junta seized power in a bloodless coup last August and lay the foundation for a presidential election next March. If approved, the changes would make...
Latest West Africa Reference Libraries
The Zebra tilapia (Tilapia buttikoferi) is a fish inhabitant to West Africa, specifically Liberia. This fish is an African tilapiine cichlid. The Zebra tilapia is a freshwater fish that is inclined to streams and rivers. For both aquatic and nutritious reasons, this fish has been imported and bred all over the world. The Zebra tilapia is a stunning cichlid. It is usually white or yellow with black stripes. This fish varies from light to black based on its mood. The stripes seem to fade...
The Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius) is a species of bird that is found in tropical west Africa. It is found mostly in trees around wooded country and also gardens. The barbets get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. The adult is 10.25 inches in length. It is fairly plump, has a short neck and a large head. The tail is somewhat short. It has a black crown, back, tail and breast band. The throat and belly are red and the rump is white. There is a yellow eye patch....
The Reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus), also known as the ropefish or snakefish is a species of freshwater fish in the bichir family and order. It is the only member of the genus Erpetoichthys. It is native to West Africa, with its natural habitat stretching from Nigeria to the Congo. The Reedfish has a maximum total length of 36 inches. It lives in slow-moving, brackish, warm water, and it can breathe air using a modified swimbladder which it uses like a pair of lungs. This organ means...
Tilapia buttikoferi is an African tilapiine cichlid fish that can be found mainly in West Africa, more specifically Liberia. They are freshwater fish that tend to live in rivers and streams. People have imported and bred these fish throughout the world for both aquatic and nutritious purposes. One spawn can supply an entire city, so breeding these fish is an easy process. The tilapia is a beautiful specimen. The fish is typically yellow or white with black stripes and can vary from very...
Steatocranus (Boulenger, 1899) is a small genus of rheophilic cichlid fish endemic to the Congo River, although one species, Steatocranus irevinei, occurs in West Africa. The genus currently includes 9 species, all of which have relatively reduced swim bladder function. The name Steatocranus refers to the fatty deposit on the forehead of most species. Two species, Steatocranus casuarius (also known as the Lionhead, Blockhead or Humphead) and Steatocranus tinanti are relatively common in the...
