French oil companies in Africa

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 UTC 1981 · Ind Petrol Gas-Chim; ()

OSTI ID:5356056

Rosa, S D

Petroleum interest in Africa is fairly recent: the first exploration in 1947, Hassi Messaoud (Algeria) in 1957, and more serious interest on the part of French companies in the early 1960s. Two major French companies active in Africa are Elf Aquitaine and CIE Francaise des Petroles (CFP). Elf Aquitaine intends to maintain its effort in Gabon with 9 exploratory wells in 1980 and investments of 50 billion francs, and intends to lessen the production decline in the Congo, particularly after the discovery of the Emeraude offshore field. The difficulties here are the shallow depth forcing high angle directional drilling, high viscosity oil, and a very complex reservoir. Investments in the Congo include 45 billion francs including a terminal and an electric plant. CFP is active mainly in Tunisia, Sudan, and Egypt. In Tunisia, 6 fields are of interest, with investments in the order of 110 million francs. More recently, the effort in Egypt has seen further exploration and production from a well, with the investment of 80 million francs in 1980, probably doubling in 1981.

• OSTI ID: 5356056
• Journal Information: Ind Petrol Gas-Chim; (), Journal Name: Ind Petrol Gas-Chim; () Vol. 49:536
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: French

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02 PETROLEUM
020700* -- Petroleum-- Economics
Industrial
& Business Aspects
AFRICA
CONGO PEOPLES REPUBLIC
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DRILLING
EGYPTIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
EUROPE
EXPLORATORY WELLS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FRANCE
GABON
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
INDUSTRY
INVESTMENT
MINERAL RESOURCES
OFFSHORE SITES
OIL FIELDS
OIL WELLS
ONSHORE SITES
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
POWER PLANTS
RESOURCES
SUDAN
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TERMINAL FACILITIES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TUNISIA
WELL DRILLING
WELLS
WESTERN EUROPE