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>16-08-99 The United States will hold a meeting of African energy ministers
>in December, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said. Richardson said the
>conference would discuss greater co-operation on investment in energy,
>particularly power generation and renewable sources, as well as the issue of
>climate change.
>"We're also going to have the private sector energy companies very much a
>part of the conference, as major players in the conference," he told before
>leaving Nigeria.
>African countries like Nigeria and Angola are important suppliers of oil to
>the United States and potentially of natural gas as giant new projects come
>onstream.
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>American power companies are also eyeing the possibility of new markets in
>Africa where abundant energy resources such as gas and hydroelectric
>potential sit beside desperate power shortages. Richardson said the venue
>for the conference had not yet been decided.
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>Source: Reuters
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