which company ?, page-2

"A company spokesperson could not name the potential farm-in partner but said they were a major European-based oil and gas producer with a long history in Africa."

from list below, leaving only euro-based companies with "long history in africa"
(i have added Total, because i missed it in my original list; and i have added GDF Suez cos its website is in french and i had no idea wot it says :-) )

statoil -possibly; not a big player in africa, but has a few interests and r also over the other side of Madagascar in Mozambique.
ENI -probably, as have quite some interests in africa.
bp -possibly, but not as big a player in africa as some others.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL -probably, as they fit the above description.
TOTAL -probably, as they fit the above description.
gdf suez -possibly, but seem to be more concentrated on middle east.

in general, i believe either of ENI, Shell or Total... but am leaning towards Shell for reasons which have already been stated on this board by a few people :-))