Thursday, March 29, 2007

Equator Exploration Limited

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: West Africa

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers
PO Box 71, Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 2000

Financial highlights:
Total Assets: (2005) USD 194,061,000
Capital reserves: (2005) USD 203,342,000
Loss: (2005) USD 3,713,000
(the company currently invests in exploration)

Auditors: Chantrey Vellacott DFK

UK Solicitors: Pinsent Masons

Main shareholders:
Morstan Nominees Ltd
Bear Stearns Securities Corp
Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd
Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Ltd
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd
Lehman Brothers International (Europe)

About the BVI company:

Equator Exploration Limited is engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas projects in the highly prospective region of West Africa. The company is building a diversified portfolio of exploration, appraisal and production assets in the region. Currently Equator's efforts are focused in the Gulf of Guinea, and recently the company completed drilling its third well on offshore Nigeria. Equator also owns rights to acquire a 100% interest in two blocks of its choice in the territorial waters, and continues to evaluate other exploration opportunities in this region.

West Africa is considered to be one of the most prospective offshore deepwater exploration and production regions. Equator's strategy is to identify, acquire and explore high quality prospects with the potential for large oil and gas reserves, mainly in West Africa. The company also gets revenue from the marketing and sale of seismic data that it has acquired jointly with PGS Exploration (UK) Limited.

Friday, March 23, 2007

EastCoast Energy Corporation

The BVI company changed its name to Orca Exploration Group Inc.

Industry: Mining


Main business locations: East Africa

Registered Office:
PO Box 3152
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: August 31, 2004

Listed on: Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker: ECE.A ; ECE.B

Financial highlights:
Total Assets: (2005) USD 21,097,000
Shareholder’s equity: (2005) USD 16,662,000
Total Revenue: (2005) USD 5,759,000
Profit before taxation: (2005) USD 953,000

Subsidiaries:
PAE PanAfrican Energy Corporation (company registered in Mauritius)
PanAfrican Energy Tanzania Limited (company registered in Jersey)

Auditors: KPMG

Lawyers: Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

About the BVI company:

EastCoast Energy Corporation is an international company focused on the development and marketing of natural gas in East Africa. It is an independent publicly traded company with head office in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The company came into existence in August 2004, following approval by PanOcean shareholders and the various regulatory agencies involved.

Since 1994, EastCoast Energy Corporation operates the Songo Songo gas field – the first natural gas development in Tanzania. Also, EastCoast distributes natural gas to industrial customers in the Dar es Salaam area, and is working to create larger markets for gas production from Songo Songo in Tanzania.

With the purpose to build markets for natural gas sales in East Africa, PanOcean Energy Corporation acquired an interest in the Songo Songo offshore natural gas properties, attracted industrial partners to the project, facilitated the financing of the project by a consortium of multi-lateral lending agencies led by the World Bank. At Dar es Salaam, EastCoast is operating a 22 km distribution system to deliver natural gas to industrial users.

Monday, March 19, 2007

Antillian Service Corporation

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: The Caribbean, Mexico

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 3175
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1998

About the BVI company:

Antillian Service Corporation (ASC) is the Caribbean's leading Glass and Aluminium Trading company, receiving products from North, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. After that the products are distributed to the construction, industrial and decorative industry. The company provides regional distribution channels handling all international documents, insurance, maritime logistics throughout the Caribbean region. Key customers are also provided with export financing. The major suppliers whom the company represents since 1998 are Vitro Flotado de Mexico – one of the world's leading glass producers. The company delivers a line that includes floated, laminated, bent, tempered glass for high-end users.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

McW. Todman & Co

Industry: Legal Services

Main business locations: British Virgin Islands

Registered Office:
McNamara Chambers
116 Main Street
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1969

About the BVI company:

McW. Todman & Co is a law firm founded in 1969 on the British Virgin Islands by Dr. McWelling Todman. The firm is situated on the upper floors of the Todman building at the centre of Road Town, Tortola.

It is interesting that Dr. Todman was the first native British Virgin Islander operating a law firm in these islands. Now the law firm has retained its roots in the BVI community and still continues to grow and develop in the legal environment that characterizes the British Virgin Islands. McW. Todman & Co is one of the top litigation practices in the BVI; also it offers discreet services to clients in corporate formation and management, through its wholly owned McNamara Corporate Services Limited.

McW. Todman & Co is working internationally; each of its lawyers is licensed for practicing in at least one jurisdiction, other than in the BVI. The firm is a member of the Caribbean Law Firm Group, with a network of relationships in all the common law jurisdictions bordering the Caribbean Sea.

The firm is often recommended by several reputable firms of Solicitors practising in London, Toronto, Perth, Singapore and Hong Kong as well as Attorneys in Miami, Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, New York and Washington D.C. and has worked in collaboration with leading English Queen's Counsel from Erskine Chambers, 3 Stone Buildings, Pump Court, Fountain Court and other internationally recognized Barristers' chambers out of London.

Mr. Terrance Neale, Mr. John Carrington and Ms. Heather Tull in 2004 were appointed as consultants on BVI legal matters to Charles Russell LLP, a well-known firm of solicitors of 8-10 New Fetter Lane EC1 4RS, London. In co-operation with Charles Russell LLP, the law firm provides various services in relation to BVI commercial law matters.

Saturday, March 10, 2007

AsiaPac Investment Consultants Ltd.

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Asia, UK, Thailand

Registered Office:
Tropic Isle Building
P.O. Box 438
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1995

Auditors: Pattana Auditing Company Ltd.

About the BVI company:

AsiaPac Investment Consultants is a firm consisting of leading independent financial advisers, having the stable reputation of the highest standard for providing financial and investment advice. The company provides professional advice, to maximize the tax and investment advantages of one's expatriate status. The company has considerable experience in offshore financial planning and global markets. It is also linked to the leading offshore institutions and offers a wide range of affiliated services, including tax planning and investment management.

AsiaPac Investment Consultants are working with Companies registered in regulated jurisdictions, offering political and economic stability and confidentiality, - like the Channel Islands, Luxembourg, the Isle of Man and Hong Kong.

The list of services provided by AsiaPac Investment Consultants includes:

- Personal Investment Portfolios: sourcing managed Funds which have a track record of providing consistent and above average returns. Once established, the Portfolio is reviewed in depth either quarterly or monthly with a valuation.
- Retirement Planning: providing the in depth information required to establish flexible retirement plans, designed specifically for the needs and financial circumstances.
- Provision of School Fees: making provisions for private education at fee-paying schools.
- Trusts: providing advise on whether or not a Trust can be suitable in your business and financial circumstances.
- Tax Efficiency: identifying the most appropriate investment strategy for the certain tax regimes.
- Other Services: Assisting in other areas, including establishment of personal banking facilities, property purchase and financing, life cover, disability insurance, frozen pension transfers; medical insurance; wills; corporate pension plans.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Global Forest Services, Inc.

Industry: Forestry, Business Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Palm Grove House,
PO Box 438
Road Town, Tortola,
BVI

Incorporation year: 2004

About the BVI company:

The Global Forest Services Group (GFS) is an independent organization providing market oriented solutions for improving forest management and the sustainability of forest-based industries, as well as verifying systems to trace raw material and wood products through the supply chain within programmes.

GFS was established in 2004 by one of the most experienced teams of forest and timber industry auditors in SE Asia. The basic staff of GFS is comprised of 4 members, all of them with over 6 years of forest auditing experience. GFS also works in close association with a number of other companies and institutions.

GFS has worked with more than 50 private sector clients, MTCC, the Forest Department of Malaysia, WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), TNC (The Nature Conservancy), CIFOR (The Centre for International Forest Research) AFP (The Asian Forest Partnership), and the UNDP.

Currently the Global Forest Services Group consists of GFS Inc and GFS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd and GFS Thailand Pte Ltd. The company also has plans for affiliate companies in Indonesia, China, Guyana and Brazil.

GFS's purpose is work with all sections of the supply chain, including forest managers, processors, manufacturers, and retailers. The Group provides technical assistance to members of the forest and timber industry, through full forest and chain of custody certification through FSC or MTCC, or through the WWF Global Forest and Trade Network system. GFS also provides client specific programmes to address particular market needs for an individual consignment or for a given customer.

GFS recent initiatives included: reduction of impact logging, providing timber for tsunami reconstruction, work through the supply chain, regional policies to tackle illegal logging.