With business tight on their domestic market since the 2014 slump in oil prices, several Norwegian oil services firms owned by local business tycoons have decided to try their hand at developing low cost projects in Africa with their own [.
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Although named the 15th member of OPEC during the organisation's latest summit held in late June, Congo-B had struggled to [...]
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Violence, local politics, legislative delays: the Kenyan president has little choice but to go all guns blazing to secure the transport of oil to the coast.
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The two majors, at loggerheads over how to divide up the British junior, are now expected to reach an agreement before the year end.
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The French major had been waiting for more than a year to secure new offshore blocks but the Mauritanian president deftly kept the firm on its toes.
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Nigerien oil minister Foumakoye Gado's visit to Beijing last June, accompanied by his powerful director of hydrocarbons Adolphe Gbaguidi (AEI [...]
As Africa Energy Intelligence understands, the arbitral tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris will issue its [...]
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Sonangol will be presenting its report to the Angolan government in late August on its choice of company for the [...]
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The idea of a national hydrocarbons agency, a project masterminded by Isabel dos Santos, has come under fire from Sonangol and several majors.
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Although its talks over the acquisition of two exploration blocks [...]
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Galvanised by the rise in oil prices, the Benin authorities [...]
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Active in Namibia and South Africa, Garret Soden's Africa Energy [...]
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The NNPC may have handed over key documents at Shell [...]
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The Zambian ministry of mines would like to encourage the [...]
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Serica Energy, which holds 85% of PEL 47 in Namibia [...]
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The two majors seem happy to announce progress on their giant LNG project without a second thought for the US independent active on the permit next door. Here's why.
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The Turkish compressed natural gas (CNG) firm Naturelgaz, which mainly operates in Turkey and within the European Union, has now [...]
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Tanzanian-incorporated Swala Oil & Gas, a subsidiary of the Australian concern Swala Energy that operates the onshore Kilosa-Kilombero fields, has [...]
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Tax and legal advisors have been asked to submit applications [...]
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Cash-stripped Chad has landed a new partner to help boost its renewable energy sector: the United Arab Emirates.
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The chairman of Morocco's national building and public works federation (FNBTP), El Mouloudi Benhamane , has continued to make inroads [...]
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Norwegian solar power specialist Scatec Solar has been powering up the continent. Chaired by John Andersen Jr., Scatec has started [...]
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During a recent visit to European institutions in Brussels, the [...]
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Through its local unit Lemur Holdings, South African firm Bushveld [...]
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The Senegalese discoveries SEN and FAN on Sangomar profond have [...]
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American oil firm Vaalco, which has been trying to shed [...]
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Congo-B's new head of hydrocarbons, Teresa Goma (AEI 812) lost [...]
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Sentenced to pay Seadrill $254 million, Tullow Oil has been asked to explain its call for force majeure and a mysterious "Voldemort" project.
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The al-Zubair family tucks into Tanzanian oil with a 50% of Aminex's stake in Ruvuma.
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British oil firm Sound Energy, which has operations in Morocco, [...]
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Despite holding €17 million in cash reserves, the Irish junior [...]
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The British financier and energy market specialist, Nigel Little, has [...]
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The commercial court in London has sentenced Tullow Oil to [...]
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The new board chairman of the Societe nationale des petroles du Congo (SNPC) and former director general of external trade, [...]
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The Ivorian minister of energy and oil Thierry Tanoh narrowly missed being fired in early July during a sweeping government [...]
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As it prepares to raise $50 million on the London Stock Exchange to launch exploration drills on the Nigerian permit [...]
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The success of Coastal Energy's purchase of Soco's Congo-B assets has much to do with its CEO Conrad Clauson's local [...]
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