A cabinet meeting in Brazzaville on April 11 turned into a consecration of sorts for Denis Gokana, former managing director of Societe National des Petroles du Congo (SNPC), putting him in the driving seat in Congo-B’s petroleum sector.
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Frozen up since December by a court injunction instigated by Nigeria’s Brittania-U (AEI 714), the sale of Chevron’s shares on [...]
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Determined to become a major player in Chad’s oil industry, Glencore has acquired Caracal Energy and wants to beef up its partnership with the government.
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Asked by the national oil company NPDC to rope in partners for OML 71 and 72, tycoon Jide Omokore failed to find takers. The task could now fall to Afren.
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Juniors operating in the Niger Delta are jostling with one another for "pioneer status" that will give them a five year tax exemption on oil earnings.
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The Anglo-Dutch major is hard at work completing the sale of its stakes on OPL 18, 24 , 25 and 29 although some questions remain unanswered.
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The Gabonese president has signed a decree that effectively holds sway over the country’s oil industry. But a few aspects it failed to address could scare investors away.
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The China National Offshore Oil Co (CNOOC) is presently conducting [...]
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The three exploration licenses CI-520, CI-500 and CI-502 operated by [...]
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Ghana's government has just completed drafting a Petroleum Exploration & [...]
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According to our sources, the chairman of SAS Petroleum and [...]
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A discovery by the French major Total on CI-514 (in [...]
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Even though few took notice, president Armando Guebuza’s appointment of the former deputy minister for natural resources, Abdul Razak Noormahomed, [...]
The Nigerian group has raised $225 million from the International Finance Corp and Singapore to buy Oando’s gas pipeline grid in Akwa Ibom and Cross Rivers states.
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Chevron’s liquefaction plant is running at only 50% of capacity and additional work will be needed until 2015.
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Hopes for an increase in gas supplies from Nigeria are [...]
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Although the World Bank’s representative in Kinshasa, Eustache Ouayoro, said in March that ground wouldn’t be broken for Inga 3 [...]
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Guinea's president dislikes "minerals for infrastructure" deals so there's every reason for European firms to compete for contracts.
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Japan is seeking to adopt a long-term strategy to back a country that will become one of its leading suppliers of liquefied gas in a decade’s time.
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Engaged in arbitration since last September before the International Centre [...]
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An investigation into bribes paid by SBM Offshore in Angola [...]
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French arbitration specialist Alexis Mourre has been retained by the [...]
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