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Spotlight | DRC
Total and Kabila play the long game on eastern frontier

The only major present on both sides of the highly prolific Congolese-Ugandan border, Total is negotiating its work programme on block III step by step, while it waits to get its hands on blocks I and II. When's the drill? - [...]

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DRC
Aime Ngoy Mukena
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Celestin Mbuyu Kabango
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Dig Oil
Efora Energy
Foxwhelp
Helene Dantoine
Raffaele Luce
SacOil
Tesla
Tony Chermani
Total

DRC
Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

The oil junior has opened up a new front against the Congolese state, which kept it waiting for a decade before greenlighting its production sharing contracts in Cuvette Centrale.

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South Africa
Afric Oil's distribution king Nkadimeng gets seven-year ban

The South African high court painted a condemning picture of the former head of Efora Energy's distribution arm ability to run the unit.

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Cadeco managing director harbouring oil ambitions

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DRC
Former minister John Kwet left Felix Tshisekedi loaded oil report

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DRC
Kabila's Mr Angola, Antoine Ghonda, has buddies handle E&P

A number of newcomers have used the period of transition and hesitation after Felix Tshisekedi's election to move into upstream business.

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DRC
President's office summons officials to account for Dig Oil and Caprikat/Foxwhelp extensions

According to our sources, the new director of the president [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.2019

DRC
Dan Gertler's Caprikat/Foxwhelp do what they like under Felix Tshisekedi

Although his two permits expired in 2017 after multiple extensions, the Israeli magnate has collected new gifts from the ministry of hydrocarbons. Africa Energy Intelligence offers an exclusive report.

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.2019

DRC
Oil ministry great, Tony Chermani, thrown off balance

Tony Chermani, the deputy chief of staff for the acting minister of hydrocarbons, has been treading on eggshells since mid-May. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

DRC
Blocks 1 and 2: Petroleum ministry still in talks over deal with Total

Although it is still waiting on the appointment of a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.04.2019

DRC
Dig Oil drags Tshisekedi into his first oil crisis

The South African junior is determined that the ruling of the arbitration it has won against Kinshasa will be upheld at Congo-K's end.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2019

DRC
How Dig Oil landed ticket for Cuvette Centrale in the final hour

According to our sources, Dig Oil is understood to have snapped up blocks 8, 23 and 24 of the Cuvette [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

DRC
Total/Dan Gertler - Dig Oil/Cuvette: the two files now on Tshisekedi's plate

The new president has been landed with the two oil cases Kabila's cabinet had been working to finalise - without luck - up to the last minute.

Subscribers only Energy 29.01.2019

DRC
Dig Oil scores a try in Cuvette basin two weeks before elections

Its forceful legal pressure looks set to pay off as the South African junior is tipped to take up permits in Joseph Kabila's last days in power.

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2018

DRC
Total pulls off stunt to take Dan Gertler's former prized assets

As the country gears towards its general elections, Total is set to pick up blocks 1 and 2 in the Albertine Graben. Africa Energy Intelligence examines the makings of this highly political deal.

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2018

DRC
Exclusive: Total to snap up Dan Gertler's former Lake Albert blocks

The Congolese state is understood to be poised to award Lake Albert blocks 1 and 2, operated since 2010 by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2018

DRC
Bloc III: Total twists Mukena's arm to explore

Although it has already secured a second extension for block [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2018

Africa
Efora banks on PSG Capital to fill coffers

With continued delays to the drill on block III in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2018

Spotlight | DRC
Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya, puppet master of oil deals

President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya Wilondja, has been involved with all of the country's main oil files since first joining the president's office for another position 14 years ago. A behind-the-scenes look at the Comico, Caprikat and [.

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2018

DRC
Total's year-long holiday on block III

After lengthy talks with the Congolese government, the French major has managed to postpone drilling this year.

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2018

DRC
Entrepreneur Kennesy Brouwers takes a bet on lithium

QG Lithium, the junior launched in late 2017 in London by Congolese businessman Kennesy Brouwers, has already snapped up three [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.03.2018

Belgium, DRC, France
How Paris is benefiting from the political crisis

Optimistic about its business prospects in the country, France is taking advantage of tensions between Kinshasa and Brussels to further its interests.

Subscribers only Politics 21.03.2018

Africa
New auditor for Sacoil/Efora

To fill the gap left by auditing giant EY, which [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.03.2018

DRC
Total makes victory lap in Paris over Block III

Following two meetings held at its La Defense headquarters outside Paris, one in December 2017 (AEI 807) and the other [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.03.2018

DRC
Round 2 in Aime Mukena Ngoy vs. Total bout over block 3

According to our sources, following heated meetings in early December in its Paris headquarters, Total and officials of the Congolese [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.01.2018

Spotlight | DRC
Is Dan Gertler facing his last days in oil?

Mining Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler’s Fleurette group, which expanded into Congolese onshore in 2010 via two British Virgin Islands companies, Caprikat and Foxwhelp, to take up the most strategic blocks in Congo-K - blocks 1 and 2 -, could soon [.

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

DRC, Uganda
Total to take the prize on both sides of Lake Albert

Holding majority stakes in the future producing fields in Uganda, the French major is poised to invest heavily on the Congo-K side of Lake Albert as well.

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.2017

DRC
Total puts off decision on block 3 until next year

According to in-house sources at Total, a meeting at the firm’s headquarters on Oct. 19 concerning the future of exploration [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.2016

DRC
Kabila forced to go easy on oil firms to keep them from bolting

Facing growing political unrest, Congo’s oil ministry has no choice but to close its eyes to the unfulfilled contracts of the few companies that remain active.

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

Spotlight | DRC
A promising oil region lies untended

The recent postponement of a seismics survey on Total’s block 3 in the Ituri region conceals a fierce struggle between the local authorities and the much-weakened central government in Kinshasa. The episode underscores the multitude of logistical, political and security [.

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2014

DRC
Caprikat/Foxwhelp seek to shine

Oil companies on Lake Albert are preening in the hope of finding partners. And former ENI executives are helping with the beauty contest.

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.2013

Spotlight | DRC
Total, Caprikat & Soco caught up in tumult

Security problems in the eastern part of Congo-K are such that some oil companies like France’s Total are seriously thinking of declaring force majeure. To that can be added the controversy over Soco International’s exploration in the Virunga national park, [.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2012

Spotlight | DRC
Majors take the plunge into Great Lakes

Having attracted juniors with little experience and even fewer resources up to now, Congo-K’s basins have become the playground of majors. Total will soon debut in the Albertine trough, ENI is equally in pole position in the central basin and [.

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2011

Spotlight | DRC, Uganda
Lake Albert: The Last Roll of the Dice

After four years of uncertainty, Congolese president Joseph Kabila finally made up his mind on June 18 by signing decrees concerning blocks 1 and 2 on the banks of Lake Albert. Exploration on the lakes is far more advanced on [.

Subscribers only Energy 29.06.2010

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Spotlight | DRC
Total and Kabila play the long game on eastern frontier

DRC
Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

South Africa
Afric Oil's distribution king Nkadimeng gets seven-year ban

DRC
Cadeco managing director harbouring oil ambitions

DRC
Former minister John Kwet left Felix Tshisekedi loaded oil report

DRC
Kabila's Mr Angola, Antoine Ghonda, has buddies handle E&P

DRC
President's office summons officials to account for Dig Oil and Caprikat/Foxwhelp extensions

DRC
Dan Gertler's Caprikat/Foxwhelp do what they like under Felix Tshisekedi

DRC
Oil ministry great, Tony Chermani, thrown off balance

DRC
Blocks 1 and 2: Petroleum ministry still in talks over deal with Total

DRC
Dig Oil drags Tshisekedi into his first oil crisis

DRC
How Dig Oil landed ticket for Cuvette Centrale in the final hour

DRC
Total/Dan Gertler - Dig Oil/Cuvette: the two files now on Tshisekedi's plate

DRC
Dig Oil scores a try in Cuvette basin two weeks before elections

DRC
Total pulls off stunt to take Dan Gertler's former prized assets

DRC
Exclusive: Total to snap up Dan Gertler's former Lake Albert blocks

DRC
Bloc III: Total twists Mukena's arm to explore

Africa
Efora banks on PSG Capital to fill coffers

Spotlight | DRC
Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya, puppet master of oil deals

DRC
Total's year-long holiday on block III

DRC
Entrepreneur Kennesy Brouwers takes a bet on lithium

Belgium, DRC, France
How Paris is benefiting from the political crisis

Africa
New auditor for Sacoil/Efora

DRC
Total makes victory lap in Paris over Block III

DRC
Round 2 in Aime Mukena Ngoy vs. Total bout over block 3

Spotlight | DRC
Is Dan Gertler facing his last days in oil?

DRC, Uganda
Total to take the prize on both sides of Lake Albert

DRC
Total puts off decision on block 3 until next year

DRC
Kabila forced to go easy on oil firms to keep them from bolting

Spotlight | DRC
A promising oil region lies untended

DRC
Caprikat/Foxwhelp seek to shine

Spotlight | DRC
Total, Caprikat & Soco caught up in tumult

Spotlight | DRC
Majors take the plunge into Great Lakes

Spotlight | DRC, Uganda
Lake Albert: The Last Roll of the Dice