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Gabon, Mauritius
Bongo aides talk turkey with Trafigura after Augusta ouster

The office of Gabon's president is negotiating with Trafigura to take over the off-take agreement between Augusta and the national refinery company. [...]

Published on 06/07/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ali Bongo
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Gabon, Mauritius
The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

Although it abruptly ended its off-take contract with Augusta in mid-2020, the Gabonese refinery has continued to reimburse the $250m prefinancing loan the trading house had secured for the country with Mauritius Commercial Bank in 2017.

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Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon

Trafigura, which recorded gross profit of $6.8bn in 2020, has consolidated its position in Gabon and in particular in Congo, where the giant trading group is now a key player in both the lifting of crude and in the importation of petroleum products.

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Dauphin heirs may manage Trafigura sale profits from Switzerland family office

In December, six years on from the death of Trafigura's founder, his family sold its last remaining shares in the trading giant. This was a major transaction for the clan, which manages its assets via a family office registered in Switzerland.

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Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

The replacement of four ministers in Christiane Rose Ossouka Raponda's government has done nothing to quell the infighting, especially between oil minister Vincent de Paul Massassa and head of the hydrocarbons division Jean-Félix Obamba.

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Gabon
The secrets of Augusta's SOGARA refinery contract

With a new round of negotiations between Gabon and oil trader Augusta due to begin in the coming weeks, Africa Intelligence reveals the secrets of the contract between the trader and the Gabonese refinery SOGARA, which Libreville abruptly broke off in June.

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Trading giant Trafigura expands Mauritian network

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Gabon, UAE
Secret talks with Augusta in Dubai

Following its sudden decision to cut off ties with oil trader August last month, the Gabonese president's office has dispatched emissaries to negotiate the final settlement.

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Gabon
Libreville tries to play off Trafigura against Augusta

Having broken off its contract with Swiss trading group Augusta, which had been lifting part of the production of its refinery operator, Société Gabonaise de Raffinage, Gabon is now trying to find a replacement.

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SOGARA refinery in Port Gentil. The contract to lift the company's atmospheric residues is up for bids.

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Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

After having been headed for 10 years by Serge Mickoto, the husband of President Ali Bongo's step-sister, Gabon's sovereign fund has been taken over by a close associate of Mohamed Ali Saliou, best friend of the president's son and closest adviser, Noureddin Bongo.

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Apollinaire Alassa takes over as OPRAG boss

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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

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Bongo aides talk turkey with Trafigura after Augusta ouster

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From Dubai to Cape Town, upstart trader Coral Energy rolls out African offensive

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Mauritius Commercial Bank sets up a local branch to boost its oil sector financing business

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The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

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Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon

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Dauphin heirs may manage Trafigura sale profits from Switzerland family office

Gabon
Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

Gabon
The secrets of Augusta's SOGARA refinery contract

Mauritius
Trading giant Trafigura expands Mauritian network

Gabon, UAE
Secret talks with Augusta in Dubai

Gabon
Libreville tries to play off Trafigura against Augusta

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Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

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