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Perenco boss Perrodo follows Total's Pouyanné in visiting Sassou to talk about Djeno

Perenco chairman François Perrodo. © Wikimedia Commons

François Perrodo, the young head of the family-owned Perenco group, made the trip to Congo to try to get guarantees from the Congolese authorities regarding his group's expansion plans there. [...]

Published on 24/11/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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