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Spotlight | South Africa
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné ups the bidding on offshore gas

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne near Paris, on 28 May 2021. © Christophe Archambault/AFP

Until now, South Africa's national oil company PetroSA was thought to be the only potential buyer of the gas that TotalEnergies should begin producing on its block 11B/12B from 2027. But a recent visit by the French major's CEO has changed all that. [...]

Published on 03/02/2023 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes Clotilde Ravel

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Spotlight | South Africa
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné ups the bidding on offshore gas

Central African Republic
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South Africa
TotalEnergies calibrates block 5/6/7 drilling plans

Spotlight | South Africa
Offshore gas: TotalEnergies' project caught in South Africa government headwinds

In Focus | South Africa
State-owned PetroSA in death throes as national energy crisis persists

South Africa
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South Africa
Ramaphosa regime hikes production royalty rates as oil law still pending

South Africa
Ramaphosa makes dubious fuel refining claims in state of nation address

South Africa
TotalEnergies and offshore majors keep a close eye on the political crisis

South Africa
TotalEnergies boss Patrick Pouyanné sorts out South African subsidiary

South Africa
Time ticking on TotalEnergies' goal to achieve first gas on 11B/12B by 2027

South Africa
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