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Libya
NOC looks to win back majors with huge tender call

The National Oil Corp is hoping to interest foreign investors in exploring and operating 22 new oil concessions. But political instability could be the project's undoing.

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2025

Libya
How Khalifa Haftar and Abdelhamid Dabaiba sacrificed NOC boss

Farhat Omar Bengdara's replacement by one of his lieutenants, Masoud Suleiman Musa, enables Libya's two strongmen to maintain their shared control of the National Oil Corporation.

Free access Energy, Business 24.01.2025

Khalifa Haftar (left) and GNU Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

Libya
Emirati firm JLX International to drill a score of wells in Sirte

Behind the Dubai-based company is a Chinese firm with the same name, operating its first contract in Libya. It is aiming to establish a foothold in the country as the NOC seeks to increase the number of wells in its concessions.

Free access Energy 31.05.2024

Libya
TotalEnergies plans to push strategic projects with new Libya boss

Pedro Ribeiro's nomination as the French major's new boss in Libya comes as the firm is resuming negotiations for the strategic Waha oil field.

Subscribers only Energy 02.05.2024

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné in Paris, 8 January 2024.

Libya
RADA wants its piece of the private security pie

The RADA Forces, which occupy Mitiga airport near Tripoli, are increasing attacks and pressure on security companies for money. They seized three armoured vehicles and are holding them hostage.

Subscribers only Defence 30.01.2024

Libya
NOC picks Oilinvest for planned $2bn pipeline

The National Oil Corp has chosen Oilinvest, a subsidiary of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund, to oversee its new mega-pipeline project in the Waha oil fields in Sirte, to the detriment of other firms from the UAE and Egypt.

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2024

Libya
TotalEnergies in discussions to extend Waha licence

The French major hopes to enjoy the revenue from the Waha concession for many years to come, but the NOC wants to raise the stakes.

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2023

Inner circles | Libya
NOC boss Bengdara appoints Haftar loyalists to run subsidiaries

The National Oil Corp chairman has been reshuffling the boards of the group's most important subsidiaries and promoting associates of General Khalifa Haftar, who is now more than ever in control of Africa's largest oil reserves.

Subscribers only Energy 16.06.2023

Farhat Bengdara, the new chief of Libya's National Oil Corporation in Tripoli on 14 July 2022.

Spotlight | Africa
TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

The European and US energy giants learnt early on that to gain access to QatarEnergy's huge gas projects they would have to include the Qatari company in all their African and Latin American deals.

Subscribers only Energy 27.09.2022

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné and QatarEnergy CEO Saad Sherida al-Kaabi at the signing of the partnership agreement for the North Field East project in Doha, Qatar, on 12 June 2022.

Libya
TotalEnergies still battling to get Libyan green light for Hess stake in Waha

Ten months after announcing it had increased its stake in Waha via the purchase of half of Hess's shares in the concession, the French oil major is still struggling to get Libya's oil ministry to give the deal its green light.

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2022

Libya
How the NOC is trying to resurrect the ill-fated Mourzouq and Ghadames oil basins

Under-explored and under-developed due to the lack of stability in Libya, two oil basins in the south-west of the country could see their operations resume thanks to the proactive lobbying of the state-owned company NOC.

Subscribers only Energy 30.08.2021

Cameroon
Coco Marine gives SNH opportunity to brush up skills

With no experience in offshore operations, the national oil company may use the reassessment of an old ConocoPhillips discovery as an opportunity to train staff in the field.

Subscribers only Energy 18.08.2021

Nigeria
Why former vice president Atiku Abubakar bailed out of Intels

A veritable money tree for the presidential candidate in 2019, Intels is no longer the force it once was since Muhammadu Buhari has been in power.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2021

Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar.

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Nigerian billionaire Alhaji Dahiru Mangal, who dominates the business sector in the border regions of Nigeria and Niger, is making great efforts to ensure that Mahamadou Issoufou's planned handover to his right-hand man Mohamed Bazoum does not jeopardise his interests in Niamey.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 11.01.2021

Nigerian businessman Alhaji Dahiru Mangal.

Cameroon
Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Hit hard by a health crisis that is expected to slash GDP by 3.5 percentage points, Cameroon is desperately clinging to its gas prospects to rescue the economy.

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2020

Morocco
ConocoPhillips first to acquire exploration permit on continent since Covid outbreak

In mid-June Melissa Coleman, who is ConocoPhillips' head of exploration for Africa, Europe and Middel East, an old hand at negotiating deals in Africa, signed a prospecting licence with the head of Office national des hydrocarbures et des mines (ONHYM), the former energy minister Amina Benkhadra.

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2020

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Libya
NOC looks to win back majors with huge tender call

Libya
How Khalifa Haftar and Abdelhamid Dabaiba sacrificed NOC boss

Libya
Emirati firm JLX International to drill a score of wells in Sirte

Libya
TotalEnergies plans to push strategic projects with new Libya boss

Libya
RADA wants its piece of the private security pie

Libya
NOC picks Oilinvest for planned $2bn pipeline

Libya
TotalEnergies in discussions to extend Waha licence

Inner circles | Libya
NOC boss Bengdara appoints Haftar loyalists to run subsidiaries

Spotlight | Africa
TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

Libya
TotalEnergies still battling to get Libyan green light for Hess stake in Waha

Libya
How the NOC is trying to resurrect the ill-fated Mourzouq and Ghadames oil basins

Cameroon
Coco Marine gives SNH opportunity to brush up skills

Nigeria
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In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Cameroon
Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Morocco
ConocoPhillips first to acquire exploration permit on continent since Covid outbreak

Senegal
Sangomar arbitration: Woodside and ConocoPhillips show fair play with FAR

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Petrobras sale: behind-the-scenes of Africa Oil's giant deal

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ConocoPhillips

Libya NOC looks to win back majors with huge tender call

Libya How Khalifa Haftar and Abdelhamid Dabaiba sacrificed NOC boss

Libya Emirati firm JLX International to drill a score of wells in Sirte

Libya TotalEnergies plans to push strategic projects with new Libya boss

Libya RADA wants its piece of the private security pie

Libya NOC picks Oilinvest for planned $2bn pipeline

Libya TotalEnergies in discussions to extend Waha licence

Inner circles | Libya NOC boss Bengdara appoints Haftar loyalists to run subsidiaries

Spotlight | Africa TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

Libya TotalEnergies still battling to get Libyan green light for Hess stake in Waha

Libya How the NOC is trying to resurrect the ill-fated Mourzouq and Ghadames oil basins

Cameroon Coco Marine gives SNH opportunity to brush up skills

Nigeria Why former vice president Atiku Abubakar bailed out of Intels

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Cameroon Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Morocco ConocoPhillips first to acquire exploration permit on continent since Covid outbreak

Senegal Sangomar arbitration: Woodside and ConocoPhillips show fair play with FAR

Nigeria Petrobras sale: behind-the-scenes of Africa Oil's giant deal

West Africa SAExploration defies legal woes to set up shop in Gulf of Guinea

Morocco Samir: who is defending Corral's Amoudi against Rabat?

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About Africa Intelligence

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Indigo Publications' websites

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Libya
NOC looks to win back majors with huge tender call

Libya
How Khalifa Haftar and Abdelhamid Dabaiba sacrificed NOC boss

Libya
Emirati firm JLX International to drill a score of wells in Sirte

Libya
TotalEnergies plans to push strategic projects with new Libya boss

Libya
RADA wants its piece of the private security pie

Libya
NOC picks Oilinvest for planned $2bn pipeline

Libya
TotalEnergies in discussions to extend Waha licence

Inner circles | Libya
NOC boss Bengdara appoints Haftar loyalists to run subsidiaries

Spotlight | Africa
TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

Libya
TotalEnergies still battling to get Libyan green light for Hess stake in Waha

Libya
How the NOC is trying to resurrect the ill-fated Mourzouq and Ghadames oil basins

Cameroon
Coco Marine gives SNH opportunity to brush up skills

Nigeria
Why former vice president Atiku Abubakar bailed out of Intels

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Cameroon
Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Morocco
ConocoPhillips first to acquire exploration permit on continent since Covid outbreak

Senegal
Sangomar arbitration: Woodside and ConocoPhillips show fair play with FAR

Nigeria
Petrobras sale: behind-the-scenes of Africa Oil's giant deal

West Africa
SAExploration defies legal woes to set up shop in Gulf of Guinea

Morocco
Samir: who is defending Corral's Amoudi against Rabat?