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Nigeria
Africa Energy Bank calls on services of consultancy firms PwC and BrandComms

The secretary general of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization has hired several companies to help with the new pan-African bank, including PwC, which is working on a future strategy.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 11.11.2024

Ghana
Accra to host next national oil company CEO forum

The seventh edition of the APPO forum will take place in the Ghanaian capital next August.

Subscribers only Energy 27.09.2024

Central African Republic
Discreet Parisian meeting between Touadéra and Tamoil RCA boss

Enguerrand Rochefort met the CAR president in Paris last week to discuss the problems his company faces in the Central African market.

Subscribers only Energy 25.04.2024

Africa
Africa Energy Bank looks as far as Caracas for new HQ

The APPO intends to launch an aid programme for oil producing countries in Africa, and Venezuela is on the list of potential host countries for the bank's headquarters.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 01.04.2024

Niger, South Africa
Niger's new oil boss Mahaman Moustapha Barké to attend AEW in Cape Town

In a move aimed at reassuring potential investors unsettled by the July coup, Niger's new minister of petroleum Mahaman Moustapha Barké is preparing to visit next week's Africa Energy Week in South Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 10.10.2023

Benin, Niger
Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

The fate of the export pipeline for CNPC's crude, one of the most important potential sources of revenue for the new junta in Niamey, now lies in the hands of Patrice Talon in neighbouring Benin.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 25.09.2023

Patrice Talon and Xi Jinping in Beijing on 1 September 2023.

Congo
Oil minister finally gets ball rolling on department's major overhaul

Bruno Itoua has appointed five new directors as part of a long-awaited reorganisation of the key ministry.

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2023

Congo's Minister of Hydrocarbons Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua in Vienna, 3 June 2023.

Africa
Afreximbank, the 'oil companies' bank', refuses to give up on black gold

Afreximbank is being pressured by its Western partners to move away from financing fossil fuel projects. The pan-African lender is nevertheless working on the creation of a new bank entirely dedicated to the sector, even if the plan faces many obstacles.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 22.03.2023

Afreximbank president and chairman, Benedict Okey Oramah.

Kenya
Raila Odinga's expanding fuel business

Fuel firm Be Energy, which has ties to the unsuccessful presidential candidate, plans to enlarge its network of filling stations in Kenya and is now looking for subcontractors.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 22.11.2022

Africa
Three more countries join continent's club of oil states

Senegal, Ghana and Namibia became full members of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) during a 4 November ministerial meeting in Luanda overseen by secretary general Omar Farouk Ibrahim, whose mandate was renewed for three years

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2022

South Africa
Upstart hydrocarbon conference tries to make nice with veteran rival

Lobbyists for the African Energy Chamber have been working towards a rapprochement with their competitor, the London-based events group Hyve. But reconciliation between the organisers of the two rival Cape Town powwows still seems a long way off.

Subscribers only Energy 04.11.2022

Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Petronor faces challenging 2023

The Norwegian-Emirati junior PetroNor has a number of irons in the fire. It is trying to get new partners for its blocs in Gambia and Guinea Bissau and is expecting a ruling in its arbitration case against Senegal in a matter of weeks.

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2022

South Africa
Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

Competing African energy and hydrocarbons conferences were held a week apart in Cape Town in October. The rival entities, the Hyve Group, which organises Africa Oil Week, and the African Energy Chamber lobbyists who run Africa Energy Week, are in a no-holds-barred battle for supremacy.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 31.10.2022

South African Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe (here at Africa Oil Week) attended both conferences.

Benin
Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

Several companies are keen to take on Benin's only oil field, which has been dormant since 1998. In the running are two juniors, Baobab Energy Africa, founded by former Tullow energy execs, and Zenith Energy.

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2022

Congo
ICSID arbitration iron ore cases against Brazzaville ready to start

With the ICSID tribunals now constituted, Equatorial Resources and Midus Holdings' proceedings against the Congolese state will soon begin. Two other proceedings have been initiated before the ICC.

Subscribers only Mining 04.05.2022

Congo
Norwegian fraud squad investigate Petronor subsidiary Hemla's stake in PNGF Sud

Five years after it obtained a 20% stake in the Republic of the Congo's PNGF offshore block, Hemla's former bosses are being investigated by the Norwegian authorities. Petronor CEO Knut Søvold was detained by the Norwegian authorities in mid-December.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2022

Africa
French IFPEN and TotalEnergies remain the masters of 'oil schools'

The training of oil technicians and engineers, as well as that of energy ministry executives in French-speaking Africa, is generally carried out by instructors from the renowned French Institute of Petroleum.

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2022

Southern Africa
Standard Bank still keen to bankroll fossil fuel industry

Unlike the overwhelming majority of European banks who want to go green and are reluctant to finance oil exploration, South Africa's Standard Bank shows no sign of withdrawing from the oil and gas industry.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 19.11.2021

Congo
$8.76 billion arbitration: Sundance opens a second iron ore battlefront against Brazzaville

Its subsidiary Congo Iron initiated arbitration against Congo in March over its unilateral withdrawal from its Nabeba iron project, and in late June the parent company Australian Sundance followed suit and has requested that the two actions be judged together.

Subscribers only Mining 22.07.2021

Nigeria
Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin

The arbitration tribunal put in place to resolve the dispute between the Nigerian State and ENI on the development of the OPL 245 offshore oil field is ready to go.

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.2021

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

African Petroleum

Nigeria
Africa Energy Bank calls on services of consultancy firms PwC and BrandComms

Ghana
Accra to host next national oil company CEO forum

Central African Republic
Discreet Parisian meeting between Touadéra and Tamoil RCA boss

Africa
Africa Energy Bank looks as far as Caracas for new HQ

Niger, South Africa
Niger's new oil boss Mahaman Moustapha Barké to attend AEW in Cape Town

Benin, Niger
Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

Congo
Oil minister finally gets ball rolling on department's major overhaul

Africa
Afreximbank, the 'oil companies' bank', refuses to give up on black gold

Kenya
Raila Odinga's expanding fuel business

Africa
Three more countries join continent's club of oil states

South Africa
Upstart hydrocarbon conference tries to make nice with veteran rival

Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Petronor faces challenging 2023

South Africa
Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

Benin
Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

Congo
ICSID arbitration iron ore cases against Brazzaville ready to start

Congo
Norwegian fraud squad investigate Petronor subsidiary Hemla's stake in PNGF Sud

Africa
French IFPEN and TotalEnergies remain the masters of 'oil schools'

Southern Africa
Standard Bank still keen to bankroll fossil fuel industry

Congo
$8.76 billion arbitration: Sundance opens a second iron ore battlefront against Brazzaville

Nigeria
Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

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African Petroleum

Nigeria Africa Energy Bank calls on services of consultancy firms PwC and BrandComms

Ghana Accra to host next national oil company CEO forum

Central African Republic Discreet Parisian meeting between Touadéra and Tamoil RCA boss

Africa Africa Energy Bank looks as far as Caracas for new HQ

Niger, South Africa Niger's new oil boss Mahaman Moustapha Barké to attend AEW in Cape Town

Benin, Niger Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

Congo Oil minister finally gets ball rolling on department's major overhaul

Africa Afreximbank, the 'oil companies' bank', refuses to give up on black gold

Kenya Raila Odinga's expanding fuel business

Africa Three more countries join continent's club of oil states

South Africa Upstart hydrocarbon conference tries to make nice with veteran rival

Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal Petronor faces challenging 2023

South Africa Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

Benin Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

Congo ICSID arbitration iron ore cases against Brazzaville ready to start

Congo Norwegian fraud squad investigate Petronor subsidiary Hemla's stake in PNGF Sud

Africa French IFPEN and TotalEnergies remain the masters of 'oil schools'

Southern Africa Standard Bank still keen to bankroll fossil fuel industry

Congo $8.76 billion arbitration: Sundance opens a second iron ore battlefront against Brazzaville

Nigeria Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Nigeria
Africa Energy Bank calls on services of consultancy firms PwC and BrandComms

Ghana
Accra to host next national oil company CEO forum

Central African Republic
Discreet Parisian meeting between Touadéra and Tamoil RCA boss

Africa
Africa Energy Bank looks as far as Caracas for new HQ

Niger, South Africa
Niger's new oil boss Mahaman Moustapha Barké to attend AEW in Cape Town

Benin, Niger
Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

Congo
Oil minister finally gets ball rolling on department's major overhaul

Africa
Afreximbank, the 'oil companies' bank', refuses to give up on black gold

Kenya
Raila Odinga's expanding fuel business

Africa
Three more countries join continent's club of oil states

South Africa
Upstart hydrocarbon conference tries to make nice with veteran rival

Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Petronor faces challenging 2023

South Africa
Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

Benin
Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

Congo
ICSID arbitration iron ore cases against Brazzaville ready to start

Congo
Norwegian fraud squad investigate Petronor subsidiary Hemla's stake in PNGF Sud

Africa
French IFPEN and TotalEnergies remain the masters of 'oil schools'

Southern Africa
Standard Bank still keen to bankroll fossil fuel industry

Congo
$8.76 billion arbitration: Sundance opens a second iron ore battlefront against Brazzaville

Nigeria
Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin