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British Petroleum, more commonly referred to as BP, is one of Britain’s two supermajor oil companies, along with Shell.

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Diomaye Faye in balancing act with Guinea-Bissau

Senegal's new president recently paid a visit to his Guinea-Bissau counterpart, Umaro Sissoco Embaló. But his entourage also maintains close relations with the country's opposition in the person of ex-PM Domingos Simões Pereira.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.05.2024

The president of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Dakar on 10 April 2024.

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

Both the Mauritanian and Senegalese governments now have reports contesting BP's estimates of the cost of bringing the big cross-border gas field into production. They plan to join forces to press for a renegotiation.

Subscribers only Energy 01.05.2024

The Grand Tortue project's floating production, storage and offloading facility

Senegal
Dakar and BP at loggerheads over local content

The oil and gas multinational has been tussling with the Senegalese state over its compliance with local content legislation. Newly installed president Bassirou Diomaye Faye can expect the row to dominate his in-tray.

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2024

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (left) and Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 2 April 2024, Diamniadio, Senegal.

Morocco
Rabat and Baku cosy up on business and military fronts

Azerbaijan and Morocco, against a backdrop of defending their "territorial integrity", have in recent months boosted ties on both the commercial and military fronts.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.04.2024

Mauritania, Senegal
BP picks Spanish firm to lead Tortue/GTA FPSO repair work

Spain’s Hydramar Group has been selected to lead the main repairs to the floating, production, storage and offloading unit for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project.

Subscribers only Energy 18.03.2024

Mauritania, Senegal
BP's launch plans for Tortue thwarted again

The development of the cross-border gas field continues to be hit by delays linked to the repair of operating equipment, amid an uncertain political context in Senegal.

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2024

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
Sall and Ghazouani get tough on BP

The two presidents have joined forces to put pressure on BP over its cost management of the Senegal-Mauritania cross-border liquefied natural gas project. This could have significant consequences for the British oil major.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 02.02.2024

Senegalese president Macky Sall (left) and his Mauritanian counterpart, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

The South African boss of the Swiss trading and mining giant is counting on two righthand men and a close-knit new team of managers to usher in a new era and turn the page on old corruption cases.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 19.01.2024

The South African Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.

Angola, DRC
DRC takes small steps to claw back offshore oil resources from Angola

The Congolese government is choosing to compromise with Luanda by signing agreements of limited scope rather than going to court to assert its rights to its offshore oil resources.

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2024

Mauritania
EU funding helps French firms Delair and Sillinger bag border defence deals in Mauritania

The French defence groups Delair and Sillinger have, thanks to European Union funding, bagged contracts in Mauritania to protect offshore gas fields and curb illegal migration.

Subscribers only Defence 21.11.2023

Namibia
TotalEnergies plays down Orange Basin potential

French major TotalÉnergies, operator of Namibian block 2913B on which it discovered oil in February 2022, communicates very little about the potential of the Orange Basin permit. It would seem on purpose.

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2023

Spotlight | Senegal
Oranto uses its presidential contacts to obtain new oil permits

Oranto Petroleum, which is headed by Nigerian billionaire Prince Arthur Eze, is trying to obtain new permits in Senegal despite having done little prospecting on its existing ones.

Subscribers only Energy 08.11.2023

Macky Sall, in July 2023, at the Invest in Senegal forum in Dakar.

Senegal
BP passes on Yakaar-Teranga discovery to Kosmos

Disinclined to develop the gas field itself, BP has decided to pass Yakaar-Teranga along to US partner Kosmos Energy.

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2023

Angola
China Sonangol International Holding to exit Block 3/05A

Chinese-Angolan oil company China Sonangol International Holding Limited (CSIHL), which is based in Hong Kong, will shortly leave oil block 3/05A, on Luanda's northern coast.

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2023

Inner circles | Madagascar
Rajoelina's infighting advisers pursue their own business interests

Andry Rajoelina relies on a handful of loyal followers, some of whom have backed him since the coup that first brought him to power in Madagascar in 2009. But his inner circle, whose members use their positions to pursue their own business interests, is riven by internecine battles.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 29.09.2023

Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina in Antananarivo on 26 June 2023.

South Africa
Germany's AIREG to fly down to Cape Town to promote greener aviation fuels

The German association AIREG, which promotes the use of sustainable aviation fuels, will attend the Africa Energy Week conference next month for the first time. So far, the initiative has attracted the support of only one African company, Sasol.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 25.09.2023

Angola
The Lobito Corridor, a golden opportunity for drone surveillance specialists

The handover to new operators of the railway that links Kolwezi in DR Congo to the Angolan port of Lobito offers an opening for infrastructure inspection firms. French start-up ROAV7, already well-established in Central Africa, hopes to get in on the action.

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2023

Spotlight | Angola, Mauritania, Senegal
Tatarstan rolls out flagships Tatneft and KamAZ to bring refinery and LAVs to continent

The head of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, has been networking in Africa in search of new opportunities for the Tatar-majority owned companies Tatneft (oil) and KamAZ (automobile).

Subscribers only Defence, Energy, Diplomacy 15.09.2023

Rustam Minnikhanov took advantage of the Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg (27-28 July) to approach African leaders. Here, a meeting with Vladimir Putin and Macky Sall.

Algeria
TotalEnergies appoints new head in Algiers to boost relations with Sonatrach

With a view to strengthening its rapport with state-owned Sonatrach, CEO Patrick Pouyanné has decided to appoint an experienced figure at the helm of TotalEnergies in Algiers.

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2023

Mozambique
ENI to decide on Coral Norte FLNG this year

One year after the first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) came on stream off Mozambique, ENI and ExxonMobil are set to order a second one, but at a higher price.

Subscribers only Energy 12.07.2023

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

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

BP

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Diomaye Faye in balancing act with Guinea-Bissau

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

Senegal
Dakar and BP at loggerheads over local content

Morocco
Rabat and Baku cosy up on business and military fronts

Mauritania, Senegal
BP picks Spanish firm to lead Tortue/GTA FPSO repair work

Mauritania, Senegal
BP's launch plans for Tortue thwarted again

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
Sall and Ghazouani get tough on BP

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

Angola, DRC
DRC takes small steps to claw back offshore oil resources from Angola

Mauritania
EU funding helps French firms Delair and Sillinger bag border defence deals in Mauritania

Namibia
TotalEnergies plays down Orange Basin potential

Spotlight | Senegal
Oranto uses its presidential contacts to obtain new oil permits

Senegal
BP passes on Yakaar-Teranga discovery to Kosmos

Angola
China Sonangol International Holding to exit Block 3/05A

Inner circles | Madagascar
Rajoelina's infighting advisers pursue their own business interests

South Africa
Germany's AIREG to fly down to Cape Town to promote greener aviation fuels

Angola
The Lobito Corridor, a golden opportunity for drone surveillance specialists

Spotlight | Angola, Mauritania, Senegal
Tatarstan rolls out flagships Tatneft and KamAZ to bring refinery and LAVs to continent

Algeria
TotalEnergies appoints new head in Algiers to boost relations with Sonatrach

Mozambique
ENI to decide on Coral Norte FLNG this year

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

Senegal Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

BP

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal Diomaye Faye in balancing act with Guinea-Bissau

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

Senegal Dakar and BP at loggerheads over local content

Morocco Rabat and Baku cosy up on business and military fronts

Mauritania, Senegal BP picks Spanish firm to lead Tortue/GTA FPSO repair work

Mauritania, Senegal BP's launch plans for Tortue thwarted again

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal Sall and Ghazouani get tough on BP

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

Angola, DRC DRC takes small steps to claw back offshore oil resources from Angola

Mauritania EU funding helps French firms Delair and Sillinger bag border defence deals in Mauritania

Namibia TotalEnergies plays down Orange Basin potential

Spotlight | Senegal Oranto uses its presidential contacts to obtain new oil permits

Senegal BP passes on Yakaar-Teranga discovery to Kosmos

Angola China Sonangol International Holding to exit Block 3/05A

Inner circles | Madagascar Rajoelina's infighting advisers pursue their own business interests

South Africa Germany's AIREG to fly down to Cape Town to promote greener aviation fuels

Angola The Lobito Corridor, a golden opportunity for drone surveillance specialists

Spotlight | Angola, Mauritania, Senegal Tatarstan rolls out flagships Tatneft and KamAZ to bring refinery and LAVs to continent

Algeria TotalEnergies appoints new head in Algiers to boost relations with Sonatrach

Mozambique ENI to decide on Coral Norte FLNG this year

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Diomaye Faye in balancing act with Guinea-Bissau

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

Senegal
Dakar and BP at loggerheads over local content

Morocco
Rabat and Baku cosy up on business and military fronts

Mauritania, Senegal
BP picks Spanish firm to lead Tortue/GTA FPSO repair work

Mauritania, Senegal
BP's launch plans for Tortue thwarted again

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
Sall and Ghazouani get tough on BP

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

Angola, DRC
DRC takes small steps to claw back offshore oil resources from Angola

Mauritania
EU funding helps French firms Delair and Sillinger bag border defence deals in Mauritania

Namibia
TotalEnergies plays down Orange Basin potential

Spotlight | Senegal
Oranto uses its presidential contacts to obtain new oil permits

Senegal
BP passes on Yakaar-Teranga discovery to Kosmos

Angola
China Sonangol International Holding to exit Block 3/05A

Inner circles | Madagascar
Rajoelina's infighting advisers pursue their own business interests

South Africa
Germany's AIREG to fly down to Cape Town to promote greener aviation fuels

Angola
The Lobito Corridor, a golden opportunity for drone surveillance specialists

Spotlight | Angola, Mauritania, Senegal
Tatarstan rolls out flagships Tatneft and KamAZ to bring refinery and LAVs to continent

Algeria
TotalEnergies appoints new head in Algiers to boost relations with Sonatrach

Mozambique
ENI to decide on Coral Norte FLNG this year