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Chevron

Together with Exxon and ConocoPhillips, Chevron is one of America’s three oil supermajors. The company is a major player in African oil and gas, principally in Nigeria and Angola.

Central Africa
CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

The presidents of the sub-region have given oil and mining operators until April to find common ground with the bloc's central bank on the repatriation of their rehabilitation funds. Until then, negotiation talks will be held on a monthly basis.

Subscribers only Energy 19.12.2024

Namibia, South Africa
Oil junior Eco Atlantic prepares to sell stakes in Orange and Walvis basins

The Canadian oil and gas firm is trying to rustle up interest from industry leaders for its assets in South Africa and Namibia, the goal being to start selling shares in its blocks next year.

Subscribers only Energy 12.12.2024

Morocco, Nigeria
Rabat's drive keeps African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project rolling forward

The Economic Community of West African States plans to sign a cooperation deal for the construction of the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline next month, but their optimism belies the challenges facing the project in the oil-producing Niger Delta region.

Free access Energy 25.11.2024

Ecowas leaders in Abuja, on 7 July 2024.

Nigeria
Nigerian junior Green Energy close to completing new Rivers oil terminal

The oil company, headed by an ex-adviser to former president Obasanjo, is the first Nigerian firm to build such a terminal. It hopes to begin operations next March.

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2024

Central Africa
BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Oil and mining companies operating within CEMAC had undertaken to reach an agreement with the bloc's central bank by 1 January, but are now aiming to do so four months later.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 05.11.2024

Angola, DRC
Kinshasa's strategy to get Common Interest Zone up and running

Determined to assert its rights over its offshore oil resources, the Congolese government is progressing on the development of the Common Interest Zone with Angola under the lead of hydrocarbons minister Sakombi Molendo.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2024

Spotlight | Algeria, Nigeria
Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

In the coming months, the continent looks set to take a back seat in the portfolio of the Norwegian major amid plans to significantly curtail operations in Algeria and Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 07.10.2024

Anders Opedal, President and CEO of Equinor, in Doha on 26 March 2022.

Spotlight | Namibia
Oil majors jostle for Galp's golden opportunity in Orange Basin

A dozen energy firms including majors Shell and TotalEnergies are competing to buy the Portuguese group's licence and rights to operate in the largest discovery ever made in the Orange Basin off the Namibian coast.

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2024

Galp Energia headquarters in Lisbon on 27 July, 2024.

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

The Bank of Central African States has for months been negotiating with mining and oil companies to repatriate part of their revenues from the region. Three days of talks in Paris in July stalled on two sensitive points:

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 23.07.2024

Bank of Central African States emblem in Libreville, Gabon, in 2019.

Algeria
Sonatrach boss signs agreements galore ahead of presidential elections

Rachid Hachichi has only just taken up his role as head of Africa's largest company, but is travelling lots and signing numerous partnerships. He is eager to boost Algeria's economic performance.

Subscribers only Energy 24.06.2024

CEO of Algerian oil company Sonatrach, Rachid Hachichi, in Algiers on 2 March 2024.

Namibia
Majors ready to battle for Galp's geological gem

Lured by the multiple discoveries made in Orange Basin, several major oil and gas firms are keen to snap up a stake in the Portuguese company's PEL 83.

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2024

A drilling rig in the waters outside Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Angola
Lobito Corridor rare earths capture London's interest

The British government hopes that other companies will follow in the footsteps of the Pensana mining group, which is building Angola's first rare earth mine through one of its subsidiaries.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 23.05.2024

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço angles to retain TotalEnergies, Azule, Chevron and ExxonMobil

Luanda has introduced a range of fiscal measures to reverse the steep decline in oil production and encourage investment in an industry which has been struggling for the best part of a decade.

Subscribers only Energy 17.05.2024

Angolan president João Lourenço during the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas, on 7 May 2024.

Equatorial Guinea
New US ambassador in Malabo revealed

Diplomat Amanda Jacobsen is set to take over as head of the US embassy in Malabo in the coming months, replacing David Gilmour, who has held the post since 2022.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.05.2024

Angola
Spymaster's wife joins ANPG oil regulator board

João Lourenço has appointed the new board of the Angolan oil and gas regulator, and among the newcomers is the wife of the country's intelligence chief.

Subscribers only Energy 29.02.2024

Namibia
Battle for control of oil sector hots up in Windhoek

With just months to go before the presidential elections, following major oil discoveries in the Orange Basin, an all-out battle is under way for control of the oil sector.

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2024

Prime Minister of Namibia Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila in Brussels, 21 June 2022.

Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo dreams of winning Nobel Peace Prize

The 86-year-old Nigerian former president has been discreetly seeking out African heads of state and European politicians to try to convince them to submit his candidacy for the prestigious award.

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2024

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo in South Africa, 2 November 2022.

Angola
Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

The Angolan oil and gas regulator has authorised eight oil companies to take shares in 12 blocks that featured in a recent tender call. Once again, firms with close connections to the Dos Santos administration have been amply rewarded.

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2024

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Antonio Miala, Luanda's point man in Kinshasa

Angola is determined to defend its interests in its offshore oil dispute with neighbouring DRC and is counting on the well-connected Antonio Garcia Miala, brother of the intelligence chief.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 09.01.2024

HQ of Angolan state oil company Sonangol in Luanda, 21 August 2022.

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

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Libya
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Senegal
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Chevron

Central Africa
CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

Namibia, South Africa
Oil junior Eco Atlantic prepares to sell stakes in Orange and Walvis basins

Morocco, Nigeria
Rabat's drive keeps African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project rolling forward

Nigeria
Nigerian junior Green Energy close to completing new Rivers oil terminal

Central Africa
BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Angola, DRC
Kinshasa's strategy to get Common Interest Zone up and running

Spotlight | Algeria, Nigeria
Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

Spotlight | Namibia
Oil majors jostle for Galp's golden opportunity in Orange Basin

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Algeria
Sonatrach boss signs agreements galore ahead of presidential elections

Namibia
Majors ready to battle for Galp's geological gem

Angola
Lobito Corridor rare earths capture London's interest

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço angles to retain TotalEnergies, Azule, Chevron and ExxonMobil

Equatorial Guinea
New US ambassador in Malabo revealed

Angola
Spymaster's wife joins ANPG oil regulator board

Namibia
Battle for control of oil sector hots up in Windhoek

Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo dreams of winning Nobel Peace Prize

Angola
Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Antonio Miala, Luanda's point man in Kinshasa

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

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Chevron

Central Africa CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

Namibia, South Africa Oil junior Eco Atlantic prepares to sell stakes in Orange and Walvis basins

Morocco, Nigeria Rabat's drive keeps African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project rolling forward

Nigeria Nigerian junior Green Energy close to completing new Rivers oil terminal

Central Africa BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Angola, DRC Kinshasa's strategy to get Common Interest Zone up and running

Spotlight | Algeria, Nigeria Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

Spotlight | Namibia Oil majors jostle for Galp's golden opportunity in Orange Basin

Spotlight | Central Africa BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Algeria Sonatrach boss signs agreements galore ahead of presidential elections

Namibia Majors ready to battle for Galp's geological gem

Angola Lobito Corridor rare earths capture London's interest

Spotlight | Angola Lourenço angles to retain TotalEnergies, Azule, Chevron and ExxonMobil

Equatorial Guinea New US ambassador in Malabo revealed

Angola Spymaster's wife joins ANPG oil regulator board

Namibia Battle for control of oil sector hots up in Windhoek

Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo dreams of winning Nobel Peace Prize

Angola Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

Spotlight | Angola, DRC Antonio Miala, Luanda's point man in Kinshasa

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

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Central Africa
CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

Namibia, South Africa
Oil junior Eco Atlantic prepares to sell stakes in Orange and Walvis basins

Morocco, Nigeria
Rabat's drive keeps African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project rolling forward

Nigeria
Nigerian junior Green Energy close to completing new Rivers oil terminal

Central Africa
BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Angola, DRC
Kinshasa's strategy to get Common Interest Zone up and running

Spotlight | Algeria, Nigeria
Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

Spotlight | Namibia
Oil majors jostle for Galp's golden opportunity in Orange Basin

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Algeria
Sonatrach boss signs agreements galore ahead of presidential elections

Namibia
Majors ready to battle for Galp's geological gem

Angola
Lobito Corridor rare earths capture London's interest

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço angles to retain TotalEnergies, Azule, Chevron and ExxonMobil

Equatorial Guinea
New US ambassador in Malabo revealed

Angola
Spymaster's wife joins ANPG oil regulator board

Namibia
Battle for control of oil sector hots up in Windhoek

Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo dreams of winning Nobel Peace Prize

Angola
Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Antonio Miala, Luanda's point man in Kinshasa

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