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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.

Libya, United States
Relations Back to Normal

The Bush administration announced early last week that the United States would remove Libya from the State Department’s list of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.05.2006

Angola
Enigma over Falcon Oil

The local firm Falcon Oil was a big winner of the most recent licensing round in Angola’s offshore but some [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.05.2006

Nigeria
Centrica’s Local Partners

Rival of BG in the United Kingdom, Centrica is counting on oil minister Edmund Daukoru and on Ooni of Ife, chief of the Yuruba ethnic group, for help in getting ahead in Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 23.05.2006

Congo
Cliveden Bows Out

Despite its foothold on the Marine VII block, Switzerland’s Cliveden group failed to reach agreement on the acreage with Congo-B’s government.

Subscribers only Energy 23.05.2006

Angola
New Push on LNG Front

A project for an American gas terminal in which Angola’s Sonangol holds a stake has won a fresh green light. And Angola will begin to build its liquefaction plant at Soyo next year.

Subscribers only Energy 23.05.2006

Spotlight | Nigeria
Three Local Firms to Bid in Coal Sell Off

Three major Nigerian companies figure among 15 groups pre-qualified by the government to bid for its coal assets. One of the trio is Dangote Industries. Owned by tycoon Aliko Dangote, it is already a major player in the energy sector.

Subscribers only Mining 16.05.2006

Africa
Japanese Eye LNG Projects

Japan’s Sumitomo has followed countryman Marubeni in investing in a liquefaction plant in the Gulf of Guinea. The two groups are equally seeking footholds in Angola and Algeria.

Subscribers only Energy 09.05.2006

Africa, United States
The majors’ "Mr Africa"

ExxonMobil and Chevron Texaco are the two American oil companies which are the most active on the African continent, where [...]

Subscribers only 28.04.2006

Africa, United States
The private intelligence companies

American oil companies readily turn to London-based practices for matters of intelligence and security, making them the latter’s main clients. [...]

Subscribers only 28.04.2006

Spotlight | Nigeria
Playing Politics with LNG

Unlike Nigeria’s big offshore oil projects, the construction of liquefied natural gas plants - all of them built on land - are not immune to political maneuvering. The choice of a region as venue for the plant and the selection [.

Subscribers only Energy 18.04.2006

Nigeria
A Bidding Round with Conditions

Following the mixed results of its licensing round last August, Nigeria has just put 14 licenses on the auction block for groups ready to invest in the downstream.

Subscribers only Energy 18.04.2006

Nigeria
UAVs in the Delta

Already operating in Angola, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) built by Israel’s Aeronautics Defense Systems group are to protect oil facilities in the Delta.

Subscribers only Energy 18.04.2006

Nigeria
A Refinery in Lagos?

According to our sources, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.04.2006

Libya
Putting in Kind Word for Libya

The US-Libya Business Association founded by Amerada Hess, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.04.2006

Nigeria
Security Group Plants its Flag

Britain’s Erinys group is trying to challenge the security firms ArmorGroup and Control Risks in Nigeria by setting up shop in partnership with a prominent family in the Niger Delta.

Subscribers only Energy 04.04.2006

Spotlight | Somalia
Oil Men Put Their Money on Break-Away Provinces

With a government that lacks the least control over its soil, Somalia is nonetheless attracting oil companies interested in its largely similar geography to Yemen’s. But foreign investors are preferring to deal with the break-away governments of Somaliland and Puntland [.

Subscribers only Energy 21.03.2006

Africa
Frank Timis

Forced to stand down as chief of Regal Petroleum when it was discovered he had been convicted of drug trafficking [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.03.2006

Nigeria
Chevron to Hand Back Permit

After fighting with RoyalDutch/Shell six years ago to control OPL [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.03.2006

United States
Peter Kinnear

Vice president of the FMC Technologies equipment manufacturer, Peter Kinnear has just been appointed boss of the group. Joining FMC [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.03.2006

Gulf of Guinea
Chevron’s Well Shaping Up

Begun on Jan. 14, drilling operations on the first well [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.03.2006

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