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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.

Algeria
Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar faces crisis by relying on trusted few

The head of the oil colossus Sonatrach has consolidated his teams with people his trusts, hoping he can hold on to his seat a little while longer.

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2020

Nigeria
Marginal asset sales: ExxonMobil reshuffles its Lagos management team

The US major has appointed a number of new executives to take charge of the sale of its unwanted fields to Nigerian operators.

Subscribers only Energy 28.09.2020

Nigeria
Marginal fields: signature bonus bonanza eludes Abuja

The Department of Petroleum Resources was counting on $520m from the sale of 52 deposits previously operated by the majors.

Subscribers only Energy 25.09.2020

Equatorial Guinea
VP Teodorin Obiang's oil ministry reshuffle gambit backfires

Having largely provoked the latest changes to the cabinet line-up, President Tedodoro Obiang Nguema's favourite child and presumed successor failed to persuade his father to go with his choices.

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.2020

Angola
Lourenço makes concessions to save production at Chevron's Block 14

The American supermajor Chevron is gearing up to conduct fresh drilling at its 20-year-old Block 14 in Angola's Tombwa-Lândana development zone, which includes the fields of Kuito, Benguela, Belize, Lobito and Tomboco.

Subscribers only Energy 31.08.2020

Nigeria
ExxonMobil and Shell still chasing $2.5bn from NNPC for OML 133

Though rebutted by a New York court a year ago, ExxonMobil and Shell have not given up on their crusade to have enforced an arbitration award that ordered NNPC to repay them more than $2.5bn.

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2020

Algeria
Energy Minister Attar's veteran E&P trio to counter Sonatrach

The new Minister of Energy Abdelmadjid Attar has surrounded himself with prominent oil and gas figures all of whom were once senior executives under Sonatrach's former boss Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour.

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.2020

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Will Chevron wreck secret deal on Zafiro between Noble and Trident?

Trident had finally managed to find a partner for the ExxonMobil deposit that was acceptable to the oil ministry, but all its efforts could turn out be in vain. The US giant Chevron's entry into the equation may ruin everything.

Subscribers only Energy 19.08.2020

Chevron Energy CEO Jean-Michel Jacoulot.

Nigeria
The three guises of Fidelis Oditah, ENI, NNPC and Lekoil's favourite lawyer

The businessman, consultant and lawyer Fidelis Oditah has been involved in most of the major oil-related court cases in Nigeria over the last decade.

Subscribers only Energy 17.08.2020

Nigerian lawyer and businessman Fidelis Oditah.

Gabon, South Africa
Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

After pulling out of Mozambique, the South African firm Sasol is now in process of leaving Gabon. Revelations.

Subscribers only Energy 20.07.2020

DRC
Who is the Israeli rep trying to sell drones to Kinshasa?

An Israeli consultant has met on several occasions with advisors from the Congolese president's office to discuss drone surveillance projects, including over the country's disputed territorial waters.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.07.2020

Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Junior oil firms flocked in their hundreds to bid for one of the 57 marginal fields put up for sale by the Abuja authorities to avoid a financial debacle as the Covid-19 crisis continues.

Subscribers only Energy 01.07.2020

Chad
Why Déby has opted for a direct confrontation with Glencore

Relations between the regime in N'Djamena and the raw materials trading giant have recently become strained. Here is why.

Subscribers only Energy 23.06.2020

Angola
General Electric brings in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to defend it against Portugal's Aenergy

In early June, US firm General Electric appointed Orin Snyder and Anne Champion (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher), to defend it in the action brought against Aenergy.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 23.06.2020

Nigeria
PwC's Mr Energy Pedro Omontuemhen audits books for NNPC

When the state-owned oil giant NNPC retained PwC to audit the 2018 accounts of three of its subsidiaries (Napims, N-Gas and NPDC), a central role was played by PWC's lead energy consultant for West Africa, Pedro Omontuemhen.

Subscribers only Energy 22.06.2020

Spotlight | Angola
Dos Santos era throwback Somoil changes boss again to steady ship

The best-connected junior in Angola has been struggling to retain a stable management team and has turned to Edson dos Santos Sousa, formerly of Sonangol and ExxonMobil, to restore some order.

Subscribers only Energy 12.06.2020

Angolan junior Somoil, whose new CEO is Edson dos Santos Sousa, was founded by former chairmen of Sonangol.

Nigeria
Covid-19: Africa Oil weathers storm thanks to fuel hedging

Junior oil firms are facing the very real threat of having to close before the year's end or deal with a deep crisis but there is one such company - highly active in Africa - that may have been able to limit the damage:

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2020

Angola
Equinor and DOF Subsea steer Norway's diplomatic moves with Lourenço

Norway can count on DOF Subsea and Equinor to help the country build and then strengthen its ties with its largest economic partner in Africa, Angola.

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2020

President João Lourenço (right) with vice president of Norwegian company DOF Subsea, Jan-Kristian Haukeland.

Ivory Coast
Oil distribution: MRS/Corlay Global/Petroci abritration saga rumbles on

The arbitration proceedings between the Ivorian national oil firm Petroci and Abuja's favourite trader MRS Oil over the purchase of Chevron's distribution assets are not going to be over any time soon.

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2020

Nigeria
Oil minister Sylva works behind scenes for quick sale of Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Total marginal fields

Nigeria has finally embarked on a sell-off of oil fields no longer wanted by oil majors, but the timing is terrible.

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2020

Minister of State for Petroleum Timipre Sylva.

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Chevron

Algeria
Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar faces crisis by relying on trusted few

Nigeria
Marginal asset sales: ExxonMobil reshuffles its Lagos management team

Nigeria
Marginal fields: signature bonus bonanza eludes Abuja

Equatorial Guinea
VP Teodorin Obiang's oil ministry reshuffle gambit backfires

Angola
Lourenço makes concessions to save production at Chevron's Block 14

Nigeria
ExxonMobil and Shell still chasing $2.5bn from NNPC for OML 133

Algeria
Energy Minister Attar's veteran E&P trio to counter Sonatrach

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Will Chevron wreck secret deal on Zafiro between Noble and Trident?

Nigeria
The three guises of Fidelis Oditah, ENI, NNPC and Lekoil's favourite lawyer

Gabon, South Africa
Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

DRC
Who is the Israeli rep trying to sell drones to Kinshasa?

Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Chad
Why Déby has opted for a direct confrontation with Glencore

Angola
General Electric brings in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to defend it against Portugal's Aenergy

Nigeria
PwC's Mr Energy Pedro Omontuemhen audits books for NNPC

Spotlight | Angola
Dos Santos era throwback Somoil changes boss again to steady ship

Nigeria
Covid-19: Africa Oil weathers storm thanks to fuel hedging

Angola
Equinor and DOF Subsea steer Norway's diplomatic moves with Lourenço

Ivory Coast
Oil distribution: MRS/Corlay Global/Petroci abritration saga rumbles on

Nigeria
Oil minister Sylva works behind scenes for quick sale of Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Total marginal fields

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

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Chevron

Algeria Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar faces crisis by relying on trusted few

Nigeria Marginal asset sales: ExxonMobil reshuffles its Lagos management team

Nigeria Marginal fields: signature bonus bonanza eludes Abuja

Equatorial Guinea VP Teodorin Obiang's oil ministry reshuffle gambit backfires

Angola Lourenço makes concessions to save production at Chevron's Block 14

Nigeria ExxonMobil and Shell still chasing $2.5bn from NNPC for OML 133

Algeria Energy Minister Attar's veteran E&P trio to counter Sonatrach

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea Will Chevron wreck secret deal on Zafiro between Noble and Trident?

Nigeria The three guises of Fidelis Oditah, ENI, NNPC and Lekoil's favourite lawyer

Gabon, South Africa Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

DRC Who is the Israeli rep trying to sell drones to Kinshasa?

Spotlight | Nigeria Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Chad Why Déby has opted for a direct confrontation with Glencore

Angola General Electric brings in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to defend it against Portugal's Aenergy

Nigeria PwC's Mr Energy Pedro Omontuemhen audits books for NNPC

Spotlight | Angola Dos Santos era throwback Somoil changes boss again to steady ship

Nigeria Covid-19: Africa Oil weathers storm thanks to fuel hedging

Angola Equinor and DOF Subsea steer Norway's diplomatic moves with Lourenço

Ivory Coast Oil distribution: MRS/Corlay Global/Petroci abritration saga rumbles on

Nigeria Oil minister Sylva works behind scenes for quick sale of Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Total marginal fields

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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

Algeria
Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar faces crisis by relying on trusted few

Nigeria
Marginal asset sales: ExxonMobil reshuffles its Lagos management team

Nigeria
Marginal fields: signature bonus bonanza eludes Abuja

Equatorial Guinea
VP Teodorin Obiang's oil ministry reshuffle gambit backfires

Angola
Lourenço makes concessions to save production at Chevron's Block 14

Nigeria
ExxonMobil and Shell still chasing $2.5bn from NNPC for OML 133

Algeria
Energy Minister Attar's veteran E&P trio to counter Sonatrach

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Will Chevron wreck secret deal on Zafiro between Noble and Trident?

Nigeria
The three guises of Fidelis Oditah, ENI, NNPC and Lekoil's favourite lawyer

Gabon, South Africa
Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

DRC
Who is the Israeli rep trying to sell drones to Kinshasa?

Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Chad
Why Déby has opted for a direct confrontation with Glencore

Angola
General Electric brings in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to defend it against Portugal's Aenergy

Nigeria
PwC's Mr Energy Pedro Omontuemhen audits books for NNPC

Spotlight | Angola
Dos Santos era throwback Somoil changes boss again to steady ship

Nigeria
Covid-19: Africa Oil weathers storm thanks to fuel hedging

Angola
Equinor and DOF Subsea steer Norway's diplomatic moves with Lourenço

Ivory Coast
Oil distribution: MRS/Corlay Global/Petroci abritration saga rumbles on

Nigeria
Oil minister Sylva works behind scenes for quick sale of Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Total marginal fields