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Senegal
Struggling in Equatorial Guinea, Lukoil foiled over Sangomar by Woodside

The cut-price acquisition of Senegal's Sangomar field by Lukoil, a firm run by a close associate of Vladimir Putin, has been derailed.

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2020

Artist's impression of FPSO to develop the Sangomar field.

Algeria
Former Sonatrach boss Ould Kaddour's secret plan for Augusta refinery

The conditions under which Sonatrach acquired the heavily loss-making Augusta refinery in Sicily are under judicial investigation in Algeria. Before losing his post, however, former Sonatrach boss Ould Kaddour drew up a strategy intended to avoid the disaster.

Subscribers only Energy 24.08.2020

Mozambique
Block 4: ENI lets suspense over deal with ExxonMobil on LNG trains linger

After several set-backs, it looks like the development of the LNG trains 3 and 4 on Afungi peninsula could be near in sight.

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2020

Equatorial Guinea
Why oil minister Gabriel Obiang is furious about PM Obama Asue's reappointment

The reappointment of Obama Asue as prime minister following the resignation of the government is a new demonstration of the growing power of vice president and president in waiting Obiang Nguema.

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2020

Equatorial Guinean prime minister Francisco Pascual Obama Asue.

Mauritania
Ghazouani assumes tighter control of oil by appointing technocrat minister

After four years in charge of oil and mining, Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah has hung up the gloves and made way for a newcomer with no direct experience in either sectors.

Free access Energy 20.08.2020

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani during the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott, 30 June.

Mozambique
Zakher leads way on gas services partnership between Maputo and Abu Dhabi

The firm owned by the businessman Hassan El Ali recently signed a deal with Mozambique's national oil company ENH, thereby becoming one of the first Dubai-based operators to invest in the country's gas sector.

Subscribers only Energy 20.08.2020

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.

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
First lady accelerates made-to-measure succession for Teodorin

As the strength of family patriarch Teodoro Obiang Nguema wanes, his wife Constancia is setting up the political mechanisms which will enable their son Teodorin to take his place as president.

Subscribers only Politics 23.07.2020

Equatorial Guinean first lady Constancia Mangue Nsue Obiang

Spotlight | Mozambique, United Kingdom
Total's block 1: Exports minister Stuart ready to plant Union Jack in Mozambican LNG

As a member of the Commonwealth, Mozambique could find itself a prime target of a post-Brexit UK in search of trade opportunities. Yet the Minister for Exports and head of UK Export Finance has found himself stuck between entrepreneurs and NGOs warning against the environmental impact of gas rigs.

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.2020

Angola
ANPG defies Covid crisis to sign new deal with ExxonMobil on block 30

The Covid-19 pandemic has not stopped Angola's hydrocarbons regulatory body, the ANPG, from signing a risk service contract (RSC) with American super major ExxonMobil for the offshore exploration of block 30 in Namibe Basin.

Subscribers only Energy 20.07.2020

Mozambique
Local content still major source of tension between Total, ENI, ExxonMobil and state

The oil majors, Total, ENI and ExxonMobil, are continuing to exert pressure on the state to avoid having to meet strong local content requirements. The Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy is to take advice from a consulting company on the subject.

Subscribers only Energy 16.07.2020

Chad
ExxonMobil has little to fear from Déby's new oil bill

After several months of preparation, the Chadian oil ministry, which for the last year has been headed up by Mahamat Hamid Koua, is putting the final touches to the new hydrocarbons draft bill.

Subscribers only Energy 13.07.2020

South Africa
Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Since taking over at the helm of the South African subsidiary of the French major Total in August 2018, the Nigerian Adewale Fayemi has become the leading private sector player in South Africa's oil industry.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2020

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved.

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2020

Mozambique
Could Covid-19 crisis extend World Bank aid for extractive industries?

Strategically key for bringing to fruition the oil and gas projects on which Mozambique's economic development depends, the World Bank's assistance programme could be extended on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subscribers only Mining 26.06.2020

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

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Covid-19 fails to dampen ExxonMobil's push on Zafiro sale

One Africa's largest oil assets on sale is still getting the phones ringing and conference calls buzzing in the American oil major's headquarters in Texas.

Subscribers only Energy 17.06.2020

FPSO on the Equatorial Guinean Zafiro oilfield, 71% owned by ExxonMobil.

Mozambique
Exxon's shield, Control Risks, anchors hold amid Cabo Delgado insurgency

Control Risks' logistics and security partner in Cabo Delgado, Executive Logistics, has set up camp in Mocímboa da Praia, the epicentre of the insurgency movement rocking the region. This small port town close to the Afungi gas facilities will service as a rear base for its security operations.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 17.06.2020

Chad
Déby finds plum jobs for party stalwarts ahead of 2021 presidential elections

Regime figures who had lost their official functions have been given well-paid jobs in return for promising to play a role in the presidential elections, in which Idriss Déby will be running.

Subscribers only Energy 16.06.2020

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.

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Senegal
Struggling in Equatorial Guinea, Lukoil foiled over Sangomar by Woodside

Algeria
Former Sonatrach boss Ould Kaddour's secret plan for Augusta refinery

Mozambique
Block 4: ENI lets suspense over deal with ExxonMobil on LNG trains linger

Equatorial Guinea
Why oil minister Gabriel Obiang is furious about PM Obama Asue's reappointment

Mauritania
Ghazouani assumes tighter control of oil by appointing technocrat minister

Mozambique
Zakher leads way on gas services partnership between Maputo and Abu Dhabi

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

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
First lady accelerates made-to-measure succession for Teodorin

Spotlight | Mozambique, United Kingdom
Total's block 1: Exports minister Stuart ready to plant Union Jack in Mozambican LNG

Angola
ANPG defies Covid crisis to sign new deal with ExxonMobil on block 30

Mozambique
Local content still major source of tension between Total, ENI, ExxonMobil and state

Chad
ExxonMobil has little to fear from Déby's new oil bill

South Africa
Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Mozambique
Could Covid-19 crisis extend World Bank aid for extractive industries?

Chad
Why Déby has opted for a direct confrontation with Glencore

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Covid-19 fails to dampen ExxonMobil's push on Zafiro sale

Mozambique
Exxon's shield, Control Risks, anchors hold amid Cabo Delgado insurgency

Chad
Déby finds plum jobs for party stalwarts ahead of 2021 presidential elections

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

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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

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Senegal Struggling in Equatorial Guinea, Lukoil foiled over Sangomar by Woodside

Algeria Former Sonatrach boss Ould Kaddour's secret plan for Augusta refinery

Mozambique Block 4: ENI lets suspense over deal with ExxonMobil on LNG trains linger

Equatorial Guinea Why oil minister Gabriel Obiang is furious about PM Obama Asue's reappointment

Mauritania Ghazouani assumes tighter control of oil by appointing technocrat minister

Mozambique Zakher leads way on gas services partnership between Maputo and Abu Dhabi

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

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea First lady accelerates made-to-measure succession for Teodorin

Spotlight | Mozambique, United Kingdom Total's block 1: Exports minister Stuart ready to plant Union Jack in Mozambican LNG

Angola ANPG defies Covid crisis to sign new deal with ExxonMobil on block 30

Mozambique Local content still major source of tension between Total, ENI, ExxonMobil and state

Chad ExxonMobil has little to fear from Déby's new oil bill

South Africa Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Spotlight | Mozambique Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Mozambique Could Covid-19 crisis extend World Bank aid for extractive industries?

Chad Why Déby has opted for a direct confrontation with Glencore

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea Covid-19 fails to dampen ExxonMobil's push on Zafiro sale

Mozambique Exxon's shield, Control Risks, anchors hold amid Cabo Delgado insurgency

Chad Déby finds plum jobs for party stalwarts ahead of 2021 presidential elections

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

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Senegal
Struggling in Equatorial Guinea, Lukoil foiled over Sangomar by Woodside

Algeria
Former Sonatrach boss Ould Kaddour's secret plan for Augusta refinery

Mozambique
Block 4: ENI lets suspense over deal with ExxonMobil on LNG trains linger

Equatorial Guinea
Why oil minister Gabriel Obiang is furious about PM Obama Asue's reappointment

Mauritania
Ghazouani assumes tighter control of oil by appointing technocrat minister

Mozambique
Zakher leads way on gas services partnership between Maputo and Abu Dhabi

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

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
First lady accelerates made-to-measure succession for Teodorin

Spotlight | Mozambique, United Kingdom
Total's block 1: Exports minister Stuart ready to plant Union Jack in Mozambican LNG

Angola
ANPG defies Covid crisis to sign new deal with ExxonMobil on block 30

Mozambique
Local content still major source of tension between Total, ENI, ExxonMobil and state

Chad
ExxonMobil has little to fear from Déby's new oil bill

South Africa
Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Mozambique
Could Covid-19 crisis extend World Bank aid for extractive industries?

Chad
Why Déby has opted for a direct confrontation with Glencore

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Covid-19 fails to dampen ExxonMobil's push on Zafiro sale

Mozambique
Exxon's shield, Control Risks, anchors hold amid Cabo Delgado insurgency

Chad
Déby finds plum jobs for party stalwarts ahead of 2021 presidential elections

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