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ExxonMobil

Mauritania
Total pays the price for ExxonMobil's signing bonus largesse

Arrangements made by the US major two years ago set a costly precedent for the French firm's acquisition of offshore blocks C15 and C31.

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2020

Mozambique
Total and ExxonMobil sound warning bell over security time bomb

The American supermajor is coming up with reasons to delay its final investment decision while Total plays for time.

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Equatorial Guinea
Fourth Sino-Nigerian pair to enter fray for Exxon's Zafiro?

Two new actors are are mulling the idea of a consortium to take Zafiro off ExxonMobil's hands for which there are already three other contending groups.

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Algeria, Angola
Crude oil output: BP's troubles worsen

BP's African production from its assets in Angola, Egypt and Algeria, took a 20% cut in 2019 compared to its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Mozambique
ExxonMobil's block 4: Trump places US Exim Bank's Reed as pillar against CNPC

The United States are done with talk of financing projects involving Chinese players.

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Nigeria
Kyari barons put Ewubare and Baru's men on NNPC backbench

Eight months after taking over the helm of NNPC, Kyari has ejected several directors that had joined the firm while his predecessor Maikanti Baru was still pulling the strings.

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Nigeria
Covid-19 scuppers Indimi's imminent Okwok deal for Oriental

For a long time, Oriental Energy Resources (OER), founder and chairman Muhammadu Indimi kept a tight lid on his negotiations [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Chad
CNPC, the lifesaver keeping Idriss Déby's oil output afloat

Chad's oil and gas industry is keeping its head above water thanks to Beijing. While ExxonMobil, Petronas and Glencore, all [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Nigeria
Will new Napims boss Bala Wunti continue to make ExxonMobil wait as had Musa Lawan?

The meeting was supposed to take place in February. A team from the Nigerian petroleum regulation authority Napims was to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Chad
The man behind Idriss Déby's latest SHT/ CNPC refinery sackings

The Chadian minister of petroleum, mines and energy Mahamat Hamid [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Spotlight | Mozambique
Local content: fragmented bombshell heading Frelimo and Total/Exxon's way

After being bottom on the list of the Frelimo government's concerns since the development of the giant Rovuma Basin gas reserves began in 2010, local content is creeping back up in the pecking order. The question now is whether it [.

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2020

Africa, Angola
Are Spanish giant Repsol's days on the continent numbered?

What has cursed Repsol's African endeavours? Despite the verve of its Exploration Director Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia Didier [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2020

Mozambique
Total and ExxonMobil at loggerheads over Afungi

The supermajors ExxonMobil and Total are miles apart in their thinking on how to invest in the development of the Afungi LNG park.

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2020

Africa, Angola
Are Spanish giant Repsol's days on the continent numbered?

Repsol has begun its retreat from Angola, adding the country to a long list of failures on the continent. Only the Spanish firm's North African activities are holding on.

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2020

Madagascar
BP toys with Andry Rajoelina's nerves

The British major BP has until the end of March to officially state its intentions for its offshore blocks in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2020

Mozambique
Afungi safety: Total secures air support

The security crisis in Mozambique's oil-rich province of Cabo Delgado, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2020

Mozambique
Qatar Petroleum's Maputo consultants cash in on gas boom

As the fever for Mozambique's gas discoveries heats up, consultancy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2020

In Focus | Mozambique, Russia
Moscow muscles in as protector of oil firms in Cabo Delgado

Building on from its presence in Central African Republic and Libya, Moscow is determined to create a firm footing in Mozambique, a country that for 20 years was a Soviet outpost. Like in Bangui, the main vector for Russian influence here is military support to local forces working to combat an insurrection that has rocked Cabo Delgado province since October 5, 2017.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy 09.03.2020

The presidents of Mozambique and Russia, Filipe Nyusi and Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, 22 August 2019.

Mozambique
Worley's love for PwC shines in Maputo

The Australian consultancy and engineering firm Worley, which has won two contracts with Total for the French major's Mozambican LNG [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2020

Algeria
Mustapha Hanifi: fall of the ministry's hydrocarbons emperor

After Sonatrach chief executive Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour left the firm in April 2019 after two years at the job, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2020

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