00 days

00 hours

00 mins

00 secs

Special offer: -15%15% OFF your subscription

Consult our offers

Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

Scroll through edition

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

ExxonMobil

DRC
Limited room for manoeuvre and shaky mandate for vulnerable Felix Tshisekedi

Elected after a chaotic ballot, Felix Tshisekedi will have to negotiate a delicate power-sharing arrangement with the previous regime. Analysis.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.01.2019

Spotlight | Document | Africa
ExxonMobil plays catch-up to Total and ENI

ExxonMobil's arrival in Angola's Namibe Basin is the latest step in the American major's bold decision to take increasingly risky bets in offshore African projects. With no plans to let go of its Nigerian and Angolan assets, the supermajor is [.

Subscribers only Energy 15.01.2019

Tanzania
LNG: Shell/Equinor fail to secure extension and lose rights

With a political environment unpropitious for investment in the gas sector, the two oil firms have lost nearly all of their rights after failing to secure extensions to their blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 15.01.2019

South Africa
MTN boss Phuthuma Nhleko, the behind-the-scenes partner on Total and Qatar Petroleum's favourite block

Junior oil firm Impact has helped discreet, well-heeled South African partners buy into block 11B/12B.

Subscribers only Energy 15.01.2019

Chad
President's favourite son Seid Idriss Deby takes top seat at SHT

The news went under the radar, and for good cause. Chadian president Idriss Deby chose Christmas Eve, December 24, as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.01.2019

DRC
State bears down on popular favourite Martin Fayulu

Kinshasa has manoeuvred during the presidential campaign to undermine its opponents, among them the Lamuka coalition candidate. Analysis.

Subscribers only Politics 02.01.2019

Document | Africa
Qatar Petroleum's very political investments

Qatari national firm Qatar Petroleum has been snapping up assets in high-potential areas where no discoveries have yet been made. Here's why.

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2019

Equatorial Guinea
Why Teodorin could block Trident's bid for Zafiro with ExxonMobil?

Trident Energy could very well find itself caught up in local politics and add another setback to its let-down in Tunisia.

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2019

Africa
Gazprom and Rosneft add muscle to Putin's ambitions on the continent

As Lukoil loses ground, the Kremlin is counting on its national oil firms to drive through its goals.

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2019

Nigeria
Exxon/Shell $2.5 billion affair: "We're not Nigeria", shouts NNPC

The Nigerian state-owned firm denies the jurisdiction of the US court by distancing itself with Abuja.

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2019