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Central Africa
Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Washington has stepped up its efforts to prevent US oil companies from being obliged to repatriate their rehabilitation funds to the CEMAC zone.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 18.05.2023

Spotlight | Namibia, South Africa
Namibia eclipses South Africa as TotalEnergies, Shell and ENI hone in on new El Dorado

Namibian offshore, now seen as a new frontier for exploration after TotalEnergies and Shell's discoveries there, is whetting many appetites. South Africa in contrast is struggling in the shadow of the burgeoning new giant.

Subscribers only Energy 17.05.2023

Cameroon, Chad
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

The Cameroonian government has been caught up in an internal crisis since the SNH bought a 10% stake in the company running the oil pipeline between Doba and Kribi. In a series of letters seen by African Intelligence, presidency secretary general Ngoh Ngoh and SNH boss Moudiki have been locked in a violent dispute over the operation.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy, Politics 03.05.2023

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies quietly prepares for resumption of Mozambique LNG

The French major is discreetly preparing to resume developing the Mozambique LNG mega-complex in the troubled Cabo Delgado province.

Subscribers only Energy 03.05.2023

The Managing Director of TotalEnergies in Mozambique, Maxime Rabilloud, and the Group's CEO, Patrick Pouyanné.

Spotlight | Ghana
Norway's Kjell Inge Rokke, hobbled by Accra, fails to launch Pecan development

Ghana's promising Pecan offshore oilfield is unlikely to be developed any time soon, despite the keen interest of one of Norway's richest men. The impasse may be due to Accra's apparently negative business attitude.

Subscribers only Energy 01.05.2023

Cameroon, France
Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

The arbitration procedure launched by Petronas and ExxonMobil against Cameroon has been suspended for two months after Yaoundé's lawyer, Gill Dingome, sought the recusal of the oil firm's chosen arbitrator Thomas Clay.

Subscribers only Business 27.04.2023

Cameroon, Chad
ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

With N'Djamena in conflict with Savannah Energy, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby pushed his Cameroonian counterpart not to legitimise the British junior's stake in the Doba-Kribi pipeline, which exports 100% of Chad's crude. In vain.

Subscribers only Energy 26.04.2023

Nigeria
From banker to governor: Who helped Dauda Lawal take Zamfara?

On 29 May, Dauda Lawal will become the first governor of Zamfara State elected under the banner of the opposition People's Democratic Party. Announced as a surprise rival to incumbent Bello Matawalle, the ex-banker owes his victory in no small part to his myriad good connections.

Subscribers only Politics 19.04.2023

Mozambique
Monaco's ES-KO snags Smart Catering and contracts with Jindal and Schlumberger

Already active in a dozen African nations, Monaco-based ES-KO acquired Smart Catering, specialised in catering for mining and oil firms in Mozambique.

Subscribers only Mining 18.04.2023

Spotlight | Chad
N'Djamena justifies ExxonMobil asset nationalisation at Savannah Energy's expense

The Chadian Ministry of Hydrocarbons is still trying to make ExxonMobil pay a hefty leaving fee, and has produced a highly critical report of the running of the wells that the US major sold to Savannah Energy in December.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 05.04.2023

Spotlight | Central African Republic, South Africa
Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Currently living in exile in Dubai and under threat of being extradited to South Africa, where they are wanted on charges of embezzlement, the Guptas are seeking a safe haven in the centre of the continent.

Subscribers only Business 31.03.2023

Mozambique
ExxonMobil revises Rovuma LNG to reduce carbon footprint

The US oil company has decided to redesign its future liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains in Mozambique in order to reduce their carbon footprint. The major is keen to project an image of an environmentally virtuous project.

Subscribers only Energy 29.03.2023

Running story | Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa
Southern Africa progresses towards the start of gas production

As a future gas production zone, South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia carry the hopes of the super-majors Total, ENI and ExxonMobil. They represent a new opportunity for investors as Africa's traditional oil and gas-producing countries are increasingly struggling to maintain production.

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.2023

Mozambique
Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Rwandan security and construction firms have been flooding into Cabo Delgado looking for business opportunities following Kigali's military intervention to secure the gas-rich Mozambican province.

Subscribers only Defence 23.03.2023

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Angola has benefited enormously from oil blocks located partly in a maritime zone to which Kinshasa could lay claim, according to a confidential report financed by the World Bank and submitted to President Félix Tshisekedi's office.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2023

President of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, with President of Angola, Joao Lourenco, the 5th of February 2019.

Chad
Savannah Energy unaffected by row with junta over ExxonMobil asset transfer

Its weeks-long legal battle with Chad's government has not impacted the British junior's bottom line. Even without its own employees on site, it continues its activities as if the transfer from ExxonMobil were not in dispute.

Subscribers only Energy 21.03.2023

Spotlight | Namibia
ENI queues up for slice of Namibian oil and gas bonanza

After several recent discoveries by Shell and TotalEnergies, the Italian major ENI is working on all fronts with the Namibian authorities to invest in offshore permits. Asian companies also have an eye on the zone.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.03.2023

Offshore platforms anchored in the roadstead in the Walvis Bay lagoon.

Equatorial Guinea
ExxonMobil hopes for helping hand from Teodorin Obiang

ExxonMobil is feeling hopeful now that a familiar face has been appointed as the new oil minister. With the goal of selling off its ailing assets in Equatorial Guinea this year, it has already reached out to the country's vice president.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 02.03.2023

Spotlight | Angola, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal
Grand Tortue, hydrogen and Angola: BP's exceptions to Africa pull-out

British major BP has abandoned almost all of its oil activities on the continent in recent years, thus underscoring its ambition to focus on natural gas and the emerging prospect of hydrogen. The firm remains present in four countries:

Free access Energy 15.02.2023

Bernard Looney, BP Chief Executive, in Cairo, Egypt, on 14 February 2022.

Equatorial Guinea
VP Teodorin Obiang sets trap for his half-brother and rival Gabriel

The president's favourite son, Teodorin Obiang Nguema, has been trying to sideline his half-brother Gabriel Obiang Lima. In the latest reshuffle, the former oil minister was appointed to the ministry of economic diversification, a political dead end, much to the disappointment of oil investors.

Subscribers only Energy 13.02.2023

Equatoguinean Minister of Planning and Economic Diversification, Gabriel Obiang.

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Central Africa
Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Spotlight | Namibia, South Africa
Namibia eclipses South Africa as TotalEnergies, Shell and ENI hone in on new El Dorado

Cameroon, Chad
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies quietly prepares for resumption of Mozambique LNG

Spotlight | Ghana
Norway's Kjell Inge Rokke, hobbled by Accra, fails to launch Pecan development

Cameroon, France
Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

Cameroon, Chad
ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Nigeria
From banker to governor: Who helped Dauda Lawal take Zamfara?

Mozambique
Monaco's ES-KO snags Smart Catering and contracts with Jindal and Schlumberger

Spotlight | Chad
N'Djamena justifies ExxonMobil asset nationalisation at Savannah Energy's expense

Spotlight | Central African Republic, South Africa
Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Mozambique
ExxonMobil revises Rovuma LNG to reduce carbon footprint

Running story | Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa
Southern Africa progresses towards the start of gas production

Mozambique
Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Chad
Savannah Energy unaffected by row with junta over ExxonMobil asset transfer

Spotlight | Namibia
ENI queues up for slice of Namibian oil and gas bonanza

Equatorial Guinea
ExxonMobil hopes for helping hand from Teodorin Obiang

Spotlight | Angola, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal
Grand Tortue, hydrogen and Angola: BP's exceptions to Africa pull-out

Equatorial Guinea
VP Teodorin Obiang sets trap for his half-brother and rival Gabriel

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Central Africa Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Spotlight | Namibia, South Africa Namibia eclipses South Africa as TotalEnergies, Shell and ENI hone in on new El Dorado

Cameroon, Chad Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

Spotlight | Mozambique TotalEnergies quietly prepares for resumption of Mozambique LNG

Spotlight | Ghana Norway's Kjell Inge Rokke, hobbled by Accra, fails to launch Pecan development

Cameroon, France Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

Cameroon, Chad ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Nigeria From banker to governor: Who helped Dauda Lawal take Zamfara?

Mozambique Monaco's ES-KO snags Smart Catering and contracts with Jindal and Schlumberger

Spotlight | Chad N'Djamena justifies ExxonMobil asset nationalisation at Savannah Energy's expense

Spotlight | Central African Republic, South Africa Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Mozambique ExxonMobil revises Rovuma LNG to reduce carbon footprint

Running story | Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa Southern Africa progresses towards the start of gas production

Mozambique Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Angola, DRC Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Chad Savannah Energy unaffected by row with junta over ExxonMobil asset transfer

Spotlight | Namibia ENI queues up for slice of Namibian oil and gas bonanza

Equatorial Guinea ExxonMobil hopes for helping hand from Teodorin Obiang

Spotlight | Angola, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal Grand Tortue, hydrogen and Angola: BP's exceptions to Africa pull-out

Equatorial Guinea VP Teodorin Obiang sets trap for his half-brother and rival Gabriel

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Central Africa
Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Spotlight | Namibia, South Africa
Namibia eclipses South Africa as TotalEnergies, Shell and ENI hone in on new El Dorado

Cameroon, Chad
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies quietly prepares for resumption of Mozambique LNG

Spotlight | Ghana
Norway's Kjell Inge Rokke, hobbled by Accra, fails to launch Pecan development

Cameroon, France
Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

Cameroon, Chad
ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Nigeria
From banker to governor: Who helped Dauda Lawal take Zamfara?

Mozambique
Monaco's ES-KO snags Smart Catering and contracts with Jindal and Schlumberger

Spotlight | Chad
N'Djamena justifies ExxonMobil asset nationalisation at Savannah Energy's expense

Spotlight | Central African Republic, South Africa
Gupta brothers seek asylum in central Africa

Mozambique
ExxonMobil revises Rovuma LNG to reduce carbon footprint

Running story | Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa
Southern Africa progresses towards the start of gas production

Mozambique
Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Chad
Savannah Energy unaffected by row with junta over ExxonMobil asset transfer

Spotlight | Namibia
ENI queues up for slice of Namibian oil and gas bonanza

Equatorial Guinea
ExxonMobil hopes for helping hand from Teodorin Obiang

Spotlight | Angola, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal
Grand Tortue, hydrogen and Angola: BP's exceptions to Africa pull-out

Equatorial Guinea
VP Teodorin Obiang sets trap for his half-brother and rival Gabriel