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Angola
Angolan oil junior Somoil opens up under boss Dos Santos Sousa

After keeping a low profile for years and nearly going under during the pandemic, Angola's biggest private company Somoil is reinventing itself and opening up under its director general, a former ExxonMobil executive.

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.2022

South Africa
Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

Competing African energy and hydrocarbons conferences were held a week apart in Cape Town in October. The rival entities, the Hyve Group, which organises Africa Oil Week, and the African Energy Chamber lobbyists who run Africa Energy Week, are in a no-holds-barred battle for supremacy.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 31.10.2022

South African Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe (here at Africa Oil Week) attended both conferences.

Niger
Savannah Energy eyes revenues from new Niger oil pipeline

British junior Savannah Energy is eagerly expecting an influx of cash when the reserves in Niger's Agadem oil zone start flowing through a new pipeline - but its projects in Chad are bogged down in delays.

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2022

Tanzania
Samia Suhulu Hassan keen for Qatari investment

The Tanzanian president is trying to put the Magufuli era and its private sector woes behind the country. She has been sending gestures to reassure its Qatari partners about investing, starting with its gas sector.

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2022

Equatorial Guinea
Vaalco frets over Prince Arthur Eze after his Venus eviction

Atlas Petroleum charman Prince Arthur Eze has rejected Vaalco's development programme for its Venus oil field off Equatorial Guinea and denies that his firm has been ousted from the project.

Free access Energy 13.10.2022

Spotlight | Mozambique, South Africa
South African army plagued by setbacks in Cabo Delgado

The SADC intervention force in northern Mozambique, to which South Africa is the main contributor, has suffered a series of setbacks, including logistical snafus, lack of intelligence gathering, and poor coordination with Rwandan and Mozambican troops.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.10.2022

A military convoy of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) rides along a dirt road near Pemba on 5 August 2021.

Equatorial Guinea
Government's efforts to stop ExxonMobil leaving undermined by incident on Zafiro production unit

Equatorial Guinea is trying to stop the American major leaving the country but the deteriorating state of the floating production unit serving its biggest oil field has complicated its position.

Subscribers only Energy 12.10.2022

Mozambique
ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

The US major does not intend to leave more than 100 trillion cubic feet of gas in the depths of the Mozambique Channel. To extract them, a new crack team of executives is at work to overturn the company's initial choices.

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2022

Nigeria
Is it game over for ExxonMobil's $1.3bn deal with Seplat?

ExxonMobil has given itself until the end of November to conclude the sale of its 40% stake in shallow offshore blocks OML 67, 68, 70 and 104 to junior Seplat. #Nigeria

Subscribers only Energy 05.10.2022

Namibia
Chevron's Orange Basin acquisition is part of wider Namibia strategy

The acquisition of Block 2813B by Chevron, which is expected to be announced soon, is the first step in the US oil major's wider strategy to conquer Namibia.

Subscribers only Energy 03.10.2022

Chad
ExxonMobil and oil minister near agreement on departure bonus

The general manager of ExxonMobil's local office and Chad's oil and energy minister were able to meet on 24 September. That encounter may spell progress in the debate over the fiscal terms of the US major's withdrawal from the country.

Subscribers only Energy 28.09.2022

Chad's Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Djerassem Le Bemadjiel (left) pays his respect as he passes the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, at the Palace of Westminster, London, on 18 September 2022.

Spotlight | Africa
TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

The European and US energy giants learnt early on that to gain access to QatarEnergy's huge gas projects they would have to include the Qatari company in all their African and Latin American deals.

Subscribers only Energy 27.09.2022

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné and QatarEnergy CEO Saad Sherida al-Kaabi at the signing of the partnership agreement for the North Field East project in Doha, Qatar, on 12 June 2022.

Chad
ExxonMobil battle with N'Djamena prosecutor heats up

The boss of the US major's subsidiary in Chad is under pressure from the prosecutor's office, which accuses ExxonMobil of withholding money owed to former employees. The company says it has done no wrong.

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2022

Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria
Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

The law firm has brought in a specialist in financing and energy contracts with ready access to a flourishing network across West and Southern Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 16.09.2022

DRC
UN, Houston and Washington on Tshisekedi's US agenda

Expected next week in New York for the annual United [...]

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 16.09.2022

Spotlight | Africa
ExxonMobil, Chevron, Marathon... US giants start mass exodus from the continent

With the exception of Namibia and Mozambique, Africa has ceased to be attractive to US oil companies, which are gradually withdrawing from the market. This strategy is the opposite of that adopted by the Chinese and Russians, which are continuing to push ahead.

Subscribers only Energy 13.09.2022

Mozambique
French catering giants Newrest and CIS choose their local partners

There is a fierce battle for catering contracts in Mozambique afoot. While TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil's major projects are currently stalled, French firms have already selected local businessmen to help position themselves for future gas developments.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 13.09.2022

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Angola
Angolan oil junior Somoil opens up under boss Dos Santos Sousa

South Africa
Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

Niger
Savannah Energy eyes revenues from new Niger oil pipeline

Tanzania
Samia Suhulu Hassan keen for Qatari investment

Equatorial Guinea
Vaalco frets over Prince Arthur Eze after his Venus eviction

Spotlight | Mozambique, South Africa
South African army plagued by setbacks in Cabo Delgado

Equatorial Guinea
Government's efforts to stop ExxonMobil leaving undermined by incident on Zafiro production unit

Mozambique
ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

Nigeria
Is it game over for ExxonMobil's $1.3bn deal with Seplat?

Namibia
Chevron's Orange Basin acquisition is part of wider Namibia strategy

Chad
ExxonMobil and oil minister near agreement on departure bonus

Spotlight | Africa
TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

Chad
ExxonMobil battle with N'Djamena prosecutor heats up

Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria
Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

DRC
UN, Houston and Washington on Tshisekedi's US agenda

Spotlight | Africa
ExxonMobil, Chevron, Marathon... US giants start mass exodus from the continent

Mozambique
French catering giants Newrest and CIS choose their local partners

Angola, Nigeria, Tanzania
Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Nigeria
Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Nigeria
Disputes still hound Nigeria's relations with ENI and Shell

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

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Angola Angolan oil junior Somoil opens up under boss Dos Santos Sousa

South Africa Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

Niger Savannah Energy eyes revenues from new Niger oil pipeline

Tanzania Samia Suhulu Hassan keen for Qatari investment

Equatorial Guinea Vaalco frets over Prince Arthur Eze after his Venus eviction

Spotlight | Mozambique, South Africa South African army plagued by setbacks in Cabo Delgado

Equatorial Guinea Government's efforts to stop ExxonMobil leaving undermined by incident on Zafiro production unit

Mozambique ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

Nigeria Is it game over for ExxonMobil's $1.3bn deal with Seplat?

Namibia Chevron's Orange Basin acquisition is part of wider Namibia strategy

Chad ExxonMobil and oil minister near agreement on departure bonus

Spotlight | Africa TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

Chad ExxonMobil battle with N'Djamena prosecutor heats up

Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

DRC UN, Houston and Washington on Tshisekedi's US agenda

Spotlight | Africa ExxonMobil, Chevron, Marathon... US giants start mass exodus from the continent

Mozambique French catering giants Newrest and CIS choose their local partners

Angola, Nigeria, Tanzania Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Nigeria Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Nigeria Disputes still hound Nigeria's relations with ENI and Shell

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Angola
Angolan oil junior Somoil opens up under boss Dos Santos Sousa

South Africa
Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

Niger
Savannah Energy eyes revenues from new Niger oil pipeline

Tanzania
Samia Suhulu Hassan keen for Qatari investment

Equatorial Guinea
Vaalco frets over Prince Arthur Eze after his Venus eviction

Spotlight | Mozambique, South Africa
South African army plagued by setbacks in Cabo Delgado

Equatorial Guinea
Government's efforts to stop ExxonMobil leaving undermined by incident on Zafiro production unit

Mozambique
ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

Nigeria
Is it game over for ExxonMobil's $1.3bn deal with Seplat?

Namibia
Chevron's Orange Basin acquisition is part of wider Namibia strategy

Chad
ExxonMobil and oil minister near agreement on departure bonus

Spotlight | Africa
TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

Chad
ExxonMobil battle with N'Djamena prosecutor heats up

Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria
Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

DRC
UN, Houston and Washington on Tshisekedi's US agenda

Spotlight | Africa
ExxonMobil, Chevron, Marathon... US giants start mass exodus from the continent

Mozambique
French catering giants Newrest and CIS choose their local partners

Angola, Nigeria, Tanzania
Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Nigeria
Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Nigeria
Disputes still hound Nigeria's relations with ENI and Shell