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Genel Energy

Spotlight | Angola
Junior oil companies Afentra and Kariya duel for Etu Energias assets

The two are jostling to buy out the MPLA regime's relatives for their stakes in particularly promising Angolan offshore licences.

Free access Energy 18.03.2025

An oil field operated by Etu Energias in Angola.

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

BGN has established itself as a key player in Libyan oil. The Dubai-based firm headed by Rüya Bayegan has managed to capture most of the country's crude oil, become one of its leading fuel suppliers and is now looking to invest in infrastructure and oil fields.

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2024

© Illustrated by Julien Pacaud. Photos : M. Turkia/A. Doma/AFP/Y. Mahjoub/NurPhoto via AFP

Spotlight | Algeria, Nigeria
Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

In the coming months, the continent looks set to take a back seat in the portfolio of the Norwegian major amid plans to significantly curtail operations in Algeria and Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 07.10.2024

Anders Opedal, President and CEO of Equinor, in Doha on 26 March 2022.

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang liability sends oil firms packing

Equatorial Guinea's minister of mines, industry and energy Gabriel Obiang Lima is finding it hard to secure takers for the 25 new offshore blocks as oil firms loose trust in the stability of the regime.

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2019

Equatorial Guinea
Mysterious Fortuna bidders unveiled

As the country's only offshore block that is not yet developed, Fortuna has been attracting more than the usual crowd of majors.

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

Mauritania, Somalia, Somaliland
Sterling pays off debts, gets new boss

Before heading off to Wentworth Resources, Eskil Jersing, the former [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2018

Nigeria
Struggling with OML 18, San Leon bolsters Africa sector

To mitigate disappointments on Nigerian OML 18, of which it [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2018

Somalia, Somaliland
Genel Energy's Mike Adams makes a gesture for drill

As Africa Energy Intelligence understands, Genel Enegy's exploration director, Mike Adams, met with Somaliland's new mines minister Jama Mohamoud Egal. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2018

Somalia, Somaliland
CNPC places its pawns in Somaliland

According to our sources, a delegation from Chinese major CNPC [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.03.2018

Somalia, Somaliland
Sterling Energy keeps Odewayne card up its sleeve

British junior Sterling Energy has decided to keep its stake in the Odewayne onshore block, located in the southwest of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.04.2017

Africa
Jacka Resources could well be on the way out

The struggling Australian explorer Jacka Resources, headed by Australia’s Max [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.2016

Cameroon
Sterling Energy finally throws in towel

The stubborn stance of the boss of Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH), Adolphe Moudiki, a close friend of president Paul [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2016

Somalia
Exploration flatlines after Soma Oil's collapse

Oil exploration seems all but dead in Somalia following the decision by the judicial authorities in Britain to authorize the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2016

Africa
Ex British Army officer tries his luck in oil with Lakeside Resources

Former British army major general Keith Cima button-holed a number of people attending the 14th Africa Independents Forum in London [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.2016

Africa
Genel Energy to largely wave goodbye to the continent

In order to focus on its oil and gas concessions [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2016

Angola
White Rose Genel pulls out of ill-stared Kwanza basin

Angolan oil minister Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos recently signed two decrees allowing the consortium White Rose Genel Angola to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2016

Mozambique
Karamehmet, a Turkish mogul who wants his piece of Mozambique’s gas

Ranked by Forbes magazine as one of Turkey’s richest men - his fortune is estimated at $1.15 billion - Mehmet [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2015

Africa
With its assets marking time Sterling looks elsewhere for action

Having recently acquired several permits in Mauritania, Britain’s Sterling Energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2015

Somalia, Somaliland
How an Emirati oil fund is to replace Genel

Oil minister Hussein Abdi Dualeh and the son in law of president Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud, Bashe Awil Omar, who represents [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2015

Africa
The second life of Sterling Energy

While virtually all juniors are cutting back on their exploration budgets, the British firm, which was once on the ropes, is now snapping up new acreage. Here’s how.

Free access Energy 16.06.2015

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Genel Energy

Spotlight | Angola
Junior oil companies Afentra and Kariya duel for Etu Energias assets

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

Spotlight | Algeria, Nigeria
Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang liability sends oil firms packing

Equatorial Guinea
Mysterious Fortuna bidders unveiled

Mauritania, Somalia, Somaliland
Sterling pays off debts, gets new boss

Nigeria
Struggling with OML 18, San Leon bolsters Africa sector

Somalia, Somaliland
Genel Energy's Mike Adams makes a gesture for drill

Somalia, Somaliland
CNPC places its pawns in Somaliland

Somalia, Somaliland
Sterling Energy keeps Odewayne card up its sleeve

Africa
Jacka Resources could well be on the way out

Cameroon
Sterling Energy finally throws in towel

Somalia
Exploration flatlines after Soma Oil's collapse

Africa
Ex British Army officer tries his luck in oil with Lakeside Resources

Africa
Genel Energy to largely wave goodbye to the continent

Angola
White Rose Genel pulls out of ill-stared Kwanza basin

Mozambique
Karamehmet, a Turkish mogul who wants his piece of Mozambique’s gas

Africa
With its assets marking time Sterling looks elsewhere for action

Somalia, Somaliland
How an Emirati oil fund is to replace Genel

Africa
The second life of Sterling Energy

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Nigeria The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Genel Energy

Spotlight | Angola Junior oil companies Afentra and Kariya duel for Etu Energias assets

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

Spotlight | Algeria, Nigeria Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea Teodorin Obiang liability sends oil firms packing

Equatorial Guinea Mysterious Fortuna bidders unveiled

Mauritania, Somalia, Somaliland Sterling pays off debts, gets new boss

Nigeria Struggling with OML 18, San Leon bolsters Africa sector

Somalia, Somaliland Genel Energy's Mike Adams makes a gesture for drill

Somalia, Somaliland CNPC places its pawns in Somaliland

Somalia, Somaliland Sterling Energy keeps Odewayne card up its sleeve

Africa Jacka Resources could well be on the way out

Cameroon Sterling Energy finally throws in towel

Somalia Exploration flatlines after Soma Oil's collapse

Africa Ex British Army officer tries his luck in oil with Lakeside Resources

Africa Genel Energy to largely wave goodbye to the continent

Angola White Rose Genel pulls out of ill-stared Kwanza basin

Mozambique Karamehmet, a Turkish mogul who wants his piece of Mozambique’s gas

Africa With its assets marking time Sterling looks elsewhere for action

Somalia, Somaliland How an Emirati oil fund is to replace Genel

Africa The second life of Sterling Energy

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Spotlight | Angola
Junior oil companies Afentra and Kariya duel for Etu Energias assets

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

Spotlight | Algeria, Nigeria
Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang liability sends oil firms packing

Equatorial Guinea
Mysterious Fortuna bidders unveiled

Mauritania, Somalia, Somaliland
Sterling pays off debts, gets new boss

Nigeria
Struggling with OML 18, San Leon bolsters Africa sector

Somalia, Somaliland
Genel Energy's Mike Adams makes a gesture for drill

Somalia, Somaliland
CNPC places its pawns in Somaliland

Somalia, Somaliland
Sterling Energy keeps Odewayne card up its sleeve

Africa
Jacka Resources could well be on the way out

Cameroon
Sterling Energy finally throws in towel

Somalia
Exploration flatlines after Soma Oil's collapse

Africa
Ex British Army officer tries his luck in oil with Lakeside Resources

Africa
Genel Energy to largely wave goodbye to the continent

Angola
White Rose Genel pulls out of ill-stared Kwanza basin

Mozambique
Karamehmet, a Turkish mogul who wants his piece of Mozambique’s gas

Africa
With its assets marking time Sterling looks elsewhere for action

Somalia, Somaliland
How an Emirati oil fund is to replace Genel

Africa
The second life of Sterling Energy