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Senegal
After Sangomar, Grand Tortue Ahmeyim also delayed by BP and Kosmos

Production at the GTA cross-border gas field is likely to be pushed back from 2023 to early 2024. The Australian firm Woodside Energy also made similar changes for Senegal's Sangomar field.

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2023

Spotlight | Ghana
PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry

The Ghanaian authorities are still refusing to approve a transaction authorising PetroSA to increase its stake in the offshore permit Deepwater Tano. GNPC seems to have taken sides with the South African firm, which has teamed up with the discreet local firm Bluestar Exploration for the transaction.

Subscribers only Energy 13.06.2023

In Focus | South Africa
State-owned PetroSA in death throes as national energy crisis persists

PetroSA has been fighting for survival since its Mossel Bay refinery shut in 2020. Its crisis has deepened in recent months, with a lack of funds preventing urgent maintenance work on high-risk infrastructure. Company documents seen by Africa Intelligence paint a grim picture of an almost bankrupt firm hobbled by inept management and an allegedly cavalier chairman, Nkululeko Poya.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 12.06.2023

PetroSA interim chairman Nkululeko Poya, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe and President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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

Sao Tome and Principe
Block 4, eyed by TotalEnergies and Kosmos, still held by US junior ERHC

The Sao Tomé & Principe government formed last November by Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada is looking for a solution to the problem posed by Block 4.

Subscribers only Energy 15.03.2023

Inner circles | Africa
Africa's small oil producers court Gulf states at OPEC

The seven African members of OPEC are the smallest producers of its 13 members and can struggle to be heard within a cartel dominated by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but they are doing their best to defend their interests.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 24.02.2023

Representatives of OPEC member countries.

Equatorial Guinea
Africa Oil, Panoro and Kosmos deals consolidate Teodorin Obiang's oil credentials

Equatorial Guinea's vice president is keen to demonstrate that he is now in control of the oil sector while at the same time undermining his half brother Gabriel Obiang Lima, who was until January the oil minister.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 23.02.2023

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.

Gabon
Pertamina moves to take over Carlyle's Assala Energy

The withdrawal of Assala Energy's sole shareholder, the investment fund Carlyle, is being closely followed by President Ali Bongo a few months before the presidential election. The presidential palace is currently in discussions with the Indonesian oil group Pertamina.

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.2023

Equatorial Guinea
President Obiang's strategic game of ambassadorial musical chairs

Equatorial Guinea is redeploying its ambassadors in several key capitals. The aim is to ease strained relations with certain countries, such as France and the United States, while further cementing ties with Egypt, Turkey and China.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.01.2023

Senegal
Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Teranga SA is betting on more business and has recruited three new members to its board of directors, including two former French heavyweights in Africa: General Grégoire de Saint-Quentin and the former deputy director of West Africa at the foreign ministry, Laurent Bigot.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 13.01.2023

Spotlight | West Africa
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana have launched ambitious projects and made bold statements in their bids to become West Africa's next "energy hub". Those efforts, however, are a long way from unseating dominant Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2023

Gabon
Assala denies Carlyle is selling out

Gabon's second largest oil producer Assala Energy is still denying that its sole shareholder, Carlyle, is preparing to sell all of its shares in the junior. Africa Intelligence can however reveal that the private equity fund has already tasked a Citibank team with seeing through the operation.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2022

In Focus | Senegal
Frank Timis's Senegal feint

The Australian-Romanian businessman is under investigation by the US, UK and Swiss authorities, and is eager to divert attention away from suspicions of corruption regarding an oil and gas block acquisition. This gambit focusses on on arable land bought in Senegal via a company that he is looking to have listed on Wall Street.

Subscribers only Business 05.12.2022

The Australian-Romanian businessman, Frank Timis.

Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Kosmos Energy

Senegal
After Sangomar, Grand Tortue Ahmeyim also delayed by BP and Kosmos

Spotlight | Ghana
PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry

In Focus | South Africa
State-owned PetroSA in death throes as national energy crisis persists

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

Sao Tome and Principe
Block 4, eyed by TotalEnergies and Kosmos, still held by US junior ERHC

Inner circles | Africa
Africa's small oil producers court Gulf states at OPEC

Equatorial Guinea
Africa Oil, Panoro and Kosmos deals consolidate Teodorin Obiang's oil credentials

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

Gabon
Pertamina moves to take over Carlyle's Assala Energy

Equatorial Guinea
President Obiang's strategic game of ambassadorial musical chairs

Senegal
Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Spotlight | West Africa
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Gabon
Assala denies Carlyle is selling out

In Focus | Senegal
Frank Timis's Senegal feint

Mauritania
Ghazouani launches investment drive from Tokyo to Washington

Spotlight | Africa
ExxonMobil's long and painful goodbye to Africa

Gabon
Buyers queue up for Assala as Carlyle pulls out

Equatorial Guinea
Golar, NFE and Kosmos Energy prepare to bring Fortuna back to life

Senegal
Dakar to join gas 'OPEC'

Senegal
Dakar studies pipeline from GTA gas field to onshore power station

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Senegal After Sangomar, Grand Tortue Ahmeyim also delayed by BP and Kosmos

Spotlight | Ghana PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry

In Focus | South Africa State-owned PetroSA in death throes as national energy crisis persists

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

Sao Tome and Principe Block 4, eyed by TotalEnergies and Kosmos, still held by US junior ERHC

Inner circles | Africa Africa's small oil producers court Gulf states at OPEC

Equatorial Guinea Africa Oil, Panoro and Kosmos deals consolidate Teodorin Obiang's oil credentials

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

Gabon Pertamina moves to take over Carlyle's Assala Energy

Equatorial Guinea President Obiang's strategic game of ambassadorial musical chairs

Senegal Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Spotlight | West Africa Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Gabon Assala denies Carlyle is selling out

In Focus | Senegal Frank Timis's Senegal feint

Mauritania Ghazouani launches investment drive from Tokyo to Washington

Spotlight | Africa ExxonMobil's long and painful goodbye to Africa

Gabon Buyers queue up for Assala as Carlyle pulls out

Equatorial Guinea Golar, NFE and Kosmos Energy prepare to bring Fortuna back to life

Senegal Dakar to join gas 'OPEC'

Senegal Dakar studies pipeline from GTA gas field to onshore power station

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Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Senegal
After Sangomar, Grand Tortue Ahmeyim also delayed by BP and Kosmos

Spotlight | Ghana
PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry

In Focus | South Africa
State-owned PetroSA in death throes as national energy crisis persists

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

Sao Tome and Principe
Block 4, eyed by TotalEnergies and Kosmos, still held by US junior ERHC

Inner circles | Africa
Africa's small oil producers court Gulf states at OPEC

Equatorial Guinea
Africa Oil, Panoro and Kosmos deals consolidate Teodorin Obiang's oil credentials

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

Gabon
Pertamina moves to take over Carlyle's Assala Energy

Equatorial Guinea
President Obiang's strategic game of ambassadorial musical chairs

Senegal
Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Spotlight | West Africa
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Gabon
Assala denies Carlyle is selling out

In Focus | Senegal
Frank Timis's Senegal feint

Mauritania
Ghazouani launches investment drive from Tokyo to Washington

Spotlight | Africa
ExxonMobil's long and painful goodbye to Africa

Gabon
Buyers queue up for Assala as Carlyle pulls out

Equatorial Guinea
Golar, NFE and Kosmos Energy prepare to bring Fortuna back to life

Senegal
Dakar to join gas 'OPEC'

Senegal
Dakar studies pipeline from GTA gas field to onshore power station