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Noble Energy

Congo
Total disgusts Noble Energy from doing business with Brazzaville

Noble Energy's head of exploration Jim Demarest is not likely to head back to Brazzaville's ministry of petroleum any time [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2019

Equatorial Guinea
Licensing round puts American monopoly on shaky ground

With the country in the grips of a harsh recession, Malabo has little choice but to diversify its oil and gas investors, the vast majority of which are based in Texas.

Free access Energy 30.04.2019

Equatorial Guinea
Total not ready to give up on EG-18 acquisition

Still keen to pick up EG-18 in southern offshore Equatorial [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.03.2019

Chad
Caracal Energy: Glencore could pack its bags for good after Cameroon's quasi-withdrawal

The giant commodity trader Glencore, which entered the oil and gas arena in 2013 with the purchase of Canadian group [...]

Free access Energy 12.02.2019

Cameroon
Glencore a step further out the door

Swiss trader Glencore took a step further out the country on January 8, 2019 with the validation by presidential decree [...]

Free access Energy 29.01.2019

Congo
Sassou sells off blocks to rescue 2019 budget

Although the country's output has reached one of its all-time highs, exploration could very well step up a notch next year. Here's why.

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2018

Congo
Who is Total up against over Marine XX?

The last council of ministers awarded a string of new blocks with one glaring omission - the permit hotly disputed by the French major and another key investor.

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

Equatorial Guinea
Schlumberger/TechnipFMC meet halfway while Subsea7 sinks

Prompted by the sluggish sector, oil minister Gabriel Obiang Lima, has decided to sanction services companies that do not work with local partners.

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

Equatorial Guinea
Technip-Subsea 7- Schlumberger cornered by G. Obiang

Though so far little applied, the rules that require oil services firms to have local partners have become a government hobby horse.

Subscribers only Energy 18.09.2018

Congo
Noble goes all in for offshore

The unrest in Cameroon's English speaking-region, where Noble Energy operates the Yoyo block, does not seem to have whet the [...]

Free access Energy 18.09.2018

Equatorial Guinea
Jacinto Owono, the new local content bête noire for oil firms

Jacinto Owono, the former PanAtlantic general manager for Equatorial Guinea who first cut his teeth with Hess Corp, has now [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.09.2018

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Noble fears for the security of its transborder deposits

As American firm Noble Energy sits poised to start up talks over the unitisation of its Yolanda (block 2 in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2018

Africa
Glencore gradually gives up on exploration dreams

The trading giant has been selling off its E&P assets one after the other to focus on downstream.

Free access Energy 23.01.2018

Angola, Equatorial Guinea
Laures, SBM Offshore's mysterious French agent

A key name is missing from the long indictment unsealed on November 29 by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.12.2017

Spotlight | Africa
Petronas desperately seeking a cure

After Kosmos Energy beat it to Hess' Equatorial Guinean assets (AEI 803), Malaysian major Petronas's only remaining assets on the continent are approaching maturity. Not wanting to lose its footing in key areas, the company has been in a frenzy [.

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2017

Equatorial Guinea
Guy Maurice (Total) in tough deal with Gabriel Obiang

The Africa Oil Week, organised in Cape Town in late October by ITE Group, gave Total's leaders an opening to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2017

Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang's gas diplomacy at play in Burkina Faso

Always seeking more influence across the continent, Equatorial Guinean president [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.09.2017

Equatorial Guinea
Total frustrated by ‘Ill-gotten gains' case

French major Total has been in talks over a block [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.07.2017

Equatorial Guinea
OneLNG, a SECURE ally for Gabriel Obiang’s gas ambitions

Jeff Goodrich, the CEO of OneLNG (JV between Schlumberger and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.06.2017

Equatorial Guinea
OPEC: Gabriel Obiang continues charm offensive in Jeddah

After making its first move to enter OPEC during the 4th Arab-African summit organized in Malabo in November (AEI 787) [...]

Free access Energy 16.05.2017

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

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Noble Energy

Congo
Total disgusts Noble Energy from doing business with Brazzaville

Equatorial Guinea
Licensing round puts American monopoly on shaky ground

Equatorial Guinea
Total not ready to give up on EG-18 acquisition

Chad
Caracal Energy: Glencore could pack its bags for good after Cameroon's quasi-withdrawal

Cameroon
Glencore a step further out the door

Congo
Sassou sells off blocks to rescue 2019 budget

Congo
Who is Total up against over Marine XX?

Equatorial Guinea
Schlumberger/TechnipFMC meet halfway while Subsea7 sinks

Equatorial Guinea
Technip-Subsea 7- Schlumberger cornered by G. Obiang

Congo
Noble goes all in for offshore

Equatorial Guinea
Jacinto Owono, the new local content bête noire for oil firms

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Noble fears for the security of its transborder deposits

Africa
Glencore gradually gives up on exploration dreams

Angola, Equatorial Guinea
Laures, SBM Offshore's mysterious French agent

Spotlight | Africa
Petronas desperately seeking a cure

Equatorial Guinea
Guy Maurice (Total) in tough deal with Gabriel Obiang

Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang's gas diplomacy at play in Burkina Faso

Equatorial Guinea
Total frustrated by ‘Ill-gotten gains' case

Equatorial Guinea
OneLNG, a SECURE ally for Gabriel Obiang’s gas ambitions

Equatorial Guinea
OPEC: Gabriel Obiang continues charm offensive in Jeddah

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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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Noble Energy

Congo Total disgusts Noble Energy from doing business with Brazzaville

Equatorial Guinea Licensing round puts American monopoly on shaky ground

Equatorial Guinea Total not ready to give up on EG-18 acquisition

Chad Caracal Energy: Glencore could pack its bags for good after Cameroon's quasi-withdrawal

Cameroon Glencore a step further out the door

Congo Sassou sells off blocks to rescue 2019 budget

Congo Who is Total up against over Marine XX?

Equatorial Guinea Schlumberger/TechnipFMC meet halfway while Subsea7 sinks

Equatorial Guinea Technip-Subsea 7- Schlumberger cornered by G. Obiang

Congo Noble goes all in for offshore

Equatorial Guinea Jacinto Owono, the new local content bête noire for oil firms

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea Noble fears for the security of its transborder deposits

Africa Glencore gradually gives up on exploration dreams

Angola, Equatorial Guinea Laures, SBM Offshore's mysterious French agent

Spotlight | Africa Petronas desperately seeking a cure

Equatorial Guinea Guy Maurice (Total) in tough deal with Gabriel Obiang

Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang's gas diplomacy at play in Burkina Faso

Equatorial Guinea Total frustrated by ‘Ill-gotten gains' case

Equatorial Guinea OneLNG, a SECURE ally for Gabriel Obiang’s gas ambitions

Equatorial Guinea OPEC: Gabriel Obiang continues charm offensive in Jeddah

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Congo
Total disgusts Noble Energy from doing business with Brazzaville

Equatorial Guinea
Licensing round puts American monopoly on shaky ground

Equatorial Guinea
Total not ready to give up on EG-18 acquisition

Chad
Caracal Energy: Glencore could pack its bags for good after Cameroon's quasi-withdrawal

Cameroon
Glencore a step further out the door

Congo
Sassou sells off blocks to rescue 2019 budget

Congo
Who is Total up against over Marine XX?

Equatorial Guinea
Schlumberger/TechnipFMC meet halfway while Subsea7 sinks

Equatorial Guinea
Technip-Subsea 7- Schlumberger cornered by G. Obiang

Congo
Noble goes all in for offshore

Equatorial Guinea
Jacinto Owono, the new local content bête noire for oil firms

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Noble fears for the security of its transborder deposits

Africa
Glencore gradually gives up on exploration dreams

Angola, Equatorial Guinea
Laures, SBM Offshore's mysterious French agent

Spotlight | Africa
Petronas desperately seeking a cure

Equatorial Guinea
Guy Maurice (Total) in tough deal with Gabriel Obiang

Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang's gas diplomacy at play in Burkina Faso

Equatorial Guinea
Total frustrated by ‘Ill-gotten gains' case

Equatorial Guinea
OneLNG, a SECURE ally for Gabriel Obiang’s gas ambitions

Equatorial Guinea
OPEC: Gabriel Obiang continues charm offensive in Jeddah