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South Africa
Lundin Group says its goodbyes to Africa

The family-owned Swedish group is little by little withdrawing from its oil and gas activities on the continent. The chief executives of Africa Oil and Africa Energy Corp have already left.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2024

Mozambique
Ex-Tullow top exec Tim O'Hanlon to advise True North

Tim O'Hanlon, who headed up Tullow Oil's African operations for thirty years, is starting a new chapter with True North, a service provider that is working with TotalEnergies in Mozambique.

Subscribers only Energy 18.08.2023

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

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

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

Gabon
Buyers queue up for Assala as Carlyle pulls out

The multinational private equity giant has gone ahead with its plan to sell the oil junior, which is active in Gabon. A growing number of companies are now keen to purchase it.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 03.11.2022

Spotlight | South Africa
TotalEnergies and Shell's South African venture turns sour

Friction between Pretoria and exploration investors is jeopardising the development of South Africa's oil and gas. Energy firms point the finger at the country's red tape and recent legal rulings, while the South African energy minister lays part of the blame on environmental NGOs.

Subscribers only Energy 19.10.2022

A TotalEnergies truck transporting fuel in Durban, South Africa on 7 February 2019. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Benin
Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

Several companies are keen to take on Benin's only oil field, which has been dormant since 1998. In the running are two juniors, Baobab Energy Africa, founded by former Tullow energy execs, and Zenith Energy.

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2022

South Africa
Eco Atlantic picks up speed on drilling Block 2B

The semi-submersible Island Innovator drilling unit owned by Norwegian company Island Drilling, will be available earlier than planned to drill the Gazania-1 well on South African Block 2B

Subscribers only Energy 21.06.2022

Equatorial Guinea
Behind-the-scenes of Trident, Kosmos and Panoro extension negotiations on Okume and Ceiba

Trident, Kosmos and Panoro have hit the jackpot in obtaining extensions of more than 10 years of their production licences on these two fields. The three companies will thus be able to increase their exploitable reserves by several million barrels.

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2022

South Africa
Pretoria betting on 2B to get it back in the oil and gas game

Drilling will take place on Block 2B, operated by Eco Atlantic during Q3 2022. A new discovery would place South Africa back at the head of the table as oil and gas leader in southern Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 11.04.2022

The Gazania well will be drilled by the semi-submersible Island Innovator, from the Norwegian company Island Drilling.

Gabon
Panoro puts faith in technical country manager with political connections

The junior oil company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange seems happy to hire technical-savvy managers who bring with them family connections to the local authorities, as it has done with its latest recruit in Gabon.

Subscribers only Energy 04.04.2022

Namibia, South Africa
Azinam bids farewell to continent after long and slow decline

A lack of fresh money and the departure of its co-founder has dealt the final blow to Azinam, which was founded in 2012 to explore the waters of southern Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2022

South Africa
Eco Atlantic brings much-needed cash into block 2B

The partners in the block, at which drilling is scheduled for the end of 2022, are relieved at the arrival of the new operator after doubts as to the financial capacity of its predecessor, Azinam.

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2022

Nigeria
Sylva and Buhari keep Petronor and Panoro waiting on Aje

The Nigerian authorities are dragging their feet on signing the Aje deal and, despite the new petroleum act, doing business in Nigeria remains difficult.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2022

Secretary of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva and the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari.

Gabon
Gabon Oil Co working on acquisition programme

The Gabonese geologist Odette Nzaba Makaya, who took the helm of the state oil company in June, reportedly aims to use oil legislation to boost its stake in the country's blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2021

Odette Nzaba Makaya, CEO of Gabon Oil Company.

South Africa
Tullow's new chairman Phuthuma Nhleko boasts extensive oil sector contacts

Best known for having run the South African telecoms giant MTN, Phuthuma Nhleko has also made many connections in the hydrocarbon sector.

Subscribers only Energy 05.11.2021

Phuthuma Nhleko, the new chair of Tullow Oil.

Equatorial Guinea
Trident Energy counts on new execs to improve relations with Gabriel Obiang

The junior energy company Trident, owned by the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, is seeking to improve its strained relations with the Equatorial Guinean government, and its legal director in Malabo is currently courting the oil ministry.

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2021

Africa, Ghana
Tullow Oil explores its way out of the doldrums

The junior's production throughput in Africa has fallen by a third since 2019 due mainly poor results from its offshore fields in Ghana.

Subscribers only Energy 27.09.2021

Gabon
Fire forced BW Energy to temporarily halt production at Dussafu

Norwegian company BW Energy has halted production on the Dussafu block in Gabon for the past week due to a fire which broke out on 18 August on the Adolo FPSO unit operated by the parent company BW Offshore, partially damaging the installation.

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2021

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Panoro Energy

South Africa
Lundin Group says its goodbyes to Africa

Mozambique
Ex-Tullow top exec Tim O'Hanlon to advise True North

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

Gabon
Pertamina moves to take over Carlyle's Assala Energy

Gabon
Assala denies Carlyle is selling out

Gabon
Buyers queue up for Assala as Carlyle pulls out

Spotlight | South Africa
TotalEnergies and Shell's South African venture turns sour

Benin
Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

South Africa
Eco Atlantic picks up speed on drilling Block 2B

Equatorial Guinea
Behind-the-scenes of Trident, Kosmos and Panoro extension negotiations on Okume and Ceiba

South Africa
Pretoria betting on 2B to get it back in the oil and gas game

Gabon
Panoro puts faith in technical country manager with political connections

Namibia, South Africa
Azinam bids farewell to continent after long and slow decline

South Africa
Eco Atlantic brings much-needed cash into block 2B

Nigeria
Sylva and Buhari keep Petronor and Panoro waiting on Aje

Gabon
Gabon Oil Co working on acquisition programme

South Africa
Tullow's new chairman Phuthuma Nhleko boasts extensive oil sector contacts

Equatorial Guinea
Trident Energy counts on new execs to improve relations with Gabriel Obiang

Africa, Ghana
Tullow Oil explores its way out of the doldrums

Gabon
Fire forced BW Energy to temporarily halt production at Dussafu

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South Africa Lundin Group says its goodbyes to Africa

Mozambique Ex-Tullow top exec Tim O'Hanlon to advise True North

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

Gabon Pertamina moves to take over Carlyle's Assala Energy

Gabon Assala denies Carlyle is selling out

Gabon Buyers queue up for Assala as Carlyle pulls out

Spotlight | South Africa TotalEnergies and Shell's South African venture turns sour

Benin Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

South Africa Eco Atlantic picks up speed on drilling Block 2B

Equatorial Guinea Behind-the-scenes of Trident, Kosmos and Panoro extension negotiations on Okume and Ceiba

South Africa Pretoria betting on 2B to get it back in the oil and gas game

Gabon Panoro puts faith in technical country manager with political connections

Namibia, South Africa Azinam bids farewell to continent after long and slow decline

South Africa Eco Atlantic brings much-needed cash into block 2B

Nigeria Sylva and Buhari keep Petronor and Panoro waiting on Aje

Gabon Gabon Oil Co working on acquisition programme

South Africa Tullow's new chairman Phuthuma Nhleko boasts extensive oil sector contacts

Equatorial Guinea Trident Energy counts on new execs to improve relations with Gabriel Obiang

Africa, Ghana Tullow Oil explores its way out of the doldrums

Gabon Fire forced BW Energy to temporarily halt production at Dussafu

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

South Africa
Lundin Group says its goodbyes to Africa

Mozambique
Ex-Tullow top exec Tim O'Hanlon to advise True North

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

Gabon
Pertamina moves to take over Carlyle's Assala Energy

Gabon
Assala denies Carlyle is selling out

Gabon
Buyers queue up for Assala as Carlyle pulls out

Spotlight | South Africa
TotalEnergies and Shell's South African venture turns sour

Benin
Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

South Africa
Eco Atlantic picks up speed on drilling Block 2B

Equatorial Guinea
Behind-the-scenes of Trident, Kosmos and Panoro extension negotiations on Okume and Ceiba

South Africa
Pretoria betting on 2B to get it back in the oil and gas game

Gabon
Panoro puts faith in technical country manager with political connections

Namibia, South Africa
Azinam bids farewell to continent after long and slow decline

South Africa
Eco Atlantic brings much-needed cash into block 2B

Nigeria
Sylva and Buhari keep Petronor and Panoro waiting on Aje

Gabon
Gabon Oil Co working on acquisition programme

South Africa
Tullow's new chairman Phuthuma Nhleko boasts extensive oil sector contacts

Equatorial Guinea
Trident Energy counts on new execs to improve relations with Gabriel Obiang

Africa, Ghana
Tullow Oil explores its way out of the doldrums

Gabon
Fire forced BW Energy to temporarily halt production at Dussafu