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Equatorial Guinea
State-owned GEPetrol contacts SLB and Halliburton to turn around Zafiro oilfield

Once Equatorial Guinea's largest oilfield in terms of volume produced, Zafiro's throughput is continuing to fall. This has prompted the government to consult several firms to find solutions as quickly as possible.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2024

Central Africa
BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Oil and mining companies operating within CEMAC had undertaken to reach an agreement with the bloc's central bank by 1 January, but are now aiming to do so four months later.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 05.11.2024

Spotlight | Congo
The painful making of new Djeno terminal partners' final deal

It has been a long time coming, but the new owners of the oil terminal have at last reached an agreement on the terms of their alliance. The historical operator, TotalEnergies, has had its say on most of the points but will undergo an unprecedented exercise in transparency, under pressure from Perenco.

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.2024

The entrance to Djeno terminal, near Pointe-Noire, Congo, in 2023.

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Services provider Golar LNG has floating liquefied natural gas technology that could prove to be a strategic asset for the British-French major, one of the largest operators in central Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 02.08.2024

The LNG tanker Golar Celsius in the port of Rotterdam in May 2021.

Spotlight | DRC
The story behind the attempt to unsettle Inspectorate General of Finances boss Jules Alingete

At odds with key figures from Félix Tshisekedi's first term, the head of the IGF has for several weeks been the target of a smear campaign designed to substantiate allegations of his having acted in league with the interests of the Rawji Group.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 31.07.2024

Nigeria
Perenco eyes up Nigerian oil

The Anglo-French oil company Perenco is seeking to establish itself in West Africa. It may have missed out on a recent opportunity to join a tender for Nigerian blocks, but is looking for other opportunities in the region.

Subscribers only Energy 31.07.2024

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

The Bank of Central African States has for months been negotiating with mining and oil companies to repatriate part of their revenues from the region. Three days of talks in Paris in July stalled on two sensitive points:

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 23.07.2024

Bank of Central African States emblem in Libreville, Gabon, in 2019.

Gabon
Pierre Duro, junta leader Nguema's troublesome adviser

The presidential adviser leading a task force auditing Gabon's domestic and foreign debt, is under fire both in Libreville and in Paris. Many companies accuse him of launching procedures against them that border on the illegal.

Subscribers only Politics 07.06.2024

The president of the transition of Gabon Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Libreville on 30 April 2024.

Africa
Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

Several of the Norwegian firm's junior oil clients in Africa have taken the company to task over the repeated failures of its sole drilling unit, the Island Innovator. Kosmos, Trident and Tullow have all found fault with the rig.

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.2024

DRC
Sonahydroc union uproar over boardroom pay

The managing director's salary has jumped from $9,000 to $12,000 per month.

Subscribers only Energy 07.03.2024

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

The South African boss of the Swiss trading and mining giant is counting on two righthand men and a close-knit new team of managers to usher in a new era and turn the page on old corruption cases.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 19.01.2024

The South African Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.

DRC
Perenco withdraws from onshore block tender

The Anglo-French oil company has told the Kinshasa government that it is withdrawing from a call for tenders to explore two onshore blocks in Kongo-Central, having found them to have "insufficient" potential.

Subscribers only Energy 05.12.2023

Gabon
Perenco in the junta's crosshairs

Transition president Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's administration is taking a close interest in the alleged links between the country's leading oil operator and two members of the Bongo family.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2023

DRC
Despite lack of clarity over production, Perenco goes from strength to strength

Just as Perenco is due to acquire two blocks in an area where it is already operating, the DR Congo government is querying the accuracy of the company's oil production claims, which have not changed for years.

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2023

Perenco oil company managers and technicians near the onshore oil wells in operation on the outskirts of Muanda, on the southwestern tip of the DRC on 19 October 2021.

Gabon
New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Until recently, Maurel & Prom was the best-placed bidder for US investment group Carlyle's Gabonese oil interests, but the new regime in Libreville is working on an alternative all-Gabonese takeover plan.

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2023

Gabon
New oil minister Marcel Abéké faces foreign investor challenge

Gabon's new minister of hydrocarbons has just announced new measures aimed at improving the country's drawing power with foreign operators. Yet his efforts have had little impact on his intended audience, whose interest had already waned before the coup.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 18.10.2023

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Perenco

Equatorial Guinea
State-owned GEPetrol contacts SLB and Halliburton to turn around Zafiro oilfield

Central Africa
BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Spotlight | Congo
The painful making of new Djeno terminal partners' final deal

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Spotlight | DRC
The story behind the attempt to unsettle Inspectorate General of Finances boss Jules Alingete

Nigeria
Perenco eyes up Nigerian oil

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Gabon
Pierre Duro, junta leader Nguema's troublesome adviser

Africa
Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

DRC
Sonahydroc union uproar over boardroom pay

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

DRC
Perenco withdraws from onshore block tender

Gabon
Perenco in the junta's crosshairs

DRC
Despite lack of clarity over production, Perenco goes from strength to strength

Gabon
New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Gabon
New oil minister Marcel Abéké faces foreign investor challenge

Cameroon
China's Addax blames catastrophic drilling campaign on outsiders

Gabon
Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Gabon
Post-coup, oil companies are being called to account

Central Africa, Congo, Gabon
Perenco appoints new head of African affairs

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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?

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

African Union: the battle of the giants

Transition: what's next after the coup?

Perenco

Equatorial Guinea State-owned GEPetrol contacts SLB and Halliburton to turn around Zafiro oilfield

Central Africa BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Spotlight | Congo The painful making of new Djeno terminal partners' final deal

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Spotlight | DRC The story behind the attempt to unsettle Inspectorate General of Finances boss Jules Alingete

Nigeria Perenco eyes up Nigerian oil

Spotlight | Central Africa BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Gabon Pierre Duro, junta leader Nguema's troublesome adviser

Africa Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

DRC Sonahydroc union uproar over boardroom pay

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

DRC Perenco withdraws from onshore block tender

Gabon Perenco in the junta's crosshairs

DRC Despite lack of clarity over production, Perenco goes from strength to strength

Gabon New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Gabon New oil minister Marcel Abéké faces foreign investor challenge

Cameroon China's Addax blames catastrophic drilling campaign on outsiders

Gabon Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Gabon Post-coup, oil companies are being called to account

Central Africa, Congo, Gabon Perenco appoints new head of African affairs

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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?

Equatorial Guinea
State-owned GEPetrol contacts SLB and Halliburton to turn around Zafiro oilfield

Central Africa
BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Spotlight | Congo
The painful making of new Djeno terminal partners' final deal

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Spotlight | DRC
The story behind the attempt to unsettle Inspectorate General of Finances boss Jules Alingete

Nigeria
Perenco eyes up Nigerian oil

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Gabon
Pierre Duro, junta leader Nguema's troublesome adviser

Africa
Complaints pile up over Trond Mohn's Island Drilling rig failures

DRC
Sonahydroc union uproar over boardroom pay

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

DRC
Perenco withdraws from onshore block tender

Gabon
Perenco in the junta's crosshairs

DRC
Despite lack of clarity over production, Perenco goes from strength to strength

Gabon
New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Gabon
New oil minister Marcel Abéké faces foreign investor challenge

Cameroon
China's Addax blames catastrophic drilling campaign on outsiders

Gabon
Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Gabon
Post-coup, oil companies are being called to account

Central Africa, Congo, Gabon
Perenco appoints new head of African affairs