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Perenco

Congo
How government departments intend to divvy up Total, ENI and Perenco fines

The finance minister recently signed a decree on the sharing of upstream oil fines between the various government departments, but the text raises numerous legal issues.

Subscribers only Energy 03.06.2021

In Focus | Gabon
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

A string of offshore companies with no identified owner have been linked to transactions within the presidential couple's entourage. All were incorporated by the same financiers who also happen to be associates of Gabon's sovereign wealth fund.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 24.05.2021

Gabonese President Ali Bongo getting off his plane during a visit to Beijing, 2018.

Nigeria
Under threat of $479m fine, Shell gets cracking on arbitration

Oil major Shell has appointed the first member of the arbitral tribunal that will examine its dispute with the Nigerian state over an oil spill near Rivers State in 1970.

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.2021

Gabon
Total and Perenco reach agreement on Cap Lopez oil terminal transfer

Total Gabon has reached agreement with its personnel at the Cap Lopez oil terminal on the terms of their departure from the company and transfer to Perenco.

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.2021

Gabon
Bongo's gas policy task force springs to life

The group assigned to come up with ways to leverage Gabon's gas resources met for the first time in Libreville in late March. Here are the private firms who attended the meeting.

Subscribers only Energy 09.04.2021

Tunisia
Oil junior ATOG looks to carve out niche in renewable energies

In founding a renewable energies company, Jonathan Taylor and James Berwick are remaining within their domain of expertise while at the same time trying to move out of oil and gas. This has caught the attention of the Tunisian PM thanks to the connections of their advisor Mehdi Ben Abdallah.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.04.2021

Jonathan Taylot (left) and James Berwick, heads of Anglo-Tunisian Oil & Gas (ATOG).

Gabon
Total, Perenco and Tullow left hanging as oil minister sits on transfer deals

Vincent de Paul Massassa seems to be paralysed by lethargy. The government has approved virtually no inter-company transfer deals.

Subscribers only Energy 06.04.2021

Gabon
Bongo and oil minister Massassa poised for action in Maurel & Prom arbitration

Not all is well at Pertamina's local subsidiary Maurel & Prom Gabon, which has faced high staff turnover, in-house quarrels and financial setbacks.

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2021

Gabonese oil, gas and mines minister Vincent de Paul Massassa.

Tunisia
ENI, Shell, CNPC, and Kufpec all jump ship as one

With only modest Tunisian reserves to their name and weary of an increasingly difficult political climate, the oil firms have decided to pack their bags and put their assets up for sale.

Subscribers only Energy 10.03.2021

Mohamed Bousaid, Tunisian trade minister and acting energy minister, must face the likely departures of major companies.

West Africa
Ex-Tullow Oil boss Paul McDade's new life

Since being forced into retirement a year ago, Paul McDade has embarked on a new adventure in west African oil thanks to Sterling Energy and is now keen to start buying assets.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2021

Gabon
Total Gabon and Perenco struggle to finalise handover of Cap Lopez terminal

The two oil companies are hoping to rapidly finalise the sale of the Cap Lopez terminal via which most of Gabon's output transits, but there are several obstacles on the path ahead.

Subscribers only Energy 19.02.2021

Tunisia
OMV and Perenco sabotage charm offensive of new ETAP boss

As he tries to attract new firms into the upstream sector, the head of the state-owned oil company is weathering heavy criticism from companies already active in Tunisia.

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.2021

Congo
Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

Total is still set to operate the Djeno oil terminal for the next twenty years. But the terms for the extension are likely to be much harsher than what presidential advisor Denis Gokana led the French major to believe.

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2021

Gabon
OPEC quotas: Libreville's oil cartel snub leaves output almost unscathed

Libreville's decision to flout OPEC quotas confounded predictions of a sharp drop in production but failed to stem a fall in revenue.

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2021

Congo
Costs audit could be end of 15-year free run for ENI, Total and Perenco

Oil majors active in Congo that have not had their oil costs audited since 2015 may now have to reveal all for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.

Subscribers only Energy 24.12.2020

Gabon
In search of Vaalco's million-dollar decommissioning fund for Etame Marin

Gabonese authorities have asked oil companies to repatriate the money necessary for decommissioning their facilities. Some firms, namely Vaalco, have followed orders. Others have not.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2020

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin's latest ploy to acquire Zafiro from ExxonMobil

Malabo is being very creative in its efforts to get hold of the country's largest oil field, which the American major ExxonMobil is very keen to ditch.

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.2020

Gabon
Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

The replacement of four ministers in Christiane Rose Ossouka Raponda's government has done nothing to quell the infighting, especially between oil minister Vincent de Paul Massassa and head of the hydrocarbons division Jean-Félix Obamba.

Subscribers only Energy 10.12.2020

Congo
Bypassed over renewal, oil minister Thystère Tchicaya sends Total a sharp reminder

Although it has locked in another two decades to operate Djeno, French major Total could be in for a bumpy ride with the authorities during the concession transition period through to the end of the year.

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.2020

Congolese hydrocarbons minister Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya.

Africa, Switzerland
Covid hobbles the marathon king

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced Sébastien Bottari, a permanent fixture in Gabonese sporting events, to cancel the next Gabon Marathon. It's a big blow for his Everest Media company.

Subscribers only Business 03.12.2020

Sébastien Bottari (right) and President Ali Bongo in november2019.

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Perenco

Congo
How government departments intend to divvy up Total, ENI and Perenco fines

In Focus | Gabon
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Nigeria
Under threat of $479m fine, Shell gets cracking on arbitration

Gabon
Total and Perenco reach agreement on Cap Lopez oil terminal transfer

Gabon
Bongo's gas policy task force springs to life

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Oil junior ATOG looks to carve out niche in renewable energies

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Total, Perenco and Tullow left hanging as oil minister sits on transfer deals

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Bongo and oil minister Massassa poised for action in Maurel & Prom arbitration

Tunisia
ENI, Shell, CNPC, and Kufpec all jump ship as one

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Gabon
Total Gabon and Perenco struggle to finalise handover of Cap Lopez terminal

Tunisia
OMV and Perenco sabotage charm offensive of new ETAP boss

Congo
Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

Gabon
OPEC quotas: Libreville's oil cartel snub leaves output almost unscathed

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Gabon Total, Perenco and Tullow left hanging as oil minister sits on transfer deals

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Tunisia ENI, Shell, CNPC, and Kufpec all jump ship as one

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Gabon Total Gabon and Perenco struggle to finalise handover of Cap Lopez terminal

Tunisia OMV and Perenco sabotage charm offensive of new ETAP boss

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Congo Costs audit could be end of 15-year free run for ENI, Total and Perenco

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Congo
How government departments intend to divvy up Total, ENI and Perenco fines

In Focus | Gabon
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Nigeria
Under threat of $479m fine, Shell gets cracking on arbitration

Gabon
Total and Perenco reach agreement on Cap Lopez oil terminal transfer

Gabon
Bongo's gas policy task force springs to life

Tunisia
Oil junior ATOG looks to carve out niche in renewable energies

Gabon
Total, Perenco and Tullow left hanging as oil minister sits on transfer deals

Gabon
Bongo and oil minister Massassa poised for action in Maurel & Prom arbitration

Tunisia
ENI, Shell, CNPC, and Kufpec all jump ship as one

West Africa
Ex-Tullow Oil boss Paul McDade's new life

Gabon
Total Gabon and Perenco struggle to finalise handover of Cap Lopez terminal

Tunisia
OMV and Perenco sabotage charm offensive of new ETAP boss

Congo
Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

Gabon
OPEC quotas: Libreville's oil cartel snub leaves output almost unscathed

Congo
Costs audit could be end of 15-year free run for ENI, Total and Perenco

Gabon
In search of Vaalco's million-dollar decommissioning fund for Etame Marin

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin's latest ploy to acquire Zafiro from ExxonMobil

Gabon
Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

Congo
Bypassed over renewal, oil minister Thystère Tchicaya sends Total a sharp reminder

Africa, Switzerland
Covid hobbles the marathon king