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Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures

The Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures is Cameroon’s national oil company. Though it is not involved in production, unlike its African counterparts, SNH is very active in oil trading through its subsidiary Tradex.

Cameroon
Sinopec and Perenco frustrated as Addax Petroleum drilling campaign fails to produce results

Addax, a subsidiary of Chinese major Sinopec, has drilled a number of wells in Cameroon but has failed to significantly increase its production there, to the great displeasure of its two local partners.

Subscribers only Energy 21.02.2023

DRC
Public debt has nearly doubled under Tshisekedi

The DRC's public debt has risen from $5.6bn to $10bn since Felix Tshisekedi came to power four years ago. The number of new projects has increased sharply, while budget arrears have continued to accomulate.

Subscribers only Finance 20.02.2023

Cameroon
Why Exxon and Petronas sought arbitration with Yaoundé over Chad-Cameroon pipeline

ExxonMobil and Petronas are caught up in a painful withdrawal from Chad, and are now also facing similar difficulties in neighbouring Cameroon.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 21.11.2022

Technicians at an oil pipeline in Badila, Chad, 9 June 2013.

Cameroon
Government draws on industry stocks to supply petrol stations amid fuel shortage

The war in Ukraine is causing disruptions to oil distribution and prices in Cameroon, a country heavily dependent on fuel imports. Worried this could spark a transporters' revolt, the Yaoundé government has tapped into sugar refinery Sosucam's reserves to help ease the situation in the north of the country.

Free access Energy, Business 29.04.2022

Cameroon
Cameroonian army tries to restructure as NWSW conflict becomes more violent

In recent weeks, Cameroon's anglophone separatists have carried out a series of deadly ambushes against the Cameroonian army which have been on a bigger scale than anything yet seen since the start of the conflict five years ago.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 06.10.2021

Cameroon
Coco Marine gives SNH opportunity to brush up skills

With no experience in offshore operations, the national oil company may use the reassessment of an old ConocoPhillips discovery as an opportunity to train staff in the field.

Subscribers only Energy 18.08.2021

Cameroon
Things aren't going well between Perenco and Addax (Sinopec)

The relationship between the two oil companies has deteriorated to the point of them almost coming to blows during a stakeholder meeting.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2021

Cameroon
Despite promises to the IMF, Biya continues to back his perennial company directors

Even though his governement has negotiated several measures to reform the management of Cameroon's public companies with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Paul Biya has kept his loyalists at the head of the main parastatals, some of whom have been in place for more than twenty years.

Subscribers only Business 19.07.2021

Chad
Panicked Déby and SHT counterattack over Chad-Cameroon pipeline sale

The revelation in our 24 February edition of the planned sale of 50% of Chadian company SHT's shares in the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline has been denied by SHT's managing director. President Déby had sought at all costs to keep the plan secret before launching his re-election campaign.

Subscribers only Energy 09.03.2021

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi's investment adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo does business on both sides of the Congo River

As well as being the DRC's ambassador to the business world, Felix Tshisekedi's influential special adviser is careful to take care of his own oil product trading interests. In this area, he relies on the close links he has forged with members of the Sassou Nguesso family.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 01.03.2021

Cameroon, Chad
Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

The Chadian government, which is mired in debt and badly affected by the Covid-19 crisis, wants to speed up the sale of part of its shares in the COTCO oil pipeline to Cameroonian state-owned oil company SNH.

Subscribers only Energy 24.02.2021

The Chad-Cameroon pipeline, which connects the Doba oil fields to the port of Kribi.

Cameroon
New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Numerous financial and political obstacles are preventing New Age from beginning production on Etinde block, agreement of principle or not.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2021

Cameroon
Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Hit hard by a health crisis that is expected to slash GDP by 3.5 percentage points, Cameroon is desperately clinging to its gas prospects to rescue the economy.

Subscribers only Energy 25.11.2020

Equatorial Guinea
Chevron tasks exec to assess Noble Energy's gas assets

The American oil major is currently examining the option of holding on to Noble Energy's Equatorial Guinean and Cameroonian assets.

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2020

Cameroon
Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions

The two state oil institutions, both exclusively controlled by the president and a few of his liegemen, have become the prime target of activists in the southwest, where the population is just as distrustful of their English-speaking elites.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 30.07.2020

Congo
Cameroonian company called in to save ailing SNPC refining subsidiary CORAF

Congolaise de Raffinage (CORAF) is to be restructured. The State has called in a Cameroonian audit firm to help it carry out the titanic task.

Subscribers only Energy 15.05.2020

Cameroon
SNH hires Ivorian newcomer to rescue Coco Marine

Cameroon's national oil company Société nationale des hydrocarbures (SNH) has picked Panafrican Energy Services Group (PESG) as the successful bidder [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2020

Cameroon
SNH and CGG swoop on Douala/Kribi-Campo basin

Cameroon's national oil firm Société nationale des hydrocarbures (SNH) is anxiously seeking solutions to revive the country's morose oil industry, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Cameroon
A change of guard at SNH?

Officially it was to comply with the new law limiting [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.12.2019

Cameroon
Kosmos/Rosneft rush out of town before packing their bags

The political crisis and near civil war-like state that have [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

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Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures

Cameroon
Sinopec and Perenco frustrated as Addax Petroleum drilling campaign fails to produce results

DRC
Public debt has nearly doubled under Tshisekedi

Cameroon
Why Exxon and Petronas sought arbitration with Yaoundé over Chad-Cameroon pipeline

Cameroon
Government draws on industry stocks to supply petrol stations amid fuel shortage

Cameroon
Cameroonian army tries to restructure as NWSW conflict becomes more violent

Cameroon
Coco Marine gives SNH opportunity to brush up skills

Cameroon
Things aren't going well between Perenco and Addax (Sinopec)

Cameroon
Despite promises to the IMF, Biya continues to back his perennial company directors

Chad
Panicked Déby and SHT counterattack over Chad-Cameroon pipeline sale

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi's investment adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo does business on both sides of the Congo River

Cameroon, Chad
Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

Cameroon
New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Cameroon
Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Equatorial Guinea
Chevron tasks exec to assess Noble Energy's gas assets

Cameroon
Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions

Congo
Cameroonian company called in to save ailing SNPC refining subsidiary CORAF

Cameroon
SNH hires Ivorian newcomer to rescue Coco Marine

Cameroon
SNH and CGG swoop on Douala/Kribi-Campo basin

Cameroon
A change of guard at SNH?

Cameroon
Kosmos/Rosneft rush out of town before packing their bags

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Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures

Cameroon Sinopec and Perenco frustrated as Addax Petroleum drilling campaign fails to produce results

DRC Public debt has nearly doubled under Tshisekedi

Cameroon Why Exxon and Petronas sought arbitration with Yaoundé over Chad-Cameroon pipeline

Cameroon Government draws on industry stocks to supply petrol stations amid fuel shortage

Cameroon Cameroonian army tries to restructure as NWSW conflict becomes more violent

Cameroon Coco Marine gives SNH opportunity to brush up skills

Cameroon Things aren't going well between Perenco and Addax (Sinopec)

Cameroon Despite promises to the IMF, Biya continues to back his perennial company directors

Chad Panicked Déby and SHT counterattack over Chad-Cameroon pipeline sale

In Focus | DRC Tshisekedi's investment adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo does business on both sides of the Congo River

Cameroon, Chad Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

Cameroon New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Cameroon Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Equatorial Guinea Chevron tasks exec to assess Noble Energy's gas assets

Cameroon Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions

Congo Cameroonian company called in to save ailing SNPC refining subsidiary CORAF

Cameroon SNH hires Ivorian newcomer to rescue Coco Marine

Cameroon SNH and CGG swoop on Douala/Kribi-Campo basin

Cameroon A change of guard at SNH?

Cameroon Kosmos/Rosneft rush out of town before packing their bags

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Cameroon
Sinopec and Perenco frustrated as Addax Petroleum drilling campaign fails to produce results

DRC
Public debt has nearly doubled under Tshisekedi

Cameroon
Why Exxon and Petronas sought arbitration with Yaoundé over Chad-Cameroon pipeline

Cameroon
Government draws on industry stocks to supply petrol stations amid fuel shortage

Cameroon
Cameroonian army tries to restructure as NWSW conflict becomes more violent

Cameroon
Coco Marine gives SNH opportunity to brush up skills

Cameroon
Things aren't going well between Perenco and Addax (Sinopec)

Cameroon
Despite promises to the IMF, Biya continues to back his perennial company directors

Chad
Panicked Déby and SHT counterattack over Chad-Cameroon pipeline sale

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi's investment adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo does business on both sides of the Congo River

Cameroon, Chad
Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

Cameroon
New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Cameroon
Biya and SNH pin recovery hopes on gas fields

Equatorial Guinea
Chevron tasks exec to assess Noble Energy's gas assets

Cameroon
Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions

Congo
Cameroonian company called in to save ailing SNPC refining subsidiary CORAF

Cameroon
SNH hires Ivorian newcomer to rescue Coco Marine

Cameroon
SNH and CGG swoop on Douala/Kribi-Campo basin

Cameroon
A change of guard at SNH?

Cameroon
Kosmos/Rosneft rush out of town before packing their bags