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Sonatrach

Niger
China tightens grip on Niger's oil with Sinopec

China's state-run oil major Sinopec has set it sights on the western African country, where it is poised to become the second largest Chinese firm operating there behind China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), an old hand in Niger.

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2023

Algeria
TotalEnergies quits Arzew without a word

Just nine months after denying it would withdraw from the polypropylene plant project, the French major has pulled the plug, leaving Sonatrach in charge on its own.

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2023

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Samsung was one of three companies bidding for the contract to build a polypropylene plant in Arzew in Algeria but escalating costs have forced it to withdraw its bid.

Subscribers only Business 26.04.2023

A polypropylene complex is set to be contructed next to the liquefied petroleum gas refinery in Arzew, pictured here on 30 July 2007.

Inner circles | Algeria
Top business leader Kamel Moula looks to revive economy of post-Bouteflika Algeria

Reinvigorating the Algerian economy to attract more foreign investment is the challenge that Kamel Moula set himself when he took the helm of the country's new employers' association a year ago.

Subscribers only Politics, Business, Diplomacy 21.04.2023

Kamel Moula, president of the Conseil du renouveau économique algérien (CREA), in Algiers, 20 October 2022.

Spotlight | Algeria
Future of Hassi Massaoud refinery in doubt as Samsung and Técnicas Reunidas clash with Sonatrach

At a cost of more than $3bn, the mega-refinery was supposed to be built next to Algeria's largest oilfield. But money rows between the state-owned Sonatrach and contractors Samsung and Técnicas Reunida mean the facility may never see the light of day.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2023

Sonatrach plant in the Algerian Sahara, Hassi Messaoud site in the Ouargla province.

Algeria
Tebboune struggles to settle Alnaft-Sonatrach rift

Alnaft, the national agency for hydrocarbons development, has yet to launch a single call for tenders since the introduction of the new hydrocarbons law in 2019.

Subscribers only Energy 11.04.2023

Africa
Football's Africa Super League finally set to kick off

FIFA and the Confederation of African Football have come together to launch the Africa Super League. The first event, much smaller than originally planned, will take place later this year.

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2023

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and CAF President Patrice Motsepe in Davos, 18 January 2023.

Algeria
Sonatrach boss Toufik Hakkar barred from Houston trip by presidency

Toufik Hakkar, head of Algerian oil and gas company Sonatrach was prevented from making a trip to the United States by the presidency. His efforts to get the army chief of staff to help him keep his job displeased Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 05.04.2023

Toufik Hakkar, Sonatrach's CEO, on 23 February, 2023.

Algeria, France
Paris-Algiers ties still strained over extradition requests

A diplomatic détente between Algeria and France has failed to resolve a row over the former's extradition requests to the latter. The case of the Franco-Algerian opposition figure Amira Bouraoui, who was recently exfiltrated to France, has only poured fuel on the fire.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 29.03.2023

French President Emmanuel Macron and Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, on the 27th of August 2022.

Algeria
With his job on the line, Sonatrach's CEO hunts for support

The head of the national oil giant, Toufik Hakkar, who is under fire for mismanaging the firm, is trying to secure backing from both the president's office and the army in order to stay in his job.

Subscribers only Energy 20.03.2023

Sonatrach's CEO Toufik Hakkar, on 23 February 2023.

Algeria
Axing of Algeria's energy transition ministry deals fatal blow to Solar 1000 MW project

After the axing of the Solar 1000 MW project, Sonelgaz subsidiary Sonelgaz ENR-CEEG will now pilot the 15,000 MW programme until 2035.

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2023

Algeria
Sonatrach boss makes surprise visit to London

Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar made a surprise appearance at International Energy Week last month. But that was not the only reason for his brief visit to London.

Subscribers only Energy 06.03.2023

Inner circles | Africa
Africa's small oil producers court Gulf states at OPEC

The seven African members of OPEC are the smallest producers of its 13 members and can struggle to be heard within a cartel dominated by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but they are doing their best to defend their interests.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 24.02.2023

Representatives of OPEC member countries.

Algeria
Sonatrach unable to make good on gas pledge to Italy

As Algeria's gas exports fall, its promise this week to deliver more to Italy looks somewhat ambitious. Last year the producer failed to send all of the additional 4 billion cubic metres it said it would.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2023

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune welcomes Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Algiers, January 23, 2023.

Mauritania
Nouakchott to build oil and gas training centre

Mauritania has just launched the construction of a training centre for the mining, oil & gas industry and hopes to complete it within 18 months. A call for bids was published on 4 January.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 11.01.2023

Algeria, Niger, Nigeria
Algeria and Nigeria maintain Trans-Saharan pipeline illusion to counter rival Moroccan project

Ministerial meetings, reassuring reminders, a technical study... Official communications from both Algiers and Abuja about the progress of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline are in stark contrast to the security reality on the ground. Both countries play this down in a bid to outdo a rival Nigeria-Morocco project, which is just as hypothetical.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, North Africa, Energy 14.12.2022

Spotlight | Africa, Italy
Giorgia Meloni's Africa policy

The new Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been busy working on her Africa policy. She has surrounded herself with a tight-knit team actively involved in African matters, and for the moment has kept in place the foreign ministry staff in charge of the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.11.2022

Algeria
TotalEnergies plays for time to reduce Arzew construction bill

The decision on which firm will build the Arzew polypropylene facility in Algeria has already been postponed three times and has still not been made, which could lead to further delays for the project.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2022

Algeria
Sonatrach loses two years and $20m on new gas project

State-owned Sonatrach signed a contract for the construction of a liquefied petroleum gas train in Rhourde El Baguel at the end of October with Italian group Maire Tecnimont. The contract, which has been much wrangled over, could have been signed two years earlier, however, for a much lower price.

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2022

Senegal
Dakar to join gas 'OPEC'

Senegal is set to be inducted as an observer member of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) tomorrow at its ministerial council meeting in Cairo.

Subscribers only Energy 24.10.2022

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Sonatrach

Niger China tightens grip on Niger's oil with Sinopec

Algeria TotalEnergies quits Arzew without a word

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Niger
China tightens grip on Niger's oil with Sinopec

Algeria
TotalEnergies quits Arzew without a word

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Inner circles | Algeria
Top business leader Kamel Moula looks to revive economy of post-Bouteflika Algeria

Spotlight | Algeria
Future of Hassi Massaoud refinery in doubt as Samsung and Técnicas Reunidas clash with Sonatrach

Algeria
Tebboune struggles to settle Alnaft-Sonatrach rift

Africa
Football's Africa Super League finally set to kick off

Algeria
Sonatrach boss Toufik Hakkar barred from Houston trip by presidency

Algeria, France
Paris-Algiers ties still strained over extradition requests

Algeria
With his job on the line, Sonatrach's CEO hunts for support

Algeria
Axing of Algeria's energy transition ministry deals fatal blow to Solar 1000 MW project

Algeria
Sonatrach boss makes surprise visit to London

Inner circles | Africa
Africa's small oil producers court Gulf states at OPEC

Algeria
Sonatrach unable to make good on gas pledge to Italy

Mauritania
Nouakchott to build oil and gas training centre

Algeria, Niger, Nigeria
Algeria and Nigeria maintain Trans-Saharan pipeline illusion to counter rival Moroccan project

Spotlight | Africa, Italy
Giorgia Meloni's Africa policy

Algeria
TotalEnergies plays for time to reduce Arzew construction bill

Algeria
Sonatrach loses two years and $20m on new gas project

Senegal
Dakar to join gas 'OPEC'