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Chevron impedes Shell & Total

By selling its holdings in a series of marginal fields in the Niger Delta, Chevron is blocking the development of two gas projects of Shell and Total. [...]

Published on 03/09/2013 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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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?

Nigeria
Chevron impedes Shell & Total

Nigeria
The short list for OML 29

Nigeria
Bonus for buyer of Chevron stake

Nigeria
New hand on till at Amni

Nigeria
First E&P lusts after OML 83 & 85

Nigeria
Conoco winds up sale

Nigeria
Three winners in Chevron sell-off

Nigeria
Chevron signs with Seplat

Mozambique
OGS’ logistics deal with Petromoc

Nigeria
Peters seeks upstream venture

Nigeria
Brittania-U strapped for cash

Nigeria
New postponement on OML 83/85

Nigeria
Twenty line up for Shell

Nigeria
Pulling out all the stops on OPL 245

Nigeria
Doubts over OML 83/85 sale

Nigeria
NPDC stakes claim in Chevron sale

Nigeria
Addax’s Nigerian cronies

Nigeria
Summer sales season in the Delta

Nigeria, Sudan
Emmanuel Egbogah

Nigeria
Smoke & mirrors for Seplat stake

Nigeria
Chevron to seek private sales

Nigeria
ENI’s secret gas reserve

Spotlight | Nigeria
Electricity the shining prize for oil groups

West Africa
WAGP gas held up until May

Nigeria
Well planned for OPL 245?