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Equatorial Guinea
Zafiro: ExxonMobil serves Obiang with an ultimatum

The American major no longer wants to play ball with Malabo and has laid down the terms of its departure. [...]

Published on 17/12/2019 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Amjad Bseisu
EnQuest
ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil sets the pace
Gabriel Obiang Lima
Jean-Michel Jacoulot
Petrofac
Simeon Oyono Esono
Susan N. Stevenson
Teodoro Obiang Nguema
Tim O'Hanlon
Trident Energy
Tullow Oil
US diplomacy at work
Warburg Pincus

Equatorial Guinea
Trident Energy counts on new execs to improve relations with Gabriel Obiang

The junior energy company Trident, owned by the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, is seeking to improve its strained relations with the Equatorial Guinean government, and its legal director in Malabo is currently courting the oil ministry.

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Angola, Nigeria
ExxonMobil's African business slumps

Although it has recently invested in offshore drilling in the Gulf of Guinea, the Western world's biggest oil company is on a downward slide.

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Equatorial Guinea
Fourth Sino-Nigerian pair to enter fray for Exxon's Zafiro?

Two new actors are are mulling the idea of a consortium to take Zafiro off ExxonMobil's hands for which there are already three other contending groups.

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Equatorial Guinea
Trident counts on French diplomacy to stay in the running for Zafiro

Trident Energy, the company headed by French national Jean-Michel Jacoulot, has not lost sight of its goal to expand its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Equatorial Guinea
Zafiro: ExxonMobil reveals top picks to Gabriel Obiang

The American major has shortlisted three firms for the project to take over the country's largest oil field.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2020

Equatorial Guinea
Zafiro: who is in talks with Exxon after Trident's failure?

The country's largest field has caught the attention of several oil and gas firms, one of which has been wanting to make its first move on the continent for years.

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Spotlight | Nigeria
ExxonMobil: why the transfer of its marginal fields could be in jeopardy

As we revealed, over the past few months ExxonMobil has quietly been testing the waters with Nigerian firms to see if they could be interested in several Niger Delta assets it would like to sell.

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
ExxonMobil & Co: Trump worried about Obiang's thirst for oil independence

The American government's support of Teodoro Obiang Nguema's regime, in power since 1979, is being to waver. Malabo's handling of ExxonMobil and other American firms' interests and its desire to work more with European, Russian and Chinese firm are beginning [.

Subscribers only Energy 08.10.2019

Chad
Who is willing to take on ExxonMobil's Doba Basin assets?

There are several companies fighting to acquire the 40% of the Doba Basin that ExxonMobil has held since 2000. According [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2019

Equatorial Guinea
Trident puts affairs in order to take Zafiro for ExxonMobil

With backing from shareholder Warburg Pincus, Trident is setting up an operation to buy the American major's shares in the country's largest producing field, Zafiro.

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Simeon Oyono Esono
Susan N. Stevenson
Teodoro Obiang Nguema
Tim O'Hanlon
Trident Energy
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The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

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Zafiro: ExxonMobil serves Obiang with an ultimatum

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Fourth Sino-Nigerian pair to enter fray for Exxon's Zafiro?

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Trident counts on French diplomacy to stay in the running for Zafiro

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