The only major present on both sides of the highly prolific Congolese-Ugandan border, Total is negotiating its work programme on block III step by step, while it waits to get its hands on blocks I and II.
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There was one victim to the production sharing agreement for blocks CI-521 and CI-522 granted to Tullow Oil at the [...]
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Though the subject of an on-going arbitration, the junior's permits have seen the Gambian government receive a rush of expressions of interest from companies wanting to operate the blocks.
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The sale of the Chinese major's Nigerian blocks is far from a walk in the park and here's why.
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Even as the American junior starts proceedings to sell off its assets, its only producing block is facing a short-term crisis.
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Oil firms present in Comorian offshore are not in president Assoumani Azali's good books. Bahari Resources, operator of blocks 35, [...]
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Mozambican businessman Flavio Yen Ah Kom, head of the Agencia de Investimento Mineiro Africana (AIMA), has founded a new company [...]
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On track with its operations in Chad, where in September it bought United Hydrocarbon International Corp (AEI 805), oil firm [...]
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With his back against the wall as he attempts to address the mountain of arrears Sonangol owes its oil partners, [...]
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Swiss junior Trace Atlantic Oil has been on the prowl recently for an investor to take up 50 to 70% [...]
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The Conakry government's refusal to extend Hyperdynamics' rights on its offshore permits has put another nail in the junior's coffin.
The sale of assets held by Addax Petroleum (Sinopec group) [...]
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Chinese state-owned firm Cnooc, operator of the Kingfisher deposit near [...]
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The Kenyan ministry of energy and oil is currently on [...]
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The Kenyan branch of Vivo Energy has made an unusual [...]
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The brand new member of Canadian junior Stamper Oil & [...]
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The return of Carlos Saturnino as the head of Angolan [...]
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BP is going all out to get the deposit unitised but the lack of trust between the two presidents is stalling any progress.
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Portuguese businessman Diogo Alves Dinis Vaz Guedes has turned his [...]
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Saudi Arabia has been releasing credit lines to throw its weight around in the gas and electricity sectors and get ahead of rival Qatar.
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On November 30, Ernesto Manuel Norberto Garcia, a protégé of former Angolan president Eduardo Dos Santos , signed off his [...]
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Renewed tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over the 6,000 MW Grande Renaissance dam has French engineering consultancy firm BRL and [...]
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Launched by crown prince Mohamed bin Salman to cut Saudi [...]
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With a total debt of over $300 million, the Tanzanian [...]
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Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne used his trip to Alger last [...]
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Algerian state-owned firm Sonatrach, operator since 2005 of Nigerian permit [...]
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As Africa Energy Intelligence understands, the Agencia Nacional do Petroleo [...]
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By winning the favours of the Mauritanian president, Indian firm Kalpataru has shaken off its Saudi partner NPW for the financing of a transmission line.
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Though PwC, Sonangol's preferred auditor when Isabel dos Santos was at the helm, has lost its contract, it is still helping the State-firm overhaul its organisational structure.
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Just after receiving the results of a first independent assessment [...]
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Swiss junior Cliveden Petroleum and Chinese group CNPC now know [...]
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HFC Bank, a subsidiary of the Trinidadian group Republic Financial [...]
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Chalkstone, a British consultancy firm that specialises in risk management [...]
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On December 5, Dutch law firm Prakken d'Oliveira filed a [...]
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Stephen Cornell, executive director, jointp and chief executive officer of South African oil firm Sasol, wants to expand the company's [...]
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After heading Addax Petroleum for the past seven years, Yi Zhang is ready to move on but not from Geneva. [...]
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With the country's economy in a deplorable state, Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi has chosen a close ally and veteran at [...]
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Easing tensions between oil majors and the new Angolan administration (see here) should open up a favourable playing ground for [...]
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