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ENI wants it all - and wants it now

The Italian company has been negotiating for several weeks to acquire seven blocks in the Albertine trench, Lake Tanganyika and the central basin. [...]

Published on 20/04/2011 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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DRC
Cohydro
Davide Casini Ropa
ENI
Joseph Kabila
Luca Dragoneti
Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp
Total

DRC
Kinshasa bows to Surestream/ENI

Waiting for an exploration contract for three years Britain’s Surestream and its Italian party are now pinning hopes on Ndunda.

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DRC
Central Basin carved up again

The president’s office ordered the biggest sedimentary basin in Congo-K to be pegged out. The new blocks are far smaller than previous concessions.

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2012

DRC
ENI, Kabila and the Vatican

The Italian major hopes to acquire the last block in the Albertine Graben with an indirect leg-up from the Vatican.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2011

DRC
Total in bureaucratic squeeze

France’s Total is intent on quickly winning a green light to become operator on block 3 near Lake Albert alongside SACoil so that exploration can begin at long last.

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2011

Tanzania
First majors on Lake Tanganyika?

Total and Norway’s Statoil figure among companies that put in bids to operate the Tanganyika North block on the lake of the same name.

Subscribers only Energy 21.06.2011

DRC
Gulbenkian tests the waters

In travelling to Congo-K with a major Portuguese business delegation last week, Micael Gulbenkian, grandson of the legendary trader Calouste [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2011

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Majors take the plunge into Great Lakes

Having attracted juniors with little experience and even fewer resources up to now, Congo-K’s basins have become the playground of majors. Total will soon debut in the Albertine trough, ENI is equally in pole position in the central basin and [.

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2011

DRC
Italian firms waiting to pounce

With ENI hoping to get its hands on block 4 near Lake Edward, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s consul in Italy is also trying to break into Congo-K’s oil sector.

Free access Energy 11.01.2011

DRC
ENI Officialy Makes Debut

An executive of the Italian major ENI in Congo-B, Thierry [...]

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DRC
Total Aims for Double Whammy

After succeeding in buying into Tullow Oil’s blocks in Uganda, Total is now thinking of teaming up with the Irish group on the other side of Lake Albert, in Congo-K.

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.2010

DRC
A Lot of Promises in the Offing

Congo-K’s president is expected to announce several key decisions at a Cape IV summit meeting in Kinshasa between March 24-27.

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

DRC
Kinshasa Tries to Lure ENI Back

After an abortive visit by the chief executive of ENI who left Congo-K without a contract last August the government is trying to make up for the rebuff.

Free access Energy 16.02.2010

Africa
Ups and Downs for ENI

The Italian major managed to sign only one agreement, which turned out null and void, in Congo-K but has managed to get into Ghana’s offshore.

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Kinshasa Tries to Lure ENI Back

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DRC Central Basin carved up again

DRC ENI, Kabila and the Vatican

DRC Total in bureaucratic squeeze

Tanzania First majors on Lake Tanganyika?

DRC Gulbenkian tests the waters

Spotlight | DRC Majors take the plunge into Great Lakes

DRC Italian firms waiting to pounce

DRC ENI Officialy Makes Debut

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

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

DRC
ENI wants it all - and wants it now

DRC
Kinshasa bows to Surestream/ENI

DRC
Central Basin carved up again

DRC
ENI, Kabila and the Vatican

DRC
Total in bureaucratic squeeze

Tanzania
First majors on Lake Tanganyika?

DRC
Gulbenkian tests the waters

Spotlight | DRC
Majors take the plunge into Great Lakes

DRC
Italian firms waiting to pounce

DRC
ENI Officialy Makes Debut

DRC
Total Aims for Double Whammy

DRC
A Lot of Promises in the Offing

DRC
Kinshasa Tries to Lure ENI Back

Africa
Ups and Downs for ENI