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Caprikat’s assets up for sale?

The death of Augustin Katumba in a plane crash in February deprived explorers Caprikat and Foxwhelp of their leading backer in Congo-K’s leadership. Kinshasa is now actively seeking to replace them. [...]

Published on 13/06/2012 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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DRC
Antoine Ghonda
Augustin Katumba
Aurora
Caprikat
Cnooc
Dan Gertler
Dig Oil
Divine Inspiration
ENI
Foxwhelp
Jacob Zuma
Jean-Charles Okoto
Joseph Kabila
Khulubuse Zuma
Total
Tullow Oil

DRC
Blocks 1 and 2: Petroleum ministry still in talks over deal with Total

Although it is still waiting on the appointment of a [...]

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Spotlight | DRC
Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya, puppet master of oil deals

President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya Wilondja, has been involved with all of the country's main oil files since first joining the president's office for another position 14 years ago. A behind-the-scenes look at the Comico, Caprikat and [.

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Spotlight | DRC
Is Dan Gertler facing his last days in oil?

Mining Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler’s Fleurette group, which expanded into Congolese onshore in 2010 via two British Virgin Islands companies, Caprikat and Foxwhelp, to take up the most strategic blocks in Congo-K - blocks 1 and 2 -, could soon [.

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

DRC, Uganda
Total to take the prize on both sides of Lake Albert

Holding majority stakes in the future producing fields in Uganda, the French major is poised to invest heavily on the Congo-K side of Lake Albert as well.

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.2017

Spotlight | Africa
Total pushes on accelerator to catch up with Italy's ENI

The boss of Total since 2014, Patrick Pouyanne, is investing anew in Africa which his predecessor, Christophe de Margerie, somewhat abandoned, leaving the French group's rival Italian major, ENI, plenty of room to expand.Strong push on Congo-K.

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.2016

Africa
GEM in new high risk bet

Managers of the Swiss equity fund GEM who financed acquisitions by the mysterious Caprikat and Foxwhelp firms in Congo-K have invested in a new oil concern named Labat Africa.

Free access Energy 04.06.2013

Spotlight | DRC
Oil sector still alarmingly adrift

A year after new bosses were appointed to Congo-K’s hydrocarbons ministry the country’s oil industry is still going nowhere. A struggle between the department’s civil servants and its chiefs has often turned to the disadvantage of the minister, Crispin Atama, [.

Subscribers only Energy 05.03.2013

Spotlight | DRC
Total, Caprikat & Soco caught up in tumult

Security problems in the eastern part of Congo-K are such that some oil companies like France’s Total are seriously thinking of declaring force majeure. To that can be added the controversy over Soco International’s exploration in the Virunga national park, [.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2012

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Blocks 1 and 2: Petroleum ministry still in talks over deal with Total

Spotlight | DRC
Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya, puppet master of oil deals

Spotlight | DRC
Is Dan Gertler facing his last days in oil?

DRC, Uganda
Total to take the prize on both sides of Lake Albert

Spotlight | Africa
Total pushes on accelerator to catch up with Italy's ENI

Africa
GEM in new high risk bet

Spotlight | DRC
Oil sector still alarmingly adrift

Spotlight | DRC
Total, Caprikat & Soco caught up in tumult

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Caprikat and Foxwhelp off the starting block

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Kinshasa touts Caprikat

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Congo-K’s Elite Backs Caprikat

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Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

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DRC Blocks 1 and 2: Petroleum ministry still in talks over deal with Total

Spotlight | DRC Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya, puppet master of oil deals

Spotlight | DRC Is Dan Gertler facing his last days in oil?

DRC, Uganda Total to take the prize on both sides of Lake Albert

Spotlight | Africa Total pushes on accelerator to catch up with Italy's ENI

Africa GEM in new high risk bet

Spotlight | DRC Oil sector still alarmingly adrift

Spotlight | DRC Total, Caprikat & Soco caught up in tumult

DRC Caprikat and Foxwhelp off the starting block

DRC Kinshasa touts Caprikat

DRC Congo-K’s Elite Backs Caprikat

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

DRC
Caprikat’s assets up for sale?

DRC
Blocks 1 and 2: Petroleum ministry still in talks over deal with Total

Spotlight | DRC
Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya, puppet master of oil deals

Spotlight | DRC
Is Dan Gertler facing his last days in oil?

DRC, Uganda
Total to take the prize on both sides of Lake Albert

Spotlight | Africa
Total pushes on accelerator to catch up with Italy's ENI

Africa
GEM in new high risk bet

Spotlight | DRC
Oil sector still alarmingly adrift

Spotlight | DRC
Total, Caprikat & Soco caught up in tumult

DRC
Caprikat and Foxwhelp off the starting block

DRC
Kinshasa touts Caprikat

DRC
Congo-K’s Elite Backs Caprikat