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Spotlight | DRC
How ENI plans to snatch blocks 1 and 2 from right under Total's nose

All it took was just one visit from ENI chairman Claudio Descalzi to President Félix Tshisekedi on September 13 (AEI 849) for the wheels to start turning on the Italian major's return to the DRC. Descalzi has supporters from either [...]

Published on 19/11/2019 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Spotlight | DRC
Deal within deal allows tycoon Dan Gertler to save €130m in DRC settlement

The Congolese authorities signed a second, more restricted and secretive agreement with Dan Gertler last month, in addition to the major settlement negotiated in February. Africa Intelligence is able to detail the contents of this new deal, which concerns the oil assets previously run by the businessman.

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DRC
Oil minister makes incognito visit to Paris to sound out Total on blocks 1 & 2

President Tshisekedi wants to quickly find investors for the most promising permits in the DRC. While his minister of hydrocarbons Didier Budimbu is scoping the field, the game is still on.

Subscribers only Energy 13.07.2021

Didier Budimbu, the new hydrocarbons minister.

Spotlight | DRC
Why is Dan Gertler transferring his oil assets to new firms?

The Israeli diamond dealer is trying to counter the effects of US sanctions on his Congolese companies and is hoping to get a new extension on his oil permits.

Subscribers only Energy 04.05.2021

DRC
Surestream still covets Ndunda block after ENI's exit

UK firm Surestream is betting on the political vacuum in the DRC to take over the unexploited oil block.

Subscribers only Energy 11.03.2021

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi seeks Sassou's clout to sideline one-time ally Kabila

In his battle against predecessor Joseph Kabila, President Félix Tshisekedi has turned to neighbouring head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso for help in building a new political coalition.

Subscribers only Politics 10.11.2020

DRC
$617m arbitration: Dig Oil uses upper edge to corner Tshisekedi

Threatened with a fine equal to 10% of the national budget, the Congolese president has little choice but to negotiate with Dig Oil even as Kinshasa looks for a last ditch attempt to annul the arbitral ruling in favour of the South African oil junior.

Subscribers only Energy 19.08.2020

President Felix Tshisekedi (left) has chosen his advisor Nicolas Kazadi to negotiate with South African junior Dig Oil.

DRC
Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

The oil junior has opened up a new front against the Congolese state, which kept it waiting for a decade before greenlighting its production sharing contracts in Cuvette Centrale.

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2020

DRC
Tshisekedi adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo rings down the curtain on African Trading Oil

Jean-Claude Kabongo, special investment adviser to Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi, wound up his company African Trading Oil in mid-April.

Subscribers only Energy 30.04.2020

Congo
Audit firms probe links between ENI chief Claudio Descalzi and Petroserve

Two consultancy firms commissioned internally by ENI have examined the links between Petroserve and Marie-Madeleine Ingoba, the wife of the company's CEO, Claudio Descalzi. Here are their conclusions.

Subscribers only Energy 28.04.2020

Congo
With trouble after trouble, ENI forced to shut down wells

ENI's Congolese production has taken a nosedive in recent weeks. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2020

Congo, DRC
Rodrigue Nguesso, Sassou's new envoy for Tshisekedi

43-year-old Rodrigue Nguesso, the son of Maurice Nguesso (the elder brother of President Denis Sassou Nguesso), has become a key [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.01.2020

DRC
Felix Tshisekedi to visit Vatican

Having been much involved in mediation to force Joseph Kabila to step down as president, Pope Francis is set to grant his successor Felix Tshisekedi an audience early next year.

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2019

Congo
Petro Services' Alexander Haly, the agent no longer wanted by ENI

ENI's Congolese network is largely reliant on the connections of a British national living in Monte Carlo who is close to the wife of the company CEO.

Subscribers only Energy 05.11.2019

DRC
Who is behind ENI's return mission to Kinshasa?

Determined to put its Ndunda mishap behind it, ENI is drawing on the extensive network of a broker with connections all the way to the top.

Subscribers only Energy 08.10.2019

DRC
Dan Gertler's Caprikat/Foxwhelp do what they like under Felix Tshisekedi

Although his two permits expired in 2017 after multiple extensions, the Israeli magnate has collected new gifts from the ministry of hydrocarbons. Africa Energy Intelligence offers an exclusive report.

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.2019

Spotlight | DRC
Perenco's system bowls over everyone in Kinshasa

French-British group Perenco, the only oil & gas firm in production in Congo-K, has a lot of aces up its sleeve as the country gears up for the December presidential election in which incumbent President Joseph Kabila will not stand.

Subscribers only Energy 02.10.2018

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Spotlight | DRC
Deal within deal allows tycoon Dan Gertler to save €130m in DRC settlement

DRC
Oil minister makes incognito visit to Paris to sound out Total on blocks 1 & 2

Spotlight | DRC
Why is Dan Gertler transferring his oil assets to new firms?

DRC
Surestream still covets Ndunda block after ENI's exit

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi seeks Sassou's clout to sideline one-time ally Kabila

DRC
$617m arbitration: Dig Oil uses upper edge to corner Tshisekedi

DRC
Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

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Tshisekedi adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo rings down the curtain on African Trading Oil

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Audit firms probe links between ENI chief Claudio Descalzi and Petroserve

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With trouble after trouble, ENI forced to shut down wells

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Felix Tshisekedi to visit Vatican

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Petro Services' Alexander Haly, the agent no longer wanted by ENI

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Who is behind ENI's return mission to Kinshasa?

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Dan Gertler's Caprikat/Foxwhelp do what they like under Felix Tshisekedi

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Spotlight | DRC How ENI plans to snatch blocks 1 and 2 from right under Total's nose

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Spotlight | DRC Deal within deal allows tycoon Dan Gertler to save €130m in DRC settlement

DRC Oil minister makes incognito visit to Paris to sound out Total on blocks 1 & 2

Spotlight | DRC Why is Dan Gertler transferring his oil assets to new firms?

DRC Surestream still covets Ndunda block after ENI's exit

Spotlight | DRC Tshisekedi seeks Sassou's clout to sideline one-time ally Kabila

DRC $617m arbitration: Dig Oil uses upper edge to corner Tshisekedi

DRC Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

DRC Tshisekedi adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo rings down the curtain on African Trading Oil

Congo Audit firms probe links between ENI chief Claudio Descalzi and Petroserve

Congo With trouble after trouble, ENI forced to shut down wells

Congo, DRC Rodrigue Nguesso, Sassou's new envoy for Tshisekedi

DRC Felix Tshisekedi to visit Vatican

Congo Petro Services' Alexander Haly, the agent no longer wanted by ENI

DRC Who is behind ENI's return mission to Kinshasa?

DRC Dan Gertler's Caprikat/Foxwhelp do what they like under Felix Tshisekedi

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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?

Spotlight | DRC
How ENI plans to snatch blocks 1 and 2 from right under Total's nose

Spotlight | DRC
Deal within deal allows tycoon Dan Gertler to save €130m in DRC settlement

DRC
Oil minister makes incognito visit to Paris to sound out Total on blocks 1 & 2

Spotlight | DRC
Why is Dan Gertler transferring his oil assets to new firms?

DRC
Surestream still covets Ndunda block after ENI's exit

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi seeks Sassou's clout to sideline one-time ally Kabila

DRC
$617m arbitration: Dig Oil uses upper edge to corner Tshisekedi

DRC
Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

DRC
Tshisekedi adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo rings down the curtain on African Trading Oil

Congo
Audit firms probe links between ENI chief Claudio Descalzi and Petroserve

Congo
With trouble after trouble, ENI forced to shut down wells

Congo, DRC
Rodrigue Nguesso, Sassou's new envoy for Tshisekedi

DRC
Felix Tshisekedi to visit Vatican

Congo
Petro Services' Alexander Haly, the agent no longer wanted by ENI

DRC
Who is behind ENI's return mission to Kinshasa?

DRC
Dan Gertler's Caprikat/Foxwhelp do what they like under Felix Tshisekedi

Spotlight | DRC
Perenco's system bowls over everyone in Kinshasa