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Gabon
Buyers queue up for Assala as Carlyle pulls out

The multinational private equity giant has gone ahead with its plan to sell the oil junior, which is active in Gabon. A growing number of companies are now keen to purchase it. [...]

Published on 03/11/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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BW Energy
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Carlyle International Energy Partners
CitiBank
David Roux
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Jean-Michel Jacoulot
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Shortlist of companies set to acquire Carlyle's Gabon assets shifts again

Carlyle and its advising bank Citibank have once again made [...]

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Perenco hurries to sell Atora before Carlyle seals sale of its share

Franco-British oil junior Perenco wants to quickly sell its share in Atora field in Gabon for $50m, indicating it does not wish to work with the future owner of Assala Energy's majority share, which Carlyle is in the process of selling.

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Citibank shortlists three potential buyers for Carlyle/Assala Energy assets

One of the biggest oil deals in Africa in 2023, involving 50,000 bpd, has the industry in a tizzy. Carlyle has chosen Citibank to handle the sale, and the bank has selected three potential buyers.

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Gabon
Pertamina moves to take over Carlyle's Assala Energy

The withdrawal of Assala Energy's sole shareholder, the investment fund Carlyle, is being closely followed by President Ali Bongo a few months before the presidential election. The presidential palace is currently in discussions with the Indonesian oil group Pertamina.

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Gabon
Assala denies Carlyle is selling out

Gabon's second largest oil producer Assala Energy is still denying that its sole shareholder, Carlyle, is preparing to sell all of its shares in the junior. Africa Intelligence can however reveal that the private equity fund has already tasked a Citibank team with seeing through the operation.

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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.

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2021

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The spanner in Carlyle's plan to shed troublesome Assala

A contractual deadlock is holding CIEP back from selling the Assala group's Gabonese branch amid a raging in-house storm.

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Carlyle plays havoc on Assala Energy's nerves

If the trend is to expand, Carlyle's financial logic could cause a sudden stop to the small group's activities in Gabon.

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Gabon Shortlist of companies set to acquire Carlyle's Gabon assets shifts again

Gabon Perenco hurries to sell Atora before Carlyle seals sale of its share

Gabon Citibank shortlists three potential buyers for Carlyle/Assala Energy assets

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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?

Gabon
Buyers queue up for Assala as Carlyle pulls out

Gabon
Shortlist of companies set to acquire Carlyle's Gabon assets shifts again

Gabon
Perenco hurries to sell Atora before Carlyle seals sale of its share

Gabon
Citibank shortlists three potential buyers for Carlyle/Assala Energy assets

Gabon
Pertamina moves to take over Carlyle's Assala Energy

Gabon
Assala denies Carlyle is selling out

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

Gabon
The spanner in Carlyle's plan to shed troublesome Assala

Gabon
Carlyle plays havoc on Assala Energy's nerves

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea, Libya
Total and Trident Energy victims of pro-Marathon/Exxon political networks