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Gabon
New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Until recently, Maurel & Prom was the best-placed bidder for US investment group Carlyle's Gabonese oil interests, but the new regime in Libreville is working on an alternative all-Gabonese takeover plan. [...]

Published on 06/11/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Vitol wants debt paid before helping GOC buy Carlyle's assets

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Savannah Energy joins the race for a share of Carlyle's oil assets

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GOC scrambles for funds to pre-empt Carlyle assets

Gabonese officials are working on a financial package that would enable them to pre-empt Carlyle's assets and to counter an offer from Maurel & Prom.

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Oligui pressures minister to retake control of Carlyle's oil assets

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Transition President Brice Oligui Nguema in Burundi, 20 October 2023.

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Traders compete to finance GOC's bid to takeover Carlyle's oil assets

A number of traders are courting state-owned Gabon Oil Co. They want to market the crude oil at stake in US giant Carlyle's sale of its Gabonese assets.

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2023

An offshore oil rig, off the coast of Port-Gentil in Gabon.

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Maurel & Prom rivals hope for post-coup reallocation of Carlyle assets

The new regime in Libreville will need to give its verdict on the planned sale of Carlyle's oil assets in Gabon to Maurel & Prom. Ali Bongo's government did not formally approve the deal and some disappointed parties believe they have an opportunity to get back into the running.

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General Oligui Nguema puts his people in key positions

The transitional president carried out sweeping new administrative appointments in late September, surrounding himself with military personnel, figures from Haut-Ogooué and Woleu-Ntem provinces and a handful of Bongo family members.

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The head of the junta, General Brice Oligui Nguema, in Libreville, Gabon, on 4 September 2023.

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Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Since the coup on 30 August, oil operators in the country have continued regardless. They are working to build relations with the new power, whose choices of oil and gas officials have been reassuringly well-known figures.

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Post-coup, oil companies are being called to account

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

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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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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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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Spotlight | Gabon
National oil firm under pressure to raise funds for Carlyle assets

Gabon
Vitol wants debt paid before helping GOC buy Carlyle's assets

Gabon
Savannah Energy joins the race for a share of Carlyle's oil assets

Gabon
GOC scrambles for funds to pre-empt Carlyle assets

Gabon
Oligui pressures minister to retake control of Carlyle's oil assets

Spotlight | Gabon
Traders compete to finance GOC's bid to takeover Carlyle's oil assets

Spotlight | Gabon
Maurel & Prom rivals hope for post-coup reallocation of Carlyle assets

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General Oligui Nguema puts his people in key positions

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Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

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