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Spotlight | Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique
The secret story of Total's strike on Anadarko

Total has no intention of losing its seat as one of the largest oil players on the continent and has been busy working to keep ahead of Chevron in the race for Anadarko's African assets. To take the lead, the [...]

Published on 14/05/2019 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour
Anadarko
BP
Chevron
ENI
ExxonMobil
Jean-Pierre Sbraire
Kosmos Energy
Laurent Vivier
Maersk Oil
Momar Nguer
Occidental Petroleum
Oxy
Patrick Pouyanne
Qatar Petroleum
Shell
Sonatrach
Total
Tullow Oil

Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI prepare the ground for the second Coral FLNG

While safety issues are far from being resolved in the Cabo Delgado province, the two majors operating in Block 4 are working hard to develop offshore solutions.

Subscribers only Energy 21.11.2022

Mozambique
Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

The Portuguese company is in need of a quick source of cash to finance its colossal project in Brazil and wants to pull out of Mozambique as well as Angola.

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2022

Egypt
Ex-Apache execs' Apex International makes name in onshore exploration

Just five years old, Apex International's seasoned founders are slowly gaining ground in the Egyptian oil industry.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 17.01.2022

Spotlight | Ghana
Kosmos makes fresh attempt to win government support for takeover of Oxy assets

Kosmos Energy is pulling out all the stops to get the government to approve its planned multi-million dollar acquisition of the Ghanaian assets of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy).

Subscribers only Energy 24.09.2021

Algeria
Equinor consolidates its presence, minus BP

Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government has rolled out the red carpet for the directors of the Norwegian major, which unlike other oil firms wants to invest more in the country.

Subscribers only Energy 13.09.2021

Equinor CEO Anders Opedal (left) with Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar.

Africa
What would a Chevron-ExxonMobil merger do to the industry?

A tie-up of the two supermajors Chevron and ExxonMobil, which their chief executives reportedly discussed late last year, would completely realign the balance of power in Africa's oil industry.

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2021

Nigeria
Mike Sangster spearheads lobbying of Total, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell on new oil bill

To pressure the Nigerian authorities into including greater incentives for investors in the new petroleum bill, the oil companies present in the country have put their faith in the lobbying clout of their most influential figure:

Free access Energy 05.02.2021

Angola
BP secures extension of block 18 contract at Greater Plutonio field until 2032

British major BP has been granted a five-year extension of its contract on the Greater Plutonio field (block 18), which had been due to expire in in 2027.

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2021

Angola
Business mogul Ernesto Monimambo moves into diamonds with former Luó manager

Ernest Monimambo, a former TAAG national airline board member and oil and gas entrepreneur, is taking his first steps in the mining sector. He has joined forces with the deposed deputy director of Luó diamond mine to create Emza Mining.

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2020

North Africa
Total: Stéphane Michel, current head of the Middle East and North Africa for Total, vies for CEO

A serious contender for being the next boss of Total, Stéphane Michel will soon leave behind his role with North Africa and the Middle East, peppered with complications, to move one step closer to his goal.

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2020

Stéphane Michel, head of the exploration/production division of Total in the Maghreb and the Middle East.

Spotlight | Africa
BP set to run down its African operations little by little

The British oil major is looking to drastically reduce its investment in field development and exploration in Africa. Here are our revelations.

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.2020

Angola
BP opts out of Angolan oil revival led by Total and ENI

Most oil companies in Angola have resumed work on the projects they were working on before the disruption caused by the public health crisis. Only BP is hanging back.

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2020

Ghana
Anadarko assets: Oxy courted by majors, traders and bold juniors

There are many contenders vying for Anadarko's former African portfolio but Occidental Petroleum, the company who took control of the assets last year, is keeping a tight lid on any information about the candidates.

Subscribers only Energy 02.09.2020

Mauritania
Ghazouani assumes tighter control of oil by appointing technocrat minister

After four years in charge of oil and mining, Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah has hung up the gloves and made way for a newcomer with no direct experience in either sectors.

Free access Energy 20.08.2020

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani during the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott, 30 June.

South Africa
Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Since taking over at the helm of the South African subsidiary of the French major Total in August 2018, the Nigerian Adewale Fayemi has become the leading private sector player in South Africa's oil industry.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2020

Namibia
Qatar Petroleum locks in on new target in ExxonMobil prospecting zone

State-owned Qatar Petroleum, which has been increasingly buying into African offshore blocks, is looking to further its expansion drive in the Namibe Basin, one of American major Exxonmobil's most promising exploration zones.

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2020

Benin
Norway's Vissim late on anti-piracy surveillance system

Cotonou is still waiting on the Norwegian firm Vissim to deliver its maritime surveillance system, one that could help offshore oil operators in the region, while crime in the Gulf of Guinea shows no signs of abating.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 05.05.2020

Nigeria
NAPIMS tussles with oil majors Shell/ExxonMobil/Total over cost-cutting

NNPC's local content arm is trying to keep the oil sector profitable by imposing severe cuts in international companies' expenditure, to the detriment of their Nigerian partners.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2020

South Africa
Total makes some progress on acquisition of Anadarko assets at last

A second major hurdle has been cleared in the complex process of acquiring the portfolio of the US oil company Anadarko.

Subscribers only Energy 08.04.2020

Congo
Marine XXI, XXII: who would have been Kosmos' mystery partner?

As we reveal above, it is understood that Kosmos Energy has pulled out of the negotiations for the two offshore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Spotlight | Africa
Kosmos and Tullow hardest hit by coronavirus

Oil and gas firms are watching in dismay as oil prices drop because of the global coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). While most majors have large cash reserves at their disposal to weather the storm, two leading names in African oil exploration, [.

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Mauritania
Grant Thornton and Mazars competing for Tortue tax advisor job with Mouhamadou Siby

The taskforce in charge of working out a tax and customs regime applicable to all sub-contractors of the giant field [...]