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Angola
Acrep and Sonangol eject Force Petroleum from Cabinda South

The company was unable to pay its dues under the production sharing agreement.

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2024

Libya
Foreign vessels make beeline for eastern Libya despite oil blockages

The port and oil installations of Marsa el-Brega in eastern Libya on 24 September 2020. © AFP

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2024

Madagascar
Major construction companies line up to rebuild road to Sahofika dam

Onive river, in the highlands of Madagascar, in 2014. © Jean-Luc Allegre/Only France via AFP

Free access Infrastructure, Energy 18.09.2024

Nigeria
Energy minister forced to delay reform plan despite looming cabinet reshuffle

Facing the prospect of a cabinet reshuffle, Adebayo Adelabu has tried to hasten the launch of his new electricity strategy. But the draft plan is currently back in the hands of consultancy firm PwC, which needs to amend it.

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.2024

Gabon
Gabon Oil Company's costly delay after Assala acquisition

Investment in the oil assets operated by Assala Energy has been pared back to a bare minimum since their acquisition by the national oil company. It hasn't appointed management for its new subsidiary's London-based offices, and further delays could spell a drop in output.

Subscribers only Energy 16.09.2024

Libya
Libyan national oil company boss takes distance amid political crisis

Farhat Omar Bengdara (centre), chair of the NOC, in Tripoli, Libya, 14 July 2022. © Mahmud Turkia / AFP

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 13.09.2024

Spotlight | Namibia
Oil majors jostle for Galp's golden opportunity in Orange Basin

A dozen energy firms including majors Shell and TotalEnergies are competing to buy the Portuguese group's licence and rights to operate in the largest discovery ever made in the Orange Basin off the Namibian coast.

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2024

Galp Energia headquarters in Lisbon on 27 July, 2024.

Kenya
Nairobi looks to US rather than Russia for its nuclear programme

Kenya's nuclear agency has approached American partners in the hope of making progress on plans to build a power plant on the coast. The project continues to face opposition from the local community and environmental NGOs.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 11.09.2024

Day 2 of the US-Africa Nuclear Energy Summit, in Nairobi, on 28 August 2024.

Central African Republic
Touadéra keeps an eye on his hydrocarbons minister nephew

Central African Republic Energy Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri is trying to sell shares in a petroleum products storage company to the Cameroonian firm Neptune Oil. The situation is being closely monitored by his uncle, President Faustin Archange Touadéra, and by Prime Minister Félix Moloua.

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.2024

Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Beijing on 5 September 2024.

Guinea
Guinean NGO goes to Swiss courts over Oryx affair

The Réseau National des Acteurs du Développement Durable has written to the Swiss judicial authorities to protest against the signing of a contract between the Guinean state and oil trader Oryx Energies.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 06.09.2024

Senegal
Airbus keen on Grand Tortue aerial surveillance contract

The giant aircraft manufacturer is looking to sell its helicopters to the Senegalese Air Force as the start of production approaches on the Grand Tortue offshore gas field. It could face competition, however, from Italy's Leonardo group, which is already operating in the sector.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy 05.09.2024

Spotlight | Gabon
SEEG crisis rattles Oligui Nguema system

The Gabonese power and water supplier's months of crippling debt and tensions forced CEO Joël Lehman Sandoungout out the door last month as details emerge about a parallel sales scheme that could involve French-Andorra citizen Pierre Duro, an adviser to the president.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 04.09.2024

Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, 25 July 2024 in Paris.

Mozambique
Decision on Mozambique LNG force majeure to wait for presidential outcome

Regardless of the security and financial matters, French group TotalEnergies will not lift its force majeure on the largest LNG infrastructure in Africa until at least next year, once Mozambique has a new president.

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.2024

In Focus | Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

From Dubai, a discreet Russian trading firm is making its mark in the distribution of petroleum products in West Africa. It is doing so in close collaboration with the Kremlin, which wants to circumvent sanctions and extend its influence in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 02.09.2024

Kenya
Graft watchdog probes cancellation of $42m geothermal contract

Corruption sleuths in Kenya are looking into the awarding and subsequent cancellation of a contract by the state's Geothermal Development Company to a British subcontractor, Cluff Geothermal. The matter is already being followed closely by parliament.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 30.08.2024

Nigeria
TotalEnergies and Amni to invest over $1bn in Ima gas

The French major has ramped up its investments in Nigeria as it focuses on the gas sector and is now preparing to start production at the Ima field co-owned by Amni International.

Subscribers only Energy 29.08.2024

South Africa
Ministers wrestle for control of energy sector

The new government of national unity's ministers Gwede Mantashe and Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who both hail from the left of the ANC, are battling for the leadership of the state-owned oil firm PetroSA and Strategic Fuel Fund.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 27.08.2024

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

The oil and gas field owned by the Italian oil major is so resource-intensive that new investors are already required, just months before the launch of the second phase.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2024

Claudio Descalzi, CEO of ENI, in October 2023.

Ivory Coast
TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

The Western majors are steadily pulling out of refineries on the continent, with Ivory Coast the latest to experience this, much to the government's chagrin.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2024

Presidents Alassane Ouattara and Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris in November 2023.

Cameroon
SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

The managing director of Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures, Adolphe Moudiki, and the president's secretary-general, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, have been at loggerheads in recent months. After escaping dismissal in early August, the SNH boss is hoping a trial in the UK will give him the upper hand again.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 21.08.2024

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Energy

Angola
Acrep and Sonangol eject Force Petroleum from Cabinda South

Libya
Foreign vessels make beeline for eastern Libya despite oil blockages

Madagascar
Major construction companies line up to rebuild road to Sahofika dam

Nigeria
Energy minister forced to delay reform plan despite looming cabinet reshuffle

Gabon
Gabon Oil Company's costly delay after Assala acquisition

Libya
Libyan national oil company boss takes distance amid political crisis

Spotlight | Namibia
Oil majors jostle for Galp's golden opportunity in Orange Basin

Kenya
Nairobi looks to US rather than Russia for its nuclear programme

Central African Republic
Touadéra keeps an eye on his hydrocarbons minister nephew

Guinea
Guinean NGO goes to Swiss courts over Oryx affair

Senegal
Airbus keen on Grand Tortue aerial surveillance contract

Spotlight | Gabon
SEEG crisis rattles Oligui Nguema system

Mozambique
Decision on Mozambique LNG force majeure to wait for presidential outcome

In Focus | Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Kenya
Graft watchdog probes cancellation of $42m geothermal contract

Nigeria
TotalEnergies and Amni to invest over $1bn in Ima gas

South Africa
Ministers wrestle for control of energy sector

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

Ivory Coast
TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

Cameroon
SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

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Energy

Angola Acrep and Sonangol eject Force Petroleum from Cabinda South

Libya Foreign vessels make beeline for eastern Libya despite oil blockages

Madagascar Major construction companies line up to rebuild road to Sahofika dam

Nigeria Energy minister forced to delay reform plan despite looming cabinet reshuffle

Gabon Gabon Oil Company's costly delay after Assala acquisition

Libya Libyan national oil company boss takes distance amid political crisis

Spotlight | Namibia Oil majors jostle for Galp's golden opportunity in Orange Basin

Kenya Nairobi looks to US rather than Russia for its nuclear programme

Central African Republic Touadéra keeps an eye on his hydrocarbons minister nephew

Guinea Guinean NGO goes to Swiss courts over Oryx affair

Senegal Airbus keen on Grand Tortue aerial surveillance contract

Spotlight | Gabon SEEG crisis rattles Oligui Nguema system

Mozambique Decision on Mozambique LNG force majeure to wait for presidential outcome

In Focus | Mali, Senegal, Togo The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Kenya Graft watchdog probes cancellation of $42m geothermal contract

Nigeria TotalEnergies and Amni to invest over $1bn in Ima gas

South Africa Ministers wrestle for control of energy sector

Spotlight | Ivory Coast ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

Ivory Coast TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

Cameroon SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

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Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Angola
Acrep and Sonangol eject Force Petroleum from Cabinda South

Libya
Foreign vessels make beeline for eastern Libya despite oil blockages

Madagascar
Major construction companies line up to rebuild road to Sahofika dam

Nigeria
Energy minister forced to delay reform plan despite looming cabinet reshuffle

Gabon
Gabon Oil Company's costly delay after Assala acquisition

Libya
Libyan national oil company boss takes distance amid political crisis

Spotlight | Namibia
Oil majors jostle for Galp's golden opportunity in Orange Basin

Kenya
Nairobi looks to US rather than Russia for its nuclear programme

Central African Republic
Touadéra keeps an eye on his hydrocarbons minister nephew

Guinea
Guinean NGO goes to Swiss courts over Oryx affair

Senegal
Airbus keen on Grand Tortue aerial surveillance contract

Spotlight | Gabon
SEEG crisis rattles Oligui Nguema system

Mozambique
Decision on Mozambique LNG force majeure to wait for presidential outcome

In Focus | Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Kenya
Graft watchdog probes cancellation of $42m geothermal contract

Nigeria
TotalEnergies and Amni to invest over $1bn in Ima gas

South Africa
Ministers wrestle for control of energy sector

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

Ivory Coast
TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

Cameroon
SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage