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Angola
Aenergy suffers setbacks in legal wrangle with Luanda

The Portuguese power producer is suing over 13 cancelled contracts.

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.2024

Angola, DRC
Kinshasa's strategy to get Common Interest Zone up and running

Determined to assert its rights over its offshore oil resources, the Congolese government is progressing on the development of the Common Interest Zone with Angola under the lead of hydrocarbons minister Sakombi Molendo.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2024

Mozambique, Nigeria
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné expected in Abuja and Maputo

He is due to arrive in Nigeria on 31 October.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2024

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang reinforces his control over the oil sector

Teresa Isabel Nnang Avomo, director of the oil company GEPetrol since February 2023, was replaced on 25 October. The change was prompted by the vice-president's desire to weaken oil minister, Antonio Oburu Ondo.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 30.10.2024

Cameroon
Nathalie Moudiki behind sacking of Tradex boss Simon Paley

Simon Paley, who was sacked as Tradex's chief executive in early October, has paid the price for his strained relations with Nathalie Moudiki, wife of Adolphe Moudiki, the octogenarian director general of Tradex's parent company, Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures.

Subscribers only Energy 29.10.2024

Spotlight | Morocco
Paris lobbies for green hydrogen mega-project with help from Driss Benhima

Former Royal Air Maroc CEO Driss Benhima, in June 2022. © Story & Brands

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2024

South Africa
Ex-Transnet execs monopolise management jobs at PetroSA

Many executives who once worked for the rail and port operator have in recent years joined the South African state-owned oil company PetroSA, a trend apparently encouraged by its ex-chairman, Nkululeko Poya.

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2024

Uganda
Ugandan activist lawyer to keep fighting geothermal project despite EACJ setback

Having spent years trying to block geothermal exploration at a potential UNESCO world heritage site in Uganda, Adam Kyomuhendo is ready to appeal the East African Court of Justice's dismissal of his bid to injunct the project.

Subscribers only Energy 28.10.2024

Nigeria
Nigerian NGO FOSSREA to promote national hydrogen

The aim is to kick-start the sector.

Subscribers only Energy 25.10.2024

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco
Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

Pressure from Algeria could endanger a green hydrogen project in Laâyoune in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. US group General Electric's energy subsidiary was to provide the project with its expertise.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 22.10.2024

A factory belonging to US group General Electric, in France.

DRC
After numerous delays, US company Symbion Power is eager to finalise Lake Kivu gas project

Almost two years after winning the tender for the Makelele block, the American company Symbion Power resumed negotiations with Kinshasa in July. The Congolese PM Judith Suminwa Tuluka insists that her government is eager for the project to go ahead.

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2024

Rwanda
TotalEnergies sponsors Rwandan sports diplomacy to show appreciation

The oil major knows how to be generous where it comes to Kigali, whose troops will allow TotalEnergies to resume its gas project in the troubled Mozambican region of Cabo Delgado after a four-year hiatus.

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.2024

Anthony Turgis, a rider with the TotalEnergies cycling team, on the Tour de France, 7 July 2024.

Spotlight | Africa
From Cape Town to Gulf of Guinea, Brazilian giant Petrobras' African renaissance

Brazil's state-owned Petrobas is making a comeback in oil exploration in Africa. A host of countries are jockeying to attract the oil giant, which has however reportedly reduced its investment budget for 2025 by several billion dollars.

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.2024

Brazil’s President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva talks to Petrobras President Magda Chambriard, in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, on 13 September 2024.

South Africa
Ramaphosa sits on petroleum law despite impatient investors walking

South Africa's future Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill, approved by parliament in April, is still awaiting the signature of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.2024

Nigeria
Majors hit with fresh delays as NLNG Train 7 goes further off track

This facility, designed to produce eight million tonnes of liquefied gas a year, was originally scheduled to come on stream in 2025.

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.2024

Uganda
Ola Energy could face $700,000 tax bill

The East African Court of Justice has thrown out a case brought by the Libyan fuel distributor's Ugandan arm, which has been disputing a Uganda Revenue Authority tax bill on its imported products from Kenya since 2020.

Subscribers only Energy 17.10.2024

Spotlight | Libya
How the mysterious Arkenu Oil took over AGOCO's production

The only private company in Libya that extracts and markets the country's oil has won a production contract with Arabian Gulf Oil Co. Based in Benghazi, it is also a favourite on several of the NOC subsidiary's markets.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.10.2024

An oil field in south-west Libya in 2020.

Mozambique
TotalEnergies CEO prepares first trip to Maputo

The French major's teams in Mozambique have been preparing for their first ever encounter with the group CEO Patrick Pouyanné and the country's probable new president Daniel Chapo.

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2024

Spotlight | Africa
Dubai traders Coral Energy and Demex in Washington's sights over sale of Russian oil

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control is investigating several trading firms suspected of selling Russian oil at a price above a cap set by the United States and its allies. They include Demex Trading and Coral Energy, which are particularly involved in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2024

An oil terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, Russia, May 2018.

Mozambique, Rwanda
Cabo Delgado: EU set to grant €20m aid to Rwandan forces

The deadlock in talks in Brussels between the European Union and Rwanda has been broken after the African country agreed to ensure that EU funds are used exclusively to finance its operations in northern Mozambique.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy 14.10.2024

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Angola
Aenergy suffers setbacks in legal wrangle with Luanda

Angola, DRC
Kinshasa's strategy to get Common Interest Zone up and running

Mozambique, Nigeria
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné expected in Abuja and Maputo

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang reinforces his control over the oil sector

Cameroon
Nathalie Moudiki behind sacking of Tradex boss Simon Paley

Spotlight | Morocco
Paris lobbies for green hydrogen mega-project with help from Driss Benhima

South Africa
Ex-Transnet execs monopolise management jobs at PetroSA

Uganda
Ugandan activist lawyer to keep fighting geothermal project despite EACJ setback

Nigeria
Nigerian NGO FOSSREA to promote national hydrogen

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco
Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

DRC
After numerous delays, US company Symbion Power is eager to finalise Lake Kivu gas project

Rwanda
TotalEnergies sponsors Rwandan sports diplomacy to show appreciation

Spotlight | Africa
From Cape Town to Gulf of Guinea, Brazilian giant Petrobras' African renaissance

South Africa
Ramaphosa sits on petroleum law despite impatient investors walking

Nigeria
Majors hit with fresh delays as NLNG Train 7 goes further off track

Uganda
Ola Energy could face $700,000 tax bill

Spotlight | Libya
How the mysterious Arkenu Oil took over AGOCO's production

Mozambique
TotalEnergies CEO prepares first trip to Maputo

Spotlight | Africa
Dubai traders Coral Energy and Demex in Washington's sights over sale of Russian oil

Mozambique, Rwanda
Cabo Delgado: EU set to grant €20m aid to Rwandan forces

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Angola Aenergy suffers setbacks in legal wrangle with Luanda

Angola, DRC Kinshasa's strategy to get Common Interest Zone up and running

Mozambique, Nigeria TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné expected in Abuja and Maputo

Equatorial Guinea Teodorin Obiang reinforces his control over the oil sector

Cameroon Nathalie Moudiki behind sacking of Tradex boss Simon Paley

Spotlight | Morocco Paris lobbies for green hydrogen mega-project with help from Driss Benhima

South Africa Ex-Transnet execs monopolise management jobs at PetroSA

Uganda Ugandan activist lawyer to keep fighting geothermal project despite EACJ setback

Nigeria Nigerian NGO FOSSREA to promote national hydrogen

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

DRC After numerous delays, US company Symbion Power is eager to finalise Lake Kivu gas project

Rwanda TotalEnergies sponsors Rwandan sports diplomacy to show appreciation

Spotlight | Africa From Cape Town to Gulf of Guinea, Brazilian giant Petrobras' African renaissance

South Africa Ramaphosa sits on petroleum law despite impatient investors walking

Nigeria Majors hit with fresh delays as NLNG Train 7 goes further off track

Uganda Ola Energy could face $700,000 tax bill

Spotlight | Libya How the mysterious Arkenu Oil took over AGOCO's production

Mozambique TotalEnergies CEO prepares first trip to Maputo

Spotlight | Africa Dubai traders Coral Energy and Demex in Washington's sights over sale of Russian oil

Mozambique, Rwanda Cabo Delgado: EU set to grant €20m aid to Rwandan forces

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Indigo Publications' websites

Angola
Aenergy suffers setbacks in legal wrangle with Luanda

Angola, DRC
Kinshasa's strategy to get Common Interest Zone up and running

Mozambique, Nigeria
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné expected in Abuja and Maputo

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang reinforces his control over the oil sector

Cameroon
Nathalie Moudiki behind sacking of Tradex boss Simon Paley

Spotlight | Morocco
Paris lobbies for green hydrogen mega-project with help from Driss Benhima

South Africa
Ex-Transnet execs monopolise management jobs at PetroSA

Uganda
Ugandan activist lawyer to keep fighting geothermal project despite EACJ setback

Nigeria
Nigerian NGO FOSSREA to promote national hydrogen

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco
Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

DRC
After numerous delays, US company Symbion Power is eager to finalise Lake Kivu gas project

Rwanda
TotalEnergies sponsors Rwandan sports diplomacy to show appreciation

Spotlight | Africa
From Cape Town to Gulf of Guinea, Brazilian giant Petrobras' African renaissance

South Africa
Ramaphosa sits on petroleum law despite impatient investors walking

Nigeria
Majors hit with fresh delays as NLNG Train 7 goes further off track

Uganda
Ola Energy could face $700,000 tax bill

Spotlight | Libya
How the mysterious Arkenu Oil took over AGOCO's production

Mozambique
TotalEnergies CEO prepares first trip to Maputo

Spotlight | Africa
Dubai traders Coral Energy and Demex in Washington's sights over sale of Russian oil

Mozambique, Rwanda
Cabo Delgado: EU set to grant €20m aid to Rwandan forces