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Nigeria
OPL 245 saga draws to a close

After more than 10 years of squabbling and court cases, Shell and Malabu Oil & Gas owned by former oil [...]

Published on 20/07/2011 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdulsalami Abubakar
Agip
Dan Etete
Goodluck Jonathan
Malabu Oil & Gas
Olusegun Obasanjo
Shell

Nigeria
Verdict to fall on OPL 245

The arbitration court that is to rule on a suit by Russian lawyer Ednan Agaev against his one-time customer, former [...]

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Spotlight | Nigeria
OPL245: What lay behind $1.3 billion deal

None of the parties involved in last year's acquisition by Shell and ENI of OPL 245 previously controlled by Malabu Oil & Gas headed by Dan Etete has said the least word in public about the deal.

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Nigeria
Where the millions flew

The cash laid out by Shell and Agip to buy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2012

Nigeria
New fields up for sale

Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources is getting ready to sell off 22 fields abandoned by majors operating in the country.

Free access Energy 17.01.2012

Ivory Coast
End game for OPL 245

Shell has announced its acquisition of the huge oil field owned by Malabu Oil & Gas run by Dan Etete. But the operation has yet to be finalized.

Subscribers only Energy 13.12.2011

Spotlight | Nigeria
Secret saga behind a 9 billion barrel block

After ten years of maneuvering and court cases, Shell ended up by offering to buy Malabu Oil & Gas’ offshore block OPL 245 (see our report in AEI 656). The stakes in the game were indeed high.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2011

Nigeria
New bout of arbitration

The International Center for Settlement of Investment DIsputes (ICSID) isn’t [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.05.2011

Nigeria
Presidential Deal on OPL 245

Secret talks between RoyalDutch/Shell and Nigeria concerning OPL 245, which [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2010

Nigeria
Stalemate in Arbitration

Arbitration proceedings pitting RoyalDutch/Shell against Nigeria over the OPL 245 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2010

Nigeria
The Fight Gets Rougher for Shell

No holds are barred in the battle between Shell and Abuja for the renewal of the group’s blocks.

Free access Energy 19.01.2010

Nigeria
China Sonangol’s Secret License

Controlled by Sonangol and China’s Beiya International Development, China Sonangol is discreetly present in Nigeria’s offshore.

Free access Energy 07.07.2009

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The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Nigeria
OPL 245 saga draws to a close

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Verdict to fall on OPL 245

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