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Guinea
Sahara Group ousts Addax Energy for fuel supply contract

SONAP, the state-owned company that oversees Guinea's hydrocarbon sector, has selected Nigeria's Sahara Group to import petroleum products into the country. President Mamadi Doumbouya now needs to validate the choice. [...]

Published on 09/03/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Guinea
Conakry continues to support Nigeria's Sahara Group amid criticism

Struck by fuel shortages following an explosion at the country's main oil depot, the Guinean government is trying to ease the crisis with its sustained support of Sahara Group. The Nigerian trader was singled out by Guinea's finance inspectorate for its "excessively high" margins.

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The fire at Conakry's main fuel depot on 18 December 2023.

Mauritania
How Addax-Oryx and Nouakchott buried the hatchet

The sharp rise in oil prices, combined with the authorities cancelling two tenders in early 2022, has cost Mauritania a pretty penny. The state has been on bad terms with its traditional fuel supplier, Oryx Energies, but recently made peace with it and signed a contract to cover the rest of the year.

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Guinea
SONAP feels the heat over fuel imports

Contested by oil traders over the way it organises its tenders, the state-owned company that oversees Guinea hydrocarbons industry is also mired in payment problems. This situation is contributing to the increase in the price of petrol.

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Guinea
Guinean fuel tender in limbo

The contract to supply petroleum products to Conakry has still not been officially awarded. Though Sahara Group was favoured by the Société Nationale des Pétroles (SONAP) in early March, Mocoh and Addax Energy have not given up and are questioning the unusual way in which the various candidates have been evaluated.

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Mauritania
Addax-Oryx and the troublesome issue of the Mauritanian fuel contract

Oryx Energies seems determined to make a fresh offer in the round of tenders scheduled for 21 March for the supply of fuel to Mauritania, despite Nouakchott just reporting that all tenders on 6 January were unsuccessful and relations with the country's authorities remaining complicated.

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Oryx Energies's fuel and gas oil terminal at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, strategically placed to supply Mauritania.

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Guinea
Sahara Group ousts Addax Energy for fuel supply contract

Guinea
Conakry continues to support Nigeria's Sahara Group amid criticism

Mauritania
How Addax-Oryx and Nouakchott buried the hatchet

Guinea
SONAP feels the heat over fuel imports

Guinea
Guinean fuel tender in limbo

Mauritania
Addax-Oryx and the troublesome issue of the Mauritanian fuel contract

Spotlight | Guinea
The coup and Covid-19 kill off TotalEnergies' exploration projects

Guinea
Addax gets six-month extension on exclusive petroleum product supply contract

South Africa
Addax and Oryx Group accused of profiting from maritime law loophole