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DRC
How Dig Oil landed ticket for Cuvette Centrale in the final hour

According to our sources, Dig Oil is understood to have snapped up blocks 8, 23 and 24 of the Cuvette [...]

Published on 12.02.2019 at 03:30 GMT

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DRC
Andrea Brown
Dig Oil
Efora Energy
Felix Tshisekedi
International Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Kabila
SacOil
Sonahydroc
Total

DRC
Efora Energy wants out of block 3, just Dig Oil remains

Efora Energy no longer considers block 3 it co-owns with Dig Oil in the DR Congo a strategic asset and wants to withdraw from it, according to our sources. The block was owned by TotalEnergies until 2019.

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2022

Spotlight | DRC
Congo's $619m hot potato: who's to deal with Dig Oil over crippling arbitration award?

The DRC is coming under increasing pressure to comply with a 2018 arbitration award of hundreds of millions of dollars in favour of South African junior Dig Oil over the delayed attribution of Cuvette Central blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2020

South Africa
Afric Oil's distribution king Nkadimeng gets seven-year ban

The South African high court painted a condemning picture of the former head of Efora Energy's distribution arm ability to run the unit.

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Niger
Dig Oil wants Savannah Petroleum's relinquished zones

The South African group is sparing no expenses to push through with its entry into the Sahel region.

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

DRC
Block III: inside story on Dig Oil/Efora's umpteenth extension

Dig Oil and Efora Energy once again breezed through with a new extension to explore block III though Tshisekedi does still have a few amendments to validate.

Subscribers only Energy 24.09.2019

DRC
Oil ministry great, Tony Chermani, thrown off balance

Tony Chermani, the deputy chief of staff for the acting minister of hydrocarbons, has been treading on eggshells since mid-May. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

DRC
Dig Oil: Andrea Brown's Congolese dream team

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitral ruling in Dig Oil's favour over its dispute with the Congo-K on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

DRC
Adrien Labroche keen to leave final legacy at Perenco DRC

Before leaving the country later this year, the director of the Congolese branch would like to start up a gas project alongside the company's well-connected VP.

Subscribers only Energy 12.03.2019

Congo
Dig Oil rearing to go on Cuvette basin

South Africa's Dig Oil is still waiting for the validation [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2019

DRC
Dig Oil drags Tshisekedi into his first oil crisis

The South African junior is determined that the ruling of the arbitration it has won against Kinshasa will be upheld at Congo-K's end.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2019

DRC
Total/Dan Gertler - Dig Oil/Cuvette: the two files now on Tshisekedi's plate

The new president has been landed with the two oil cases Kabila's cabinet had been working to finalise - without luck - up to the last minute.

Subscribers only Energy 29.01.2019

DRC
Dig Oil scores a try in Cuvette basin two weeks before elections

Its forceful legal pressure looks set to pay off as the South African junior is tipped to take up permits in Joseph Kabila's last days in power.

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2018

Spotlight | DRC
Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya, puppet master of oil deals

President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya Wilondja, has been involved with all of the country's main oil files since first joining the president's office for another position 14 years ago. A behind-the-scenes look at the Comico, Caprikat and [.

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2018

Spotlight | DRC
Total and Kabila play the long game on eastern frontier

The only major present on both sides of the highly prolific Congolese-Ugandan border, Total is negotiating its work programme on block III step by step, while it waits to get its hands on blocks I and II.

Subscribers only Energy 19.12.2017

DRC
Total increasingly committed

The French major has just acquired a holding in the Semliki consortium that holds the stakes of Sacoil and Dig Oil on block 3.

Subscribers only Energy 27.03.2012

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Dig Oil rearing to go on Cuvette basin

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Total/Dan Gertler - Dig Oil/Cuvette: the two files now on Tshisekedi's plate

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Spotlight | DRC Congo's $619m hot potato: who's to deal with Dig Oil over crippling arbitration award?

South Africa Afric Oil's distribution king Nkadimeng gets seven-year ban

Niger Dig Oil wants Savannah Petroleum's relinquished zones

DRC Block III: inside story on Dig Oil/Efora's umpteenth extension

DRC Oil ministry great, Tony Chermani, thrown off balance

DRC Dig Oil: Andrea Brown's Congolese dream team

DRC Adrien Labroche keen to leave final legacy at Perenco DRC

Congo Dig Oil rearing to go on Cuvette basin

DRC Dig Oil drags Tshisekedi into his first oil crisis

DRC Total/Dan Gertler - Dig Oil/Cuvette: the two files now on Tshisekedi's plate

DRC Dig Oil scores a try in Cuvette basin two weeks before elections

Spotlight | DRC Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya, puppet master of oil deals

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Niger
Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
How Dig Oil landed ticket for Cuvette Centrale in the final hour

DRC
Efora Energy wants out of block 3, just Dig Oil remains

Spotlight | DRC
Congo's $619m hot potato: who's to deal with Dig Oil over crippling arbitration award?

South Africa
Afric Oil's distribution king Nkadimeng gets seven-year ban

Niger
Dig Oil wants Savannah Petroleum's relinquished zones

DRC
Block III: inside story on Dig Oil/Efora's umpteenth extension

DRC
Oil ministry great, Tony Chermani, thrown off balance

DRC
Dig Oil: Andrea Brown's Congolese dream team

DRC
Adrien Labroche keen to leave final legacy at Perenco DRC

Congo
Dig Oil rearing to go on Cuvette basin

DRC
Dig Oil drags Tshisekedi into his first oil crisis

DRC
Total/Dan Gertler - Dig Oil/Cuvette: the two files now on Tshisekedi's plate

DRC
Dig Oil scores a try in Cuvette basin two weeks before elections

Spotlight | DRC
Kabila's chief of staff, Nehemie Mwilanya, puppet master of oil deals

Spotlight | DRC
Total and Kabila play the long game on eastern frontier

DRC
Total increasingly committed