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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. [...]

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Aime Ngoy Mukena
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Threatened with a fine equal to 10% of the national budget, the Congolese president has little choice but to negotiate with Dig Oil even as Kinshasa looks for a last ditch attempt to annul the arbitral ruling in favour of the South African oil junior.

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President Felix Tshisekedi (left) has chosen his advisor Nicolas Kazadi to negotiate with South African junior Dig Oil.

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Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

The oil junior has opened up a new front against the Congolese state, which kept it waiting for a decade before greenlighting its production sharing contracts in Cuvette Centrale.

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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.

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Kabila's Mr Angola, Antoine Ghonda, has buddies handle E&P

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Tshisekedi pal, Gety Mpanu Mpanu shaping the oil debate

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President's office summons officials to account for Dig Oil and Caprikat/Foxwhelp extensions

According to our sources, the new director of the president [...]

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Dan Gertler's Caprikat/Foxwhelp do what they like under Felix Tshisekedi

Although his two permits expired in 2017 after multiple extensions, the Israeli magnate has collected new gifts from the ministry of hydrocarbons. Africa Energy Intelligence offers an exclusive report.

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To everyone's surprise, the French major has decided to relinquish its only Congolese block.

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Blocks 1 and 2: Petroleum ministry still in talks over deal with Total

Although it is still waiting on the appointment of a [...]

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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.

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

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Indaba 2019: Felix Tshisekedi short of mining representatives

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

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Total pulls off stunt to take Dan Gertler's former prized assets

As the country gears towards its general elections, Total is set to pick up blocks 1 and 2 in the Albertine Graben. Africa Energy Intelligence examines the makings of this highly political deal.

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

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Is Dan Gertler facing his last days in oil?

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A promising oil region lies untended

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