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Algeria
Mustapha Hanifi: fall of the ministry's hydrocarbons emperor

After Sonatrach chief executive Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour left the firm in April 2019 after two years at the job, the [...]

Published on 03.03.2020 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour
Chakib Khelil
ExxonMobil
Mohamed Arkab
Mustapha Hanifi
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Toufik Hakkar

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Sonatrach-Cosider desalination partnership hits the rocks

At the head of a group of 11 desalination plants, Sonatrach is looking for a subcontractor to build and put into service a new unit near Algiers. Its construction, and that of two others, had however been the subject of an agreement with the national construction company Cosider.

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Algeria
Former Sonatrach boss Ould Kaddour's secret plan for Augusta refinery

The conditions under which Sonatrach acquired the heavily loss-making Augusta refinery in Sicily are under judicial investigation in Algeria. Before losing his post, however, former Sonatrach boss Ould Kaddour drew up a strategy intended to avoid the disaster.

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Newly appointed as energy minister, Attar is already working to tighten his grip on Sonatrach

The arrival of a former Sonatrach CEO at the head of Algeria's energy ministry will greatly limit the powers of the state oil firm's already weakened boss.

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Ourradi and Hanifi take their leave

An era has ended at the Ministry of Energy following the retirements on March 10 of inspector general Youcef Ourradi [...]

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Could Farid Ghezali be oil master by energy minister Arkab's side?

As we revealed, the powerful head of hydrocarbons within Algeria's ministry of energy Mustapha Hanifi will be shortly leaving for [...]

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Algeria
Who are Toufik Hakkar's procurement bosses at Sonatrach?

The all-powerful leader of oil and gas production in Algeria, the national oil company Sonatrach, has overhauled the way it [...]

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Spotlight | Algeria
How Patrick Pouyanné inadvertently led to Kamel-Eddine Chikhi's ousting from Sonatrach

Kamel-Eddine Chikhi only managed to hold on to the top seat at Sonatrach for just two short months. Behind his fleeting career at the top of the national oil firm lies a tug of war with the Algerian generals over [.

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Spotlight | Algeria
Sonatrach's CEO Ould Kaddour's future in post-Bouteflika overhaul

Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour has been comfortably in charge of Sonatrach since 2017, receiving financial and political support from the President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's presidential office to develop the group internationally. Kaddour himself officially backed Bouteflika's plans to run for a fifth [.

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Algeria returns to the US for oil, business and security

After Sonatrach and Algerian ambassador in the United States Madjid Bouguerra, it is now the turn of Algerian business leaders to carry out a charm offensive in Washington. The business trip, organized from January 14 to 17 by Ali Haddad's [.

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Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika seeks US's post-election backing

While Abdelaziz Bouteflika's inner circle is feverishly preparing the April 2019 presidential elections, Algeria has signed a flurry of lobbying contracts in the US after having had no recourse to spin doctors there for a decade.

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Algeria
Mustapha Hanifi: fall of the ministry's hydrocarbons emperor

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Sonatrach-Cosider desalination partnership hits the rocks

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Former Sonatrach boss Ould Kaddour's secret plan for Augusta refinery

Algeria
Newly appointed as energy minister, Attar is already working to tighten his grip on Sonatrach

Algeria
Ourradi and Hanifi take their leave

Algeria
Could Farid Ghezali be oil master by energy minister Arkab's side?

Algeria
Who are Toufik Hakkar's procurement bosses at Sonatrach?

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