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Spotlight | Congo
Gokana top player in nation’s offshore

A cabinet meeting in Brazzaville on April 11 turned into a consecration of sorts for Denis Gokana, former managing director of Societe National des Petroles du Congo (SNPC), putting him in the driving seat in Congo-B’s petroleum sector.Africa Oil’s shopping [...]

Published on 29.04.2014 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abbas Youssef
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Africa Oil & Gas Corp
Andrea Brown
Denis Gokana
Denis Sassou N’Guesso
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PETROCI
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Societe National des Petroles du Congo
Total

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How Perenco and oil supremo Gokana scuppered Total's offer on the much-coveted Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II oilfields

The family-run junior oil company Perenco has shut out the competition by bringing out the big guns to win the contract for the Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II fields, with former SNPC boss Denis Gokana lending a helping hand.

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The Ivorian trader Dig Oil went into E&P with

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At what cost could Anglo African Oil & Gas extend Tilapia?

In a buoyant press release posted early March, Anglo African Oil & Gas, partly controlled by French businessman Gerard Bourgoin, [...]

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Congo
Soco's big headache on Marine XI

The setbacks are piling up for the junior which now owns just a single lifebuoy: the difficult Marine XI block in Congo.

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Nigeria's Pelfaco in drive on Guinea's oil market

In early December, the Nigerian explorer Pelfaco incorporated a subsidiary [...]

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Spotlight | Congo
French, Norwegian and Emirates in alliance on Total’s fields

The stakes of Total and ENI on the mature fields of Tchibouela, Tchendo and Tchibeli-Litanzi were snapped up by an unexpected trio that will operate them alongside local firms. Behind it all lay protracted negotiations in Brazzaville.

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Spotlight | Congo
Tracking Sundance's mysterious partner, Cominvest

With the Australian police pressing on with their inquiries into Sundance Resources' transfer of 33 million shares to its Congolese partner Cominvest (AMI 377), Africa Mining Intelligence can reveal further details about the mysterious firm in question.

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Spotlight | Congo
Powerful local figures the lone winners from new oil bill

Business chiefs close to the government seem alone in benefiting from the new obligation of majors to reserve 15% of their new oil licences for local companies. Parliament adopted that measure in approving the new bill in May in the [.

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Congo, Ivory Coast
SNPC negotiates with Petroci and ENI on MKB block

According to our sources, the managing director of Société nationale [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.2015

Congo
What will change under new oil legislation

Approved during a cabinet meeting on March 25, a new oil and gas bill will signal the start to a campaign to promote new exploration acreage. It will also hand fresh powers to SNPC.

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Congo
Who's behind the mysterious Nigerian junior Pelfaco?

After more than a year of talks, the arrival of the well-connected Nigerian junior Pelfaco on the offshore Sounda Marine [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2015

Congo
Oil industry braces for a dive in 2015

The latest report by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative reveals the country has much to fear about its future oil revenue.

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Spotlight | Congo
ENI's friends in Sassou Nguesso country

The Italian major is relentlessly tightening its grip on various sedimentary basins in Congo. In doing so it can count on the assistance of eager supporters in government in Brazzaville and it plans to profit from that support to fatten [.

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DRC
Fresh push for negotiations on the central basin

After several years of failing to get a final go-ahead to work on the central basin (Cuvette Centrale) in the [...]

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Insiders | Congo
Denis Gokana, Denis Sassou Nguesso's influential oil supremo

Denis Auguste Marie Gokana has little taste for socialising and is relatively secretive about his professional and personal activities. He [...]

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Spotlight | Congo
Oil companies race for acreage in basin

To diversify its revenue from the oil sector, derived largely at present from big projects headed up by Total and ENI, President Denis Sassou N'Guesso and his circle are opening fresh areas for exploration and welcoming new operators.

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Congo, DRC
SNPC

The Congo-K government made a number of decisions concerning the [...]

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Spotlight | Congo
Chevron and Total, Sassou's best friends

Courtesy of its deep offshore, Congo-B's oil production has been rising steadily for several years, unlike the case of neighboring Gabon where output appears in free fall. Brazzaville now pumps 300,000 bpd. The country headed by Denis Sassou-Nguesso since 1979 [.

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Congo
SNPC's Gift to Soco

The Societe Nationale des Petroles du Congo has just given up its rights on the Marine XIV block. The biggest winner from the move is Soco.

Subscribers only Energy 24.02.2009

Congo
Soco on Marin XIV

The British concern is pressing ahead with its policy of snapping up blocks on Congo's coast in order to bolster its presence in the region.

Subscribers only Energy 16.09.2008

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Pelfaco
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How Perenco and oil supremo Gokana scuppered Total's offer on the much-coveted Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II oilfields

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At what cost could Anglo African Oil & Gas extend Tilapia?

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French, Norwegian and Emirates in alliance on Total’s fields

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

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Congo
Gokana top player in nation’s offshore

Spotlight | Congo
How Perenco and oil supremo Gokana scuppered Total's offer on the much-coveted Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II oilfields

Niger
The Ivorian trader Dig Oil went into E&P with

Congo
At what cost could Anglo African Oil & Gas extend Tilapia?

Congo
Soco's big headache on Marine XI

Guinea
Nigeria's Pelfaco in drive on Guinea's oil market

Spotlight | Congo
French, Norwegian and Emirates in alliance on Total’s fields

Spotlight | Congo
Tracking Sundance's mysterious partner, Cominvest

Spotlight | Congo
Powerful local figures the lone winners from new oil bill

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SNPC negotiates with Petroci and ENI on MKB block

Congo
What will change under new oil legislation

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ENI's friends in Sassou Nguesso country

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Oil companies race for acreage in basin

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