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How government departments intend to divvy up Total, ENI and Perenco fines

The finance minister recently signed a decree on the sharing of upstream oil fines between the various government departments, but the text raises numerous legal issues. [...]

Published on 03/06/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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