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Security chief Bukasa gets worked up over Omani oil deal

Tshisekedi's security adviser is pressuring the minister of portfolio Adèle Kahinda Mayinda to ensure that a petroleum product supply contract with United International is implemented. [...]

Published on 19.07.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Adèle Kahinda Mayinda
Augustin Nkuba Kasanza
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Didier Budimbu
Felix Tshisekedi
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Sonahydroc fears competition for Ango-Ango pipelines concession contract

The concession contract for the Ango-Ango pipelines, a key infrastructure for the supply of petroleum products to west DRC, ends in 2025 and is already sparking interest from several actors.

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Despite lack of clarity over production, Perenco goes from strength to strength

Just as Perenco is due to acquire two blocks in an area where it is already operating, the DR Congo government is querying the accuracy of the company's oil production claims, which have not changed for years.

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Perenco oil company managers and technicians near the onshore oil wells in operation on the outskirts of Muanda, on the southwestern tip of the DRC on 19 October 2021.

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Government at odds over repaying its oil debts

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Sonahydroc has trouble selling stock bought from Trafigura

Of the 20,000 tonnes of hydrocarbons received under a contract with Trafigura, Sonahydroc has delivered only 6,000 tonnes to service stations over the past two months.

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Tshisekedi wants slice of planned Ugandan crude oil pipeline pie, TotalEnergies sceptical

The president of DRC is pushing for his country to have a stake in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) through which Uganda's plans to export via Tanzania, despite the fact no crude oil has been discovered on the Congolese side of Lake Albert.

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President of Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi shakes hands with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe, Uganda, on the 9th of November 2019.

DRC
Sonahydroc's management fraught with tension over mysterious Omani deal

Relations are strained among the leadership of Sonahydroc, the Congolese state-owned oil company, over a deal struck in late 2022 with an Omani firm for delivery of petroleum products.

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Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Angola has benefited enormously from oil blocks located partly in a maritime zone to which Kinshasa could lay claim, according to a confidential report financed by the World Bank and submitted to President Félix Tshisekedi's office.

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President of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, with President of Angola, Joao Lourenco, the 5th of February 2019.

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In the midst of a petrol shortage, "contaminated" shipment causes a stir in Kinshasa

A tanker operating for Petrocam was to supply the Congolese capital's service stations, which have been dry since the beginning of September, within the next few days. However, the 25,000 tonne cargo has now been found to be "contaminated" and "dangerous".

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Sonahydroc CEO summoned by security chief Esambo

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Sonahydroc fears competition for Ango-Ango pipelines concession contract

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Government at odds over repaying its oil debts

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