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Gabon coup: oil minister Massassa questioned by intelligence services

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Maurel & Prom rivals hope for post-coup reallocation of Carlyle assets

The new regime in Libreville will need to give its verdict on the planned sale of Carlyle's oil assets in Gabon to Maurel & Prom. Ali Bongo's government did not formally approve the deal and some disappointed parties believe they have an opportunity to get back into the running.

Gabon
Gagan Gupta's bid to save Arise involves tricky negotiations

On 30 September, Gabon coup leader Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema met with Indian tycoon Gagan Gupta, who is reportedly close to Noureddin Bongo, the son of fallen president Ali Bongo. But Gupta had spent several days of enforced waiting.

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Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Félix Tshisekedi, Vincent de Paul Massassa

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Gabon Vincent de Paul Massassa makes a final, quick trip to oil ministry

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Perenco, Maurel & Prom and Assala remain sanguine after coup

Since the coup on 30 August, oil operators in the country have continued regardless. They are working to build relations with the new power, whose choices of oil and gas officials have been reassuringly well-known figures.

Gabon
Post-coup, oil companies are being called to account

Despite officially denying that it is carrying out an audit, Gabon's Ministry of Hydrocarbons has asked the oil companies operating there to provide a list of all payments made to the state from 2020 to 2023.

Gabon
Maurel & Prom still in the running for Carlyle's assets

The Indonesian oil group Pertamina's international arm Maurel & Prom (M&P) announced on 13 June that it was still in the running to purchase deposits owned by Carlyle in Gabon.

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Shortlist of companies set to acquire Carlyle's Gabon assets shifts again

Carlyle and its advising bank Citibank have once again made [...]