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Teodorin Obiang chooses unknown trader to sell state-owned GEPetrol's crude

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Equatorial Guinea's vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known as “Teodorin,” in New York on 25 September 2025.
Equatorial Guinea's vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known as “Teodorin,” in New York on 25 September 2025. © Caitlin Ochs/Reuters
Equatorial Guinea's vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known as “Teodorin,” in New York on 25 September 2025.
Equatorial Guinea's vice president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known as “Teodorin,” in New York on 25 September 2025. © Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

In order to extract oil from the Zafiro and Ceiba fields, the vice president ousted a Chinese partner and chose a Singapore-based fledgling trader instead. Little by little, the successor is gaining ground in the lucrative Equatorial Guinean oil sector.

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