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Bongo aides talk turkey with Trafigura after Augusta ouster

The office of Gabon's president is negotiating with Trafigura to take over the off-take agreement between Augusta and the national refinery company. [...] (296 words)

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GABON
MAURITIUS
Ali Bongo
Augusta
BNP Paribas
Bourbon
Christophe Salmon
Cobasa
Henri de Villeneuve
Ian Gyslain Ngoulou
Jacques de Chateauvieux
Legis and Partners
Mauritius Commercial Bank
Noureddin Bongo
Philippe Ledesma
Sealand Engineering
Société Gabonaise de Raffinage
Société générale
Stéphane Placide
Trafigura

Mauritius Commercial Bank sets up a local branch to boost its oil sector financing business

Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) is hoping to open a representative office in Nigeria in the course of the next six months. [...]

MAURITIUS GABON 15/01/2021

The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

Although it abruptly ended its off-take contract with Augusta in mid-2020, the Gabonese refinery has continued to reimburse the $250m prefinancing loan the trading house had secured for the country with Mauritius Commercial Bank in 2017. [...]

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CONGO GABON 13/01/2021

Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon

Trafigura, which recorded gross profit of $6.8bn in 2020, has consolidated its position in Gabon and in particular in Congo, where the giant trading group is now a key player in both the lifting of crude and in the importation of petroleum products. [...]

AFRICA 08/01/2021

Dauphin heirs may manage Trafigura sale profits from Switzerland family office

In December, six years on from the death of Trafigura's founder, his family sold its last remaining shares in the trading giant. This was a major transaction for the clan, which manages its assets via a family office registered in Switzerland. [...]

GABON 10/12/2020

Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

The replacement of four ministers in Christiane Rose Ossouka Raponda's government has done nothing to quell the infighting, especially between oil minister Vincent de Paul Massassa and head of the hydrocarbons division Jean-Félix Obamba. [...]

GABON 25/09/2020

The secrets of Augusta's SOGARA refinery contract

With a new round of negotiations between Gabon and oil trader Augusta due to begin in the coming weeks, Africa Intelligence reveals the secrets of the contract between the trader and the Gabonese refinery SOGARA, which Libreville abruptly broke off in June. [...]

MAURITIUS 15/09/2020

Trading giant Trafigura expands Mauritian network

Trafigura, the Singapore-based oil and metals trading giant, opened Gogh Energy Trading in Mauritius on 28 August. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GABON 21/07/2020

Secret talks with Augusta in Dubai

Following its sudden decision to cut off ties with oil trader August last month, the Gabonese president's office has dispatched emissaries to negotiate the final settlement. [...]

GABON 26/06/2020

Libreville tries to play off Trafigura against Augusta

Having broken off its contract with Swiss trading group Augusta, which had been lifting part of the production of its refinery operator, Société Gabonaise de Raffinage, Gabon is now trying to find a replacement. [...]

SOGARA refinery in Port Gentil. The contract to lift the company's atmospheric residues is up for bids. © Achille T/PD

GABON 22/04/2020

Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

After having been headed for 10 years by Serge Mickoto, the husband of President Ali Bongo's step-sister, Gabon's sovereign fund has been taken over by a close associate of Mohamed Ali Saliou, best friend of the president's son and closest adviser, Noureddin Bongo. [...]

GABON 05/02/2020

Apollinaire Alassa takes over as OPRAG boss

Appointed on 31 January as the head of the Office des ports et rades du Gabon, 54-year-old Apollinare Alassa has [...]

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GABON 12/06/2019

How Ali Bongo staged his comeback

Above and beyond the announcement of a government reshuffle, the purpose of the two speeches given by Ali Bongo on 8 June was to demonstrate that he was once again in full possession of his faculties, eight months after suffering [. [...]

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GABON
MAURITIUS
Ali Bongo
Augusta
BNP Paribas
Bourbon
Christophe Salmon
Cobasa
Henri de Villeneuve
Ian Gyslain Ngoulou
Jacques de Chateauvieux
Legis and Partners
Mauritius Commercial Bank
Noureddin Bongo
Philippe Ledesma
Sealand Engineering
Société Gabonaise de Raffinage
Société générale
Stéphane Placide
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Mauritius Commercial Bank sets up a local branch to boost its oil sector financing business

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Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

The secrets of Augusta's SOGARA refinery contract

Trading giant Trafigura expands Mauritian network

Secret talks with Augusta in Dubai

Libreville tries to play off Trafigura against Augusta

Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

Apollinaire Alassa takes over as OPRAG boss

How Ali Bongo staged his comeback

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