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21/08/2018

Block 4: Kosmos stifles ERHC to counter Total

The American offshoot of the Warburg Pincus galaxy is trying to cut off ERHC's funds and snatch block 4 from under the French major's nose. [...]

20/02/2018

Total pulls rug from under Kosmos Energy's feet

The major has been in talks with the authorities for several weeks to pick up blocks, including concessions on which other companies had call options. [...]

23/01/2018

Block 4: ERHC braces itself against Kosmos

ERHC has picked out its defence squad to put its best foot forward during the arbitral process launched by former partner Kosmos Energy. [...]

19/12/2017

Hard-nosed talks between total and oil authorities

As Africa Energy Intelligence understands, the Agencia Nacional do Petroleo [...]

05/12/2017

Pontes and Santos, two guardians ofoffshore permits

After basking in a first wave of interest from foreign firms when the country created the joint development zone with [...]

Spotlight 21/11/2017

Probe into Kosmos' arbitration against ERHC over block 4

Kosmos Energy CEO, Andrew Inglis, is refusing to stand aside and let his company be left behind in the talks over Sao Tome & Principe's most interesting offshore block of which junior ERHC holds the rights. Making splashes - For several [...]

25/07/2017

ExxonMobil gives up on block 2 in JDZ

Despite stating its interest in picking up a stake in [...]

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11/07/2017

Luis Prazerez bids farewell to Joint Development Authority

After four years in service, the chairman of the Joint Development Authority (JDA), which manages the oil exploration zone between [...]

11/04/2017

How Oranto is expanding his empire

Arthur Eze’s firm is on track to acquire a new block in the countries’ joint development zone. Revelations. [...]

13/12/2016

Sonangol and Sinopec ejected from offshore

The question of oil could throw a spanner into diplomatic [...]

15/11/2016

The reasons behind key Galp-Kosmos tie-up

The Portuguese company has been betting a lot, and for a long time, on the American junior’s geological expertise. [...]

20/09/2016

Mystery firm Papis becomes operator on block 1 in the JDZ

Block 1, the most promising concession in the exploration zone between Nigeria and Sao Tome % Principe, has changed operator. [...]

20/09/2016

Kosmos makes key appointment to push ahead on EEZ

This summer the American junior Kosmos Energy promoted American geologist [...]

19/04/2016

Oando's great deal with Kosmos

Flatlining ever since an abortive licensing round in 2011, Sao Tome’s economic zone will get a fresh lease on life with Kosmos’ arrival. And it’s only the first step in an ambitious program. [...]

22/03/2016

Changes needed to save the Joint Development Zone

A joint commission between Nigeria and Sao Tome y Principe and chaired by the two countries’ heads of state is [...]

09/02/2016

The people behind the mysterious Sinoangol firm

Sinoangol, a joint venture between state-owned Chinese and Angolan groups, is making discreet headway in Sao Tome’s offshore. [...]

24/11/2015

JDZ still a long way from producing

The Joint Development Zone (JDZ) between Nigeria and Sao Time underwent a number of changes a few months ago: the [...]

27/10/2015

Terms of the deal between ERHC and Kosmos

Kept under wraps for months, negotiations between the boss of ERHC, Peter Ntephe, and Kosmos Energy concerning block 11 in [...]

14/07/2015

ERHC seeks partners

The American explorer ERHC Energy headed by Peter Ntephe (and partly controlled by the Chrome Group owned by Nigerian millionaire [...]

20/01/2015

How to revive a moribund JDZ?

Sao Tome and Nigeria are trying to kick-start exploration in the joint development zone following the departure of the majors. And that won’t be easy with oil falling to $45. [...]

07/10/2014

ERHC’s $100 million bet

The U.S. firm ERHC Energy Inc. (ERHC) plans to spend [...]

29/10/2013

Sinoangol goes whole hog

Sinoangol STP, a subsidiary formed out of an alliance between [...]

02/07/2013

Fernando Manquengo

In the wake of Luis Prazeres’ appointment as president of the Nigeria & Sao Tome Petroleum Joint Development Authority, his [...]

30/04/2013

Sinopec lies behind Sinoangol

According to our sources, China’s Sinopec is the financial and [...]

30/04/2013

Luiz Prazeres

There will soon be a new head of the Nigeria/Sao Tome e Principe Joint Development Authority that manages the joint [...]

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