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What Joao Lourenco came seeking from the French business world

The currency crisis and complex business environment in Angola did not dissuade French business leaders from meeting Joao Lourenco on [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.06.2018

Pierre Castel lobbies Joao Lourenco in person

The businessman used his networks to obtain a private audience with the Angolan president in Paris and raise the issue of money owed to his firm.

Free access Energy 06.06.2018

Medef due in Luanda

The unusually large attendance (some one hundred company bosses) at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.06.2018

Total chaperones Joao Lourenco in Paris

Patrick Pouyanne mutated into an unofficial ambassador for Joao Lourenco [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.06.2018

Oil & gas: Major companies to benefit from Joao Lourenco's fiscal largesse

On the advice of oil companies, the Angolan president is pursuing his pro-business policy by providing tax incentives to the gas industry and for the exploitation of marginal fields.

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2018

Sonangol dismisses idea of a national hydrocarbons agency

The creation of a national hydrocarbons agency committed to regulating [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2018

How Puma energy lost its Angolan acreage

Puma Energy, the distribution arm of trader Trafigura that dominated [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2018

Who were part of Joao Lourenco's oil commando unit for his french trip?

During his official to France on May 28-29-30, Angolan President [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2018

Moscow, Luanda's new diamond chum

As it continues to court African governments to secure long-term [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.05.2018

What Joao Lourenco is looking for in Paris

For his first official visit to France on May 28, Joao Lourenco, who succeeded Eduardo Dos Santos as Angolan head [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2018

Lourenco to meet France's top business leaders

Due to arrive in France for an official visit on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.05.2018

Switch in top role for the most pro-MPLA of oil firms, Somoil

Founded in the shadow of the Angolan ruling party's bigwigs, Somoil is restructuring little by little.

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2018

Why Manuel Vicente has become master of the oil sector

After being side-lined by Isabel dos Santos, Sonangol's former CEO Manuel Vicente has made a spectacular come-back under President Joao Lourenco.

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2018

Cobalt advisors demand to be paid

Under compulsory administration since December 2017 (AEI 808), largely due to the failed deal to sell its two Angolan blocks, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2018

Sonangol speeds up sale of former Cobalt blocks

State-owned firm Sonangol, pressured to find a buyer for blocks [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2018

Sonangol wipes slate clean of Cobalt and Dos Santos era

The call for tenders launched on April 20 by State-owned firm Sonangol for blocks 20 and 21 previously owned by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2018

Lourenco blocks Sonangol from dipping into well abandonment funds

As an attempt to win oil majors back, Angolan president Joao Lourenco has cordoned off access to decommissioning funds, which Sonangol had been in the habit of using as its budgetary reserve.

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2018

Sonangol sends in big guns to woo Houston upper crust

Invited by the US-Angola Chamber of Commerce to attend the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2018

Lourenco to trim local content rules, bowing to majors' demands

Angolan president Joao Lourenco has decided to listen to oil firms active in the country and give them what they want. His latest move has been to pass a decree to lighten the stringent local content laws.

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2018

LS Energia up against former ENE boss Barros Gonga

The Panamanian company claiming $52 million from the Angolan State is refusing to settle the dispute through arbitration.

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2018

Former legal advisor to Angola LNG and Schlumberger to fly solo

For the past several months, Angolan jurist Ibrahim de Carvalho [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2018

Luis Teixeira counting on copper to make rail profitable

While Caminho de Ferro de Benguela already transports Congolese manganese, the company boss would like to add in copper to cover costs.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 10.04.2018

Macron receives Joao Lourenco

Well-appreciated in Paris, the new Angolan president Joao Lourenco will [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.04.2018

On oil & gas firms advice, Lourenco favours… oil & gas firms!

Mindful of the findings of a working group set up to brainstorm on the sector's future and comprised of representatives of several majors, the regime has decided to make several key legislative changes, all of which benefit the oil & gas firms.

Subscribers only Energy 03.04.2018

Luanda's gift to Total on block 48

French giant Total, which recently won Sonangol's gasoline and diesel [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.04.2018

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What Joao Lourenco came seeking from the French business world

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Oil & gas: Major companies to benefit from Joao Lourenco's fiscal largesse

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Who were part of Joao Lourenco's oil commando unit for his french trip?

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What Joao Lourenco is looking for in Paris

Lourenco to meet France's top business leaders

Switch in top role for the most pro-MPLA of oil firms, Somoil

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Sonangol speeds up sale of former Cobalt blocks

Sonangol wipes slate clean of Cobalt and Dos Santos era

Lourenco blocks Sonangol from dipping into well abandonment funds

Sonangol sends in big guns to woo Houston upper crust

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What Joao Lourenco came seeking from the French business world

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Medef due in Luanda

Total chaperones Joao Lourenco in Paris

Oil & gas: Major companies to benefit from Joao Lourenco's fiscal largesse

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How Puma energy lost its Angolan acreage

Who were part of Joao Lourenco's oil commando unit for his french trip?

Moscow, Luanda's new diamond chum

What Joao Lourenco is looking for in Paris

Lourenco to meet France's top business leaders

Switch in top role for the most pro-MPLA of oil firms, Somoil

Why Manuel Vicente has become master of the oil sector

Cobalt advisors demand to be paid

Sonangol speeds up sale of former Cobalt blocks

Sonangol wipes slate clean of Cobalt and Dos Santos era

Lourenco blocks Sonangol from dipping into well abandonment funds

Sonangol sends in big guns to woo Houston upper crust

Lourenco to trim local content rules, bowing to majors' demands

LS Energia up against former ENE boss Barros Gonga

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