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Somoil recruits senior staff and seeks out partners for 2/05 block

With the price of oil on the rise for the past year, the ruling MPLA party's favourite firm has ambitious plans to beef up production.

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Iron ore evacuation corridor takes shape

While the Cuchi iron ore smelter is not projected to be in full production before the year-end, the iron ore evacuation route is already operational.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 24.07.2018

Joao Lourenco's renewed interest in SIR

The hatchet has been buried between Angola and Ivory Coast. [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2018

Why is Lourenco desperate to hold on to Cabinda refinery mirage?

Sonangol will be presenting its report to the Angolan government in late August on its choice of company for the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.07.2018

With Total and Chevron, Saturnino wants to bury hydrocarbons agency

The idea of a national hydrocarbons agency, a project masterminded by Isabel dos Santos, has come under fire from Sonangol and several majors.

Subscribers only Energy 17.07.2018

Diamond trade liberalisation in action

The new law on the trade of diamonds produced in [...]

Subscribers only Mining Running Story - The reform of diamond mining 10.07.2018

Could Equinor pull off a grand slam in offshore?

Norway's Equinor (formerly Statoil) has been struggling of late to stem its rapidly falling production on the continent (AEI 817) [...]

Free access Energy 03.07.2018

Japan's JGC Corp puts in solid bid to secure market for Lobito refinery

JGC's well-balanced financial offer and solid networks have placed the firm in pole position for the construction of the Lobito refinery.

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2018

Soco leaves partners little choice but to wave goodbye

The Monegasque firm, which has been slowly moving out of the continent, surprised Brazzaville and Luanda with the sale of its entire local portfolio.

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2018

Government strategy
Sonangol plans to hand lion's share of refineries to private actors

With the bidding still open for the construction of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2018

Government strategy
An anemic Sonangol commanded to tighten purse strings

According to our sources, the Angolan ministry of finance and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2018

Andre Duarte Figueira handed reins of Cuatrecasas oil & gas practice

Cuatrecasas senior associate Andre Duarte Figueira has been promoted to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2018

Lawyers commit to protect the environment for populations living near mines

On June 20 to 21, members of the Zimbabwe Environmental [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.06.2018

Major
Total holds on at Zinia until getting started at Kaombo

President Joao Lourenco's trip to Paris on May 28 seems [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2018

Endiama, Ferrangol and Sodiam on charm offensive in Paris

Though less conspicuous than their oil counterpart, Sonangol (AEI 818), [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2018

MEP to speak out for diamond revenue

As part of the reopening in Ghent of the trial [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.06.2018

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

State strategy
Sonangol dismisses idea of a national hydrocarbons agency

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

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2018

Trader
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

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