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ENI continues to disengage by giving up Zingali and Loufika-Tioni permits

As well as selling off part of its non-operating assets in Congo, ENI is hoping to divest itself of the non-essential blocks that it operates there.

Subscribers only Energy 02.10.2020

Sassou tasks trio to crack open IMF vault

Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso.© AXEL SCHMIDT/Reuters

Free access Business 02.10.2020

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ENI calls in top investment bank to advise on asset sales

Italian oil major ENI is preparing to carry out a high-speed cutback programme at one of its oldest African subsidiaries. It has called in an investment bank to take charge of selling its Congolese assets on which it is not operator.

Subscribers only Energy 23.09.2020

Sassou Nguesso's plan for Djeno oil terminal after 50 years of Total and ENI at the helm

The structure of the entity that will be in charge of the running Congo's only oil port is beginning to take shape. Here's what it could look like.

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2020

Bourbon Offshore enters the fray over Pointe-Noire docks

Having tussled for years with major works minister Jean-Jacques Bouya for control of the Pointe-Noire oil port, Willy Nguesso, the president's nephew, has won support from oil services company Bourbon Offshore.

Subscribers only Business 21.09.2020

What has become of Casula, Paduano and fellow ENI execs implicated in AOGC-WNR affair?

Roberto Casula, once ENI's Mr Africa.© Roberto Casula

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.2020

Tilapia/Zenith Energy : how the bust-up between AAOG personnel and the company's country manager Patrick van Alphen came about

Zenith Energy, the company which has just taken over AAOG, has been accused by AAOG's personnel of having failed to pay their salaries. Zenith has denied this but the government has intervened. Here, we reveal what happened behind the scenes.

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.2020

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

In a press release both vague and ambitious, Kariya Energy announced in early September that it would soon acquire several assets in Africa and that it planned to go into the market for small-scale liquefied natual gas projects.

Subscribers only Energy 14.09.2020

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From New York to Miami, Mohsen Hojeij takes on Congo

A Trump Hotel and Tower apartment, a building in Miami, the presidential Falcon... After failing to reach an agreement with the Congolese head of state, businessman Mohsen Hojeij, who is suing Brazzaville for €1.2bn, is now after the presidential family's property.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 09.09.2020

Trump International Hotel and Tower on Columbus Circle, New York City.

Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma checkmates WNR over Marine XI

Having failed to take the lead on Marine XI, junior WMR might be locked out entirely.

Subscribers only Energy 07.09.2020

Congo Hydrocarbons Director Teresa Goma.

How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

The pending confirmation of Melanie Higgins as the new US ambassador to Burundi, a post left vacant for the past 18 months, spells the final phase of a discreet but important bridging of ties between the United States and Burundi.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 04.09.2020

US Special Envoy J. Peter Pham, mender-in-chief of fences between Bujumbura and Washington, with Burundi's late president, Pierre Nkurunziza.

Oranto boss Arthur Eze makes guest star entry on Tilapia oilfield bid

The Nigerian junior oil firm Oranto Petroleum pulled strings with Muhammadu Buhari to get hold of Denis Sassou Nguesso in search of support for its candidature.

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.2020

Commisimpex: godfather to Lebanon's Shiites fails to reconcile Hojeij and Sassou

The secret negotiations between Lebanese businessman Mohsen Hojeij and the Congolese president's office over their €1.2bn debt dispute were facilitated by the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri. Now weeks into the talks, revealed by Africa Intelligence, neither side is willing to budge.

Subscribers only Business 19.08.2020

Nabih Berri, Lebanon's parliament speaker, has failed in his mediation between the Congolese president's office and the Lebanese CEO of Commisimpex, Mohsen Hojeij.

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Oil minister Tchicaya may stymie Zenith Energy's hopes at Tilapia

The expiry of the Tilapia licence is likely to spell bad news for the businessman Andrea Cattaneo, who thought that he had this producing oil field in the bag.

Subscribers only Energy 17.08.2020

Zenith Energy not sole contender for Tilapia licence

Zenith Energy, which bought the former owner of the Tilapia licence, AAOG Congo, in May, is facing competition from seven other companies interested in the oil field, much to the ministry of hydrocarbons' delight as it hopes to raise the bidding.

Subscribers only Energy 29.07.2020

Commisimpex Affair: As they battle it out in French courts, Hojeij and Sassou hold secret talks in Beirut

Engaged in extensive foreclosure operations in Paris, Lebanese entrepreneur Mohsen Hojeij, who is seeking to recover €1.2bn from Congo, is holding very hush-hush talks with the president's office.

Subscribers only Business 23.07.2020

Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

As the end of the operating concession for the Djeno oil terminal approaches, Total is striving to ensure it retains its lead operator role and gets the right to choose its new partners.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2020

Jean-Yves Ollivier's Russian alliance scares off foundation partners

Now associated with a Putin associate's research institute, French businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier's Brazzaville Foundation is keen to offer its mediation services to Libya's warring factions. But the new partnership is prompting the departure of Ollivier's scientific allies in the fight against contraband drugs.

Subscribers only Politics 07.07.2020

Businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier heads the Fondation Brazzaville.

Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

On frosty terms with Ali Bongo and going through a rocky patch with Félix Tshisekedi, the Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso has been tightening his ties with his Rwandan opposite number Paul Kagame. Several emissaries are acting as go-betweens.

Subscribers only Politics 02.07.2020

Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

In a letter she sent to the Wing Wah Petrochemical Joint Stock Co's managing director, Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma condemns the "deplorable insalubrity" of the base camp used by Congolese nationals.

Subscribers only Energy 01.07.2020

The makers of Zenith Energy's new ally in Libreville, Mberi Oil & Gas

Driven by its need to resume production Zenith Energy is firing on all cylinders in Gabon. It has called on the services of a company not well known in the industry but headed by a former Addax Petroleum executive.

Subscribers only Energy 17.06.2020

In Focus
The rise of Jean-Jacques Bouya: how the China go-between became Sassou's strongman

Major Works Minister Jean-Jacques Bouya continues to extend his influence in the key non-oil economic sectors.

Subscribers only Politics 15.06.2020

Major works minister Jean-Jacques Bouya.

AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

As the main donor behind the project to construct a bridge between the two capitals, the African Development Bank is turning its attention first to the access routes to the site.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 12.06.2020

OPEC latecomers Bongo, Sassou and Lourenço first to flout rules

The Covid-19 crisis has forced members of the Vienna-based organisation to drastically cut their production, but a number of African countries have ostensibly disregarded their obligations.

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.2020

The unwanted ping that could cost Sassou Nguesso his presidential jet

Because Congo's exasperated creditors keep a constant eye on it, the country's presidential Falcon 7X has flown furtively for months. Alas, an oversight allowed Mohsen Hojeij, who says Congo owes him vast sums of money, to take possession of the jet on 6 June.

Subscribers only Business 11.06.2020

A Falcon 7X aircraft in the factory of French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Merignac near Bordeaux.

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ENI continues to disengage by giving up Zingali and Loufika-Tioni permits

Sassou tasks trio to crack open IMF vault

Spotlight
ENI calls in top investment bank to advise on asset sales

Sassou Nguesso's plan for Djeno oil terminal after 50 years of Total and ENI at the helm

Bourbon Offshore enters the fray over Pointe-Noire docks

What has become of Casula, Paduano and fellow ENI execs implicated in AOGC-WNR affair?

Tilapia/Zenith Energy : how the bust-up between AAOG personnel and the company's country manager Patrick van Alphen came about

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

Spotlight
From New York to Miami, Mohsen Hojeij takes on Congo

Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma checkmates WNR over Marine XI

How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

Oranto boss Arthur Eze makes guest star entry on Tilapia oilfield bid

Commisimpex: godfather to Lebanon's Shiites fails to reconcile Hojeij and Sassou

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Oil minister Tchicaya may stymie Zenith Energy's hopes at Tilapia

Zenith Energy not sole contender for Tilapia licence

Commisimpex Affair: As they battle it out in French courts, Hojeij and Sassou hold secret talks in Beirut

Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

Jean-Yves Ollivier's Russian alliance scares off foundation partners

Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

The makers of Zenith Energy's new ally in Libreville, Mberi Oil & Gas

In Focus
The rise of Jean-Jacques Bouya: how the China go-between became Sassou's strongman

AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

OPEC latecomers Bongo, Sassou and Lourenço first to flout rules

The unwanted ping that could cost Sassou Nguesso his presidential jet

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Congo

ENI continues to disengage by giving up Zingali and Loufika-Tioni permits

Sassou tasks trio to crack open IMF vault

Spotlight ENI calls in top investment bank to advise on asset sales

Sassou Nguesso's plan for Djeno oil terminal after 50 years of Total and ENI at the helm

Bourbon Offshore enters the fray over Pointe-Noire docks

What has become of Casula, Paduano and fellow ENI execs implicated in AOGC-WNR affair?

Tilapia/Zenith Energy : how the bust-up between AAOG personnel and the company's country manager Patrick van Alphen came about

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

Spotlight From New York to Miami, Mohsen Hojeij takes on Congo

Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma checkmates WNR over Marine XI

How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

Oranto boss Arthur Eze makes guest star entry on Tilapia oilfield bid

Commisimpex: godfather to Lebanon's Shiites fails to reconcile Hojeij and Sassou

Document Oil minister Tchicaya may stymie Zenith Energy's hopes at Tilapia

Zenith Energy not sole contender for Tilapia licence

Commisimpex Affair: As they battle it out in French courts, Hojeij and Sassou hold secret talks in Beirut

Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

Jean-Yves Ollivier's Russian alliance scares off foundation partners

Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

The makers of Zenith Energy's new ally in Libreville, Mberi Oil & Gas

In Focus The rise of Jean-Jacques Bouya: how the China go-between became Sassou's strongman

AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

OPEC latecomers Bongo, Sassou and Lourenço first to flout rules

The unwanted ping that could cost Sassou Nguesso his presidential jet

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ENI calls in top investment bank to advise on asset sales

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From New York to Miami, Mohsen Hojeij takes on Congo

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Oil minister Tchicaya may stymie Zenith Energy's hopes at Tilapia

In Focus
The rise of Jean-Jacques Bouya: how the China go-between became Sassou's strongman