00 days

00 hours

00 mins

00 secs

Special offer: -15%15% OFF your subscription

Consult our offers

Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

Scroll through edition

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Equatorial Guinea

Gabriel Obiang Lima whets the majors’ appetite

With Equatorial Guinea’s production in ever-faster decline, Malabo’s efforts to tout offshore and onshore basins appear to be bearing fruit.

Subscribers only Energy 21.06.2016

Gabriel Obiang Lima plays his wild card in Cape Town

Increasingly under pressure, the son of Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang, Gabriel Obiang Lima was likely to have had a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.2016

Le Pen gets warm welcome

French extreme-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen went to Malabo for [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2016

Rachida Dati moves to handle “Ill gotten gains” affair

Rachida Dati, the former minister of justice under Nicolas Sarkozy [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2016

Ophir all alone with Fortuna LNG

Even though it penned an MoU in January with Schlumberger [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2016

Jean-Marie Le Pen votes for Obiang in Malabo

After having been re-elected in April with a meagre 93.7% of the vote - he got 95.37% in 2009 -, [...]

Subscribers only 20.05.2016

Scribe Strategies & Advisors working for Severo Moto

Severo Moto, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema's main opponent and the [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.05.2016

Mbanie could open up to explorers

Frozen since 1998, bilateral talks between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon on the potentially oil-rich islets of Mbanie, Cocotier and Conga have taken a new turn.

Subscribers only Energy 10.05.2016

AMAC Aerospace enhances Obiang’s Air Force One

No expense has been spared to make President Obiang’s Boeing 777-200 plane fit for its new owner.

Subscribers only Business 09.03.2016

Obiang’s quest for daughter-in-law

President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a very religious man, is increasingly [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2016

Document
Fotso's Ceiba seizure overturned

Businessman Yves-Michel Fotso's seizure of an Equatorial Guinean plane has been overturned by a French court ruling.

Subscribers only Business 24.02.2016

Spotlight
Low prices and production drop leave Gabriel Obiang struggling

Confronted with the twin dilemma of plunging prices and sagging production, Equatorial Guinea’s oil minister Gabriel Mbega Obiang Lima is fighting to limit the impact of falling revenue on his country. Indian a lifebuoy? - Obiang flew to New Delhi [.

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Ophir promotes Bill Schrader, an old Malabo hand

With Ophir Energy betting the farm on its Fortuna LNG project on block R lying off Equatorial Guinea (see here), [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Obiang approaches Paris about settling “Ill-gotten Gains”

The government of Equatorial Guinea has informed France that it wishes to enter arbitration to resolve the two countries’ “Ill Gotten Gains” row.

Subscribers only Politics 13.01.2016

Ophir negotiates with would-be buyers of its gas

Although the British explorer hasn’t yet made a final investment decision it is putting out feelers for would-be buyers of gas from its R block.

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2015

SacOil, Taleveras and Gunvor in tank farm deal

A project to build a tank farm for oil products on Bioko island is continuing to lure investors. SacOil Holdings, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2015

Malabo hires a Venezuelan oil consultant

Equatorial Guinea's oil minister, Gabriel Obiang Lima - who is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2015

Document
Yves-Michel Fotso's latest aircraft seizure invalidated

Yves-Michel Fotso has had his seizure of a Boeing 777-200 LR belonging to Equatorial Guinean company Ceiba Intercontinental invalidated. Fotso, [...]

Subscribers only 13.11.2015

President’s son takes on American oil groups

Relying totally on American firms, Equatorial Guinea’s oil minister is determined to break that dependency in coming years.

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2015

Spotlight
Obiang's son groomed for succession

The 73-year-old Teodoro Obiang Nguema may seem firmly ensconced as Equatorial Guinea's president. But a mood of succession is in the air over Bioko Island. After years of leading the high-life, the leader's 46-year-old son Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known [.

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2015

BNP Paribas gives back 1.2 million to Malabo

A recent audit of the assets of the Equatorial Guinean [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.10.2015

Shoreline continues fight for controversial block

According to our sources, Kola Karim, boss of the Nigerian explorer Shoreline, has been actively negotiating for months to acquire [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

Document
French court invalidates Fotso’s seizure of Ceiba Intercontinental Boeing

Yves Michel Fotso has lost another round in his never-ending legal battle with Equatorial Guinea. On September 18, a court [...]

Subscribers only 01.10.2015

RoyalGate seeks to gain traction with third block

The Nigerian explorer RoyalGate Energy owned by businessman Frank Ene is making it known that it’s very much on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

The relative unpopularity of rival Asian companies helped the French logging company Rougier land a key contract in Central African Republic recently.

Subscribers only Business 16.09.2015

15% OFF your subscription

Special offer: Only 16d and 1h to take advantage of it

Consult our offers

This offer is open to all new subscribers and runs until 24/10/2025

Create a notification

Equatorial Guinea Picto Synthese

Don't miss a single headline. Sign up to receive weekly summaries of our coverage of Equatorial Guinea.

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Equatorial Guinea

Gabriel Obiang Lima whets the majors’ appetite

Gabriel Obiang Lima plays his wild card in Cape Town

Le Pen gets warm welcome

Rachida Dati moves to handle “Ill gotten gains” affair

Ophir all alone with Fortuna LNG

Jean-Marie Le Pen votes for Obiang in Malabo

Scribe Strategies & Advisors working for Severo Moto

Mbanie could open up to explorers

AMAC Aerospace enhances Obiang’s Air Force One

Obiang’s quest for daughter-in-law

Document
Fotso's Ceiba seizure overturned

Spotlight
Low prices and production drop leave Gabriel Obiang struggling

Ophir promotes Bill Schrader, an old Malabo hand

Obiang approaches Paris about settling “Ill-gotten Gains”

Ophir negotiates with would-be buyers of its gas

SacOil, Taleveras and Gunvor in tank farm deal

Malabo hires a Venezuelan oil consultant

Document
Yves-Michel Fotso's latest aircraft seizure invalidated

President’s son takes on American oil groups

Spotlight
Obiang's son groomed for succession

BNP Paribas gives back 1.2 million to Malabo

Shoreline continues fight for controversial block

Document
French court invalidates Fotso’s seizure of Ceiba Intercontinental Boeing

RoyalGate seeks to gain traction with third block

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Equatorial Guinea

Gabriel Obiang Lima whets the majors’ appetite

Gabriel Obiang Lima plays his wild card in Cape Town

Le Pen gets warm welcome

Rachida Dati moves to handle “Ill gotten gains” affair

Ophir all alone with Fortuna LNG

Jean-Marie Le Pen votes for Obiang in Malabo

Scribe Strategies & Advisors working for Severo Moto

Mbanie could open up to explorers

AMAC Aerospace enhances Obiang’s Air Force One

Obiang’s quest for daughter-in-law

Document Fotso's Ceiba seizure overturned

Spotlight Low prices and production drop leave Gabriel Obiang struggling

Ophir promotes Bill Schrader, an old Malabo hand

Obiang approaches Paris about settling “Ill-gotten Gains”

Ophir negotiates with would-be buyers of its gas

SacOil, Taleveras and Gunvor in tank farm deal

Malabo hires a Venezuelan oil consultant

Document Yves-Michel Fotso's latest aircraft seizure invalidated

President’s son takes on American oil groups

Spotlight Obiang's son groomed for succession

BNP Paribas gives back 1.2 million to Malabo

Shoreline continues fight for controversial block

Document French court invalidates Fotso’s seizure of Ceiba Intercontinental Boeing

RoyalGate seeks to gain traction with third block

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Document
Fotso's Ceiba seizure overturned

Spotlight
Low prices and production drop leave Gabriel Obiang struggling

Document
Yves-Michel Fotso's latest aircraft seizure invalidated

Spotlight
Obiang's son groomed for succession

Document
French court invalidates Fotso’s seizure of Ceiba Intercontinental Boeing