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19/06/2018

Barrow combs through NAWEC and Jammeh era contracts

Over the past few days, a commission charged by Gambian president Adama Barrow to investigate properties owned by his predecessor [...]

19/06/2018

To avoid ruin, Barrow strikes new deal with African Petroleum

Rather than risk a costly case against the oil company, the Gambian government is negotiating a settlement. [...]

29/05/2018

With Dorothy Ufot, Banjul reignites conflict against Carnegie Minerals

The appointment of Nigerian lawyer Dorothy Ufot on May 21 as the new arbitrator in the dispute between Australian firm [...]

08/05/2018

Talon Petroleum, latest Aussie junior to head to the continent

Although focused on its activities in Texas, the Perth-based Australian junior Talon Petroleum has plans to move into Africa. The [...]

08/05/2018

Al-Amoudi still seeking blocks for Svenska despite sale

The Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi gives free rein to Fredrik Ohrn, managing director of his firm Svenska Petroleum, to [...]

24/04/2018

Bryan Cave partner A. Sarac underemployed after AP arbitration

After being hired by the Gambian government in late 2017 to promote new offshore permits, as of the past few [...]

20/03/2018

Yas Banifatemi, Banjul's trump card against African Petroleum

Appointed in September 2017 to the arbitral court of the [...]

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06/03/2018

African Petroleum blocks Banjul from cashing in on SNE

The colossal Senegalese discoveries have bumped up the value of the assets removed from the British junior but the on-going arbitration has Banjul worried. [...]

06/03/2018

Petronas rides on FAR's wave in Banjul to get back on feet

With its African activities losing momentum due to maturing assets [...]

06/03/2018

FAR: Michael Cowie to provide C. Norman with legal advice

Finding itself at the heart of converging interests since making the SNE and FAN discoveries on the Senegalese block Sangomar [...]

20/02/2018

Cherie Blair puts in word for Banjul against African Petroleum in tussle for highly-prized blocks

The Gambian State has picked out a team of expert lawyers to fight back against the junior, which is unwilling to accept the withdrawal of its two offshore blocks. [...]

20/02/2018

AKP buddy paves the way for Karpowership

After expanding its activities into Sierra Leone at the end of January (AEI 809), Turkish company Karpowership, a specialist in [...]

19/12/2017

African Petroleum's former blocks have heads spinning

Though the subject of an on-going arbitration, the junior's permits have seen the Gambian government receive a rush of expressions of interest from companies wanting to operate the blocks. [...]

05/12/2017