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The secret story of Total's strike on Anadarko

Total has no intention of losing its seat as one of the largest oil players on the continent and has been busy working to keep ahead of Chevron in the race for Anadarko's African assets. To take the lead, the [...] (667 words)

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ALGERIA
GHANA
MOZAMBIQUE
Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour
Anadarko
BP
Chevron
ENI
ExxonMobil
Jean-Pierre Sbraire
Kosmos Energy
Laurent Vivier
Maersk Oil
Momar Nguer
Occidental Petroleum
Oxy
Patrick Pouyanne
Qatar Petroleum
Shell
Sonatrach
Total
Tullow Oil

ExxonMobil and ENI prepare the ground for the second Coral FLNG

While safety issues are far from being resolved in the Cabo Delgado province, the two majors operating in Block 4 are working hard to develop offshore solutions. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 27/05/2022

Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

The Portuguese company is in need of a quick source of cash to finance its colossal project in Brazil and wants to pull out of Mozambique as well as Angola. [...]

EGYPT Energy Business 17/01/2022

Ex-Apache execs' Apex International makes name in onshore exploration

Just five years old, Apex International's seasoned founders are slowly gaining ground in the Egyptian oil industry. [...]

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GHANA Energy 24/09/2021

Kosmos makes fresh attempt to win government support for takeover of Oxy assets

Kosmos Energy is pulling out all the stops to get the government to approve its planned multi-million dollar acquisition of the Ghanaian assets of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy). [...]

ALGERIA Energy 13/09/2021

Equinor consolidates its presence, minus BP

Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government has rolled out the red carpet for the directors of the Norwegian major, which unlike other oil firms wants to invest more in the country. [...]

Equinor CEO Anders Opedal (left) with Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar.

AFRICA Energy 10/02/2021

What would a Chevron-ExxonMobil merger do to the industry?

A tie-up of the two supermajors Chevron and ExxonMobil, which their chief executives reportedly discussed late last year, would completely realign the balance of power in Africa's oil industry. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 05/02/2021

Mike Sangster spearheads lobbying of Total, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell on new oil bill Free

To pressure the Nigerian authorities into including greater incentives for investors in the new petroleum bill, the oil companies present in the country have put their faith in the lobbying clout of their most influential figure: [...]

ANGOLA Energy 08/01/2021

BP secures extension of block 18 contract at Greater Plutonio field until 2032

British major BP has been granted a five-year extension of its contract on the Greater Plutonio field (block 18), which had been due to expire in in 2027. [...]

ANGOLA Mining 13/11/2020

Business mogul Ernesto Monimambo moves into diamonds with former Luó manager

Ernest Monimambo, a former TAAG national airline board member and oil and gas entrepreneur, is taking his first steps in the mining sector. He has joined forces with the deposed deputy director of Luó diamond mine to create Emza Mining. [...]

NORTH AFRICA Energy 10/11/2020

Total: Stéphane Michel, current head of the Middle East and North Africa for Total, vies for CEO

A serious contender for being the next boss of Total, Stéphane Michel will soon leave behind his role with North Africa and the Middle East, peppered with complications, to move one step closer to his goal. [...]

Stéphane Michel, head of the exploration/production division of Total in the Maghreb and the Middle East.

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AFRICA Energy 21/10/2020

BP set to run down its African operations little by little

The British oil major is looking to drastically reduce its investment in field development and exploration in Africa. Here are our revelations. [...]

ANGOLA Energy 06/10/2020

BP opts out of Angolan oil revival led by Total and ENI

Most oil companies in Angola have resumed work on the projects they were working on before the disruption caused by the public health crisis. Only BP is hanging back. [...]

GHANA Energy 02/09/2020

Anadarko assets: Oxy courted by majors, traders and bold juniors

There are many contenders vying for Anadarko's former African portfolio but Occidental Petroleum, the company who took control of the assets last year, is keeping a tight lid on any information about the candidates. [...]

MAURITANIA Energy 20/08/2020

Ghazouani assumes tighter control of oil by appointing technocrat minister Free

After four years in charge of oil and mining, Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah has hung up the gloves and made way for a newcomer with no direct experience in either sectors. [...]

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani during the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott, 30 June.

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 09/07/2020

Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Since taking over at the helm of the South African subsidiary of the French major Total in August 2018, the Nigerian Adewale Fayemi has become the leading private sector player in South Africa's oil industry. [...]

NAMIBIA Energy 08/06/2020

Qatar Petroleum locks in on new target in ExxonMobil prospecting zone

State-owned Qatar Petroleum, which has been increasingly buying into African offshore blocks, is looking to further its expansion drive in the Namibe Basin, one of American major Exxonmobil's most promising exploration zones. [...]

BENIN Defence Business 05/05/2020

Norway's Vissim late on anti-piracy surveillance system

Cotonou is still waiting on the Norwegian firm Vissim to deliver its maritime surveillance system, one that could help offshore oil operators in the region, while crime in the Gulf of Guinea shows no signs of abating. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 21/04/2020

NAPIMS tussles with oil majors Shell/ExxonMobil/Total over cost-cutting

NNPC's local content arm is trying to keep the oil sector profitable by imposing severe cuts in international companies' expenditure, to the detriment of their Nigerian partners. [...]

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 08/04/2020

Total makes some progress on acquisition of Anadarko assets at last

A second major hurdle has been cleared in the complex process of acquiring the portfolio of the US oil company Anadarko. [...]

CONGO Energy 31/03/2020

Marine XXI, XXII: who would have been Kosmos' mystery partner?

As we reveal above, it is understood that Kosmos Energy has pulled out of the negotiations for the two offshore [...]

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AFRICA Energy 31/03/2020

Kosmos and Tullow hardest hit by coronavirus

Oil and gas firms are watching in dismay as oil prices drop because of the global coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). While most majors have large cash reserves at their disposal to weather the storm, two leading names in African oil exploration, [. [...]

MAURITANIA Energy 17/03/2020

Grant Thornton and Mazars competing for Tortue tax advisor job with Mouhamadou Siby

The taskforce in charge of working out a tax and customs regime applicable to all sub-contractors of the giant field [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 17/03/2020

Qatar Petroleum's Maputo consultants cash in on gas boom

As the fever for Mozambique's gas discoveries heats up, consultancy [...]

AFRICA Energy 17/03/2020

Who's who of top contenders for Tullow Oil CEO role

British recruitment specialist Odgers Berndtson is working its way through the list of potential candidates for the role of Tullow [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 17/03/2020

Total and ExxonMobil at loggerheads over Afungi

The supermajors ExxonMobil and Total are miles apart in their thinking on how to invest in the development of the Afungi LNG park. [...]

GHANA Energy 17/03/2020

Shell hashes out LNG deal with GNPC hidden from sight

According to our sources, after weeks of negotiations Shell should soon be selling between 1 and 1.7 million tonnes of [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 18/02/2020

South Africa's SFG Engineering Services sees itself as the king of headhunters in Maputo

Building on from its staffing successes in South Africa, Angola, [...]

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ALGERIA Energy 18/02/2020

How Patrick Pouyanné inadvertently led to Kamel-Eddine Chikhi's ousting from Sonatrach

Kamel-Eddine Chikhi only managed to hold on to the top seat at Sonatrach for just two short months. Behind his fleeting career at the top of the national oil firm lies a tug of war with the Algerian generals over [. [...]

MAURITANIA Energy 04/02/2020

Institut Français du Pétrole cashes in on BP-Kosmos duo

Years on from BP and Kosmos Energy's April 2015 discoveries on the cross-border Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project, located offshore [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 04/02/2020

Total tears apart Anadarko's all-star LNG crew

The French major is sweeping through the ranks of Anadarko's Maputo team, which had reached a final investment decision on the American firm's Mozambican assets before the switch of hands. [...]

NIGERIA QATAR Energy 21/01/2020

QIA/Lekoil scam: Doha-friendly Mark Simmonds to deal with fallout

Lekoil's debacle resulting from a scam it believes was crafted by fake QIA representatives, comes at a bad time for its new director, UK diplomat Mark Simmonds. [...]

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 21/01/2020

Why Oil and Gas Alliance captain Niall Kramer jumped ship

The South African oil expert Niall Kramer, who has headed the semi-public South African Oil & Gas Alliance (SAOGA) for [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business 17/01/2020

Kentech seeks a slice of Cabo Delgado's gas

Kentech, the oil and gas services firm founded in Ireland, [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 07/01/2020

LNG: Total's Patrick Pouyanné picks star Anadarko players to keep on board

Andrew Seck, the former VP of LNG marketing & shipping at Anadarko played a key role in securing over 11 [...]

AFRICA Energy 17/12/2019

Drilling: Lloyd's Register picks out new dream team

The British maritime classification society Lloyd's Register, whose clients include [...]

GHANA Energy 17/12/2019

Local content: who can now sway Tullow-ENI-Kosmos' future?

The acting director of the Petroleum Commission (Petcom), Egbert Faibille, the former lawyer for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) [...]

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AFRICA Energy 17/12/2019

Qatar Petroleum, the great paymaster for Total, ExxonMobil and ENI

Qatar's public oil firm, Qatar Petroleum (QP), has been on somewhat of a spending spree in Africa over the past few months. It is with this buy-happy approach that the company president and CEO, the influential Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, [. [...]

MADAGASCAR Energy 03/12/2019

BP: final days for last major in exploration?

As Africa Energy Intelligence understands, BP should shortly announce its [...]

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NIGERIA Energy 03/12/2019

Project Star: Chevron's stealth mission to raise the bids for OMLs 86 and 88

Taking a page from ExxonMobil's book (AEI 851), Chevron would like to trim its Nigerian portfolio by divesting from secondary or aging assets. The plan is to sell these to local firms with enough connections for the Department of Petroleum [. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Defence Politics 29/11/2019

Gas companies review their security arrangements as Nyusi loses the north

Following the retreat of ChVK Wagner's forces to Nacala following [...]

SOMALIA Energy 19/11/2019

Shell-Exxon: with tax settled, oil minister wants to lock in schedule

The Somalian minister of petroleum and natural resources, Abdirashid Mohamed [...]

AFRICA Energy 19/11/2019

Anardarko aquisition: headhunters chase after Total

French major Total is on the lookout for well-connected people [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 19/11/2019

Airbus courts ENH's Mitha to secure its pipelines

The European aeronautical group Airbus has been developing unmanned aerial system services adapted to the oil and gas sector, including [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 05/11/2019

Total and ExxonMobil at daggers drawn over Rovuma LNG

Giants Total and ExxonMobil are fighting tooth and nail for control of the technical aspects of the giant LNG project. [...]

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AFRICA Energy 05/11/2019

Where are Total's dead zones and what are its golden tickets for Patrick Pouyanné?

There is little chance Total will be tucking into projects of any significance in Congo-B or Gabon in the near future and its Angolan is continuing to fall, pushing the French major to be far more risk-taking in new territories. [...]

ALGERIA Energy 22/10/2019

Chevron makes first move in catch-up on Total and ExxonMobil

The American major is trying to build up a portfolio of Algerian assets before the new hydrocarbons legislation passes into law. [...]

KENYA Energy 08/10/2019

Qatar Petroleum holding breath on National Treasury conclusion

As Africa Energy Intelligence understands, the lighter tax terms negotiated [...]

AFRICA Energy 08/10/2019

Anadarko assets: Total's Pouyanne names stalwart team to oversee new conquered territory

As the French major prepares to acquire Anadarko's African portfolio, the company CEO wants to make sure these new assets will be in sure hands. [...]

UGANDA Energy 08/10/2019

Bid round: Pouyanne makes gesture to win over Museveni

French major Total is blowing hot and cold in Uganda. While the company chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne announced in [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 08/10/2019

Why INP's was forced to promptly validate the Anadarko-Total deal

Total only had to wait a short month for the [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 24/09/2019

Violence and insecurity: Nyusi wants to avoid Cabo Delgado from becoming next Niger Delta at all costs

Worried about the rise of violent factions in gas-rich regions [...]

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 24/09/2019

Why is Sean Lunn leaving the powerful Opasa?

According to our sources, the current chairman of Opasa (Offshore [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 24/09/2019

ENH's Omar Mitha links in to Cabo Delgado Frelimo connection

Omar Mitha, the all-powerful director of the national oil company ENH, will be teaming up with TCRK offshoot TCRK Marine [...]

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 24/09/2019

Total leverages discovery to negotiate for a new block

The French major is trying to bounce off the success of its latest drill to pocket as many offshore permits as possible. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 24/09/2019

Anadarko sale: Pouyanne marks out timetable for Total

The latest plan of action laid out by the chairman and CEO of the French major, to purchase Anadarko's African assets from Oxy, will take time to put into place. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 20/09/2019

Ronan Bescond, Total's new man in Maputo

After two years spent running Total's operations in Harare, Ronan Bescond has hopped across the border to prepare for the [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Infrastructure Business 20/09/2019

Aeroports de Paris homes in on Aeroportos de Mocambique's patch

The Mozambican government is pushing to extend its partnership with Aeroports de Paris (ADP). Having established itself in Mozambique in [...]

IVORY COAST Energy 10/09/2019

Oil: Total ready to walk out on block CI-100

According to our information, French major Total is preparing to [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business 06/09/2019

McDermott to benefit from US Exim Bank investments

US EXIM Bank shook up the liquefied natural gas (LNG) [...]

KENYA Energy 27/08/2019

Total, ENI and Qatar Petroleum try to impose their law on Munyes

Nairobi could very well give in to ENI and Total's barely disguised extortion techniques to secure advantageous tax arrangements for offshore blocks. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business 23/08/2019

ENI and Exxon hope for oil in Angoche

The two oil majors will begin prospecting off the coast [...]

GUINEA Energy 23/07/2019

Petrogulf's partner, the discreet Delfico eagerly awaited in Conakry

Alpha Conde's government has great expectations riding on the arrival [...]

IVORY COAST Energy 23/07/2019

Abdourahmane Cisse slashes bonus rates for ENI and Total Free

The Ivorian government has no current intentions to increase signature bonuses on production sharing and production contracts in the oil [...]

SOMALIA Energy 23/07/2019

PM Hassan Ali Khaire snatches deal with Shell/ExxonMobil by a hair's width

The Somali government is ready to do anything to preserve its trade ties with the two majors present in the [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business 19/07/2019

Gas boom creates information technologies market

Though Mozambique's gas production will be the exclusive preserve of [...]

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 09/07/2019

Shale gas reforms send Total into crisis mode

The change in regulations on shale gas has offshore giants shaking in their boots. [...]

GHANA Energy 09/07/2019

Why is ENI the only major battling for the country's offshore?

Only two companies have submitted an offer to pick up one of the five Ghana blocks up for sale. Italian [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business 05/07/2019

Radial Circle follows Total, ExxonMobil and ENI

Specialising in telecommunications, the Lagos-based firm Radial Circle Group that [...]

AFRICA Energy 25/06/2019

Nigeria affiliate, Nicolas Terraz's springboard towards leadership of Total Africa

Total's senior vice president for Exploration and Production Africa, Guy Maurice, will be retiring in the coming weeks. His successor, [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 25/06/2019

ExxonMobil courts Eximbank for fresh funds

The supermajor has promised to consume American commodities in exchange for a colossal loan. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Politics 21/06/2019

RENAMO seeks US assistance

On 18 June, the US assistant secretary of state for [...]

NIGERIA Energy 11/06/2019

Senate slams DPR for failure to stand up to Shell

At the Senate's request, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) [...]

ALGERIA Energy 11/06/2019

Anadarko: the high-stakes talks between Total and Sonatrach

As nationalism hits fever pitch in Algiers, the sale of Anadarko's African portfolio to Total is causing commotion. [...]

GAMBIA Energy 28/05/2019

Bidding round: Jerreh Barrow already preparing for the next step

Gambia's commissioner for petroleum, Jerreh Barrow, who found himself at [...]

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 28/05/2019

Anadarko's block 5/6/7: Total and Shell in awkward face-off

Total's deal to acquire Anadarko's entire African portfolio earlier this month ( AEI 840), meaning the giant South African block [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business 24/05/2019

Total seeks to reassure Maputo

Total's head of marketing and services, Momar Nguer, and the [...]

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MAURITIUS Infrastructure Business 24/05/2019

Aerial battle for Indian Ocean

Gulf state airlines are vying with each other for airspace in Mauritius while at the same time having to contend with the aerial manoeuvres of Ethiopian Airlines (EAL), which is also angling for clearance to land on the island. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Energy 14/05/2019

Oxy's ally Hathaway boards Anadarko deal

A crucial Western partner in Occidental Petroleum's bid to purchase Anadarko, Warren Buffett's firm Berkshire Hathaway has interests in other parts of Africa. [...]

ALGERIA Energy 14/05/2019

Total troubled by Ould Kaddour's departure

Total chairman Patrick Pouyanne is concerned about the turn of [...]

KENYA Energy 14/05/2019

Total demands better recoverable costs on Turkana, or else!

French major Total is not over the moon about the terms currently offered by the government. It could even pull out of the project altogether. [...]

SOUTH AFRICA Energy 12/02/2019

11B/12B: why is Total somewhat disappointed by the result?

Total's enthusiasm for the "significant discovery" of gas at the [...]

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AFRICA Energy Document 15/01/2019

ExxonMobil plays catch-up to Total and ENI

ExxonMobil's arrival in Angola's Namibe Basin is the latest step in the American major's bold decision to take increasingly risky bets in offshore African projects. With no plans to let go of its Nigerian and Angolan assets, the supermajor is [. [...]

AFRICA Energy 27/11/2018

The Rokke family's tactics to move Aker into offshore

Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke has managed to secure a prime position for his firm Aker Solutions on Africa's oil services market in the space of a few years. [...]

MAURITANIA Energy 17/07/2018

Total pockets new assets after Macron's high-energy trip

The French major had been waiting for more than a year to secure new offshore blocks but the Mauritanian president deftly kept the firm on its toes. [...]

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AFRICA Energy 03/07/2018

Shell still needs to play catch-up after BG purchase

As both BP and ExxonMobil take a major bet on the continent, and Total and ENI ramp up their African investments, Shell is nearly the only Western major to be dragging behind. Africa Energy Intelligence examines the Anglo-Dutch major's botched [. [...]

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American major ExxonMobil wants a finger in every pie

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With doubts over Qatar, Maersk Oil plans to go whole hog on continent

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Shell hashes out LNG deal with GNPC hidden from sight

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QIA/Lekoil scam: Doha-friendly Mark Simmonds to deal with fallout

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Qatar Petroleum, the great paymaster for Total, ExxonMobil and ENI

BP: final days for last major in exploration?

Project Star: Chevron's stealth mission to raise the bids for OMLs 86 and 88

Gas companies review their security arrangements as Nyusi loses the north

Shell-Exxon: with tax settled, oil minister wants to lock in schedule

Anardarko aquisition: headhunters chase after Total

Airbus courts ENH's Mitha to secure its pipelines

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Qatar Petroleum holding breath on National Treasury conclusion

Anadarko assets: Total's Pouyanne names stalwart team to oversee new conquered territory

Bid round: Pouyanne makes gesture to win over Museveni

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Total leverages discovery to negotiate for a new block

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