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Firms line up to buy ENI assets

As ENI prepares the Tunisian government for its departure, a range of firms are showing interest in the Italian major's assets in the country. [...] (348 words)

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African Petroleum
Aidan Heavey
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Boru Energy
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Eyas Alhomouz
Hichem Mechichi
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Lazard
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A swathe of foreign firms are wondering whether it is worth staying on in Tunisia. The deteriorating business climate and difficulties in repatriating profits is making exodus an increasingly attractive option.

GAMBIA GUINEA BISSAU SENEGAL Energy 03/11/2022

Petronor faces challenging 2023

The Norwegian-Emirati junior PetroNor has a number of irons in the fire. It is trying to get new partners for its blocs in Gambia and Guinea Bissau and is expecting a ruling in its arbitration case against Senegal in a matter of weeks.

TUNISIA Energy 21/12/2021

Perenco takes over Mazarine assets and targets ENI permits

Perenco has bought Mazarine Energy's Tunisian assets and is also interested in taking over ENI's permits in Tunisia.

SOUTHERN AFRICA Finance Energy 19/11/2021

Standard Bank still keen to bankroll fossil fuel industry

Unlike the overwhelming majority of European banks who want to go green and are reluctant to finance oil exploration, South Africa's Standard Bank shows no sign of withdrawing from the oil and gas industry.

TUNISIA Energy 01/11/2021

Shell may be reluctantly involved in ENI sale

British-Dutch major Shell may indirectly invest back in Tunisia after announcing its withdrawal from the country. Petronor has contacted Shell Trading in search of financing to acquire ENI's Tunisian assets.

TUNISIA Energy 01/10/2021

Petronor and Perenco band together for better shot at ENI's assets

Rival candidates for the purchase of ENI's Tunisian offshore and onshore assets, the family-owned French firm Perenco and UAE-Norwegian firm Petronor have decided to join forces.

AFRICA Energy 08/09/2021

Shell backs out of Gulf of Guinea as it turns to southern Africa

The British-Dutch major has been eying exploration and development opportunities south of the equator while it starts a gradual withdrawal from its West African assets.

WEST AFRICA Business 20/08/2021

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

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GHANA Energy 20/08/2021

Kosmos pulls out all the stops to convince Accra on Oxy

US oil junior Kosmos Energy hopes to convince the Ghanian government to allow it to become the country's leading oil company. It is currently well placed to acquire Occidental Petroleum's assets in Ghana but needs government approval for the operation.

TUNISIA Energy 01/07/2021

Hunt Oil joins the oil company exodus

The US junior Hunt Oil is actively seeking a partner to take over its exploration projects in a fraught climate, with the Tunisian authorities in a panic over the scale of the withdrawal of exploration companies.

ITALY NIGERIA Energy 22/06/2021

Sergio Spadaro, prosecutor Pasquale's loyal deputy in ENI legal battles

Sergio Spadaro, a public prosecutor in Milan, has over the past decade become a major figure in the fight against corruption in Italy, relentlessly pursuing the oil major and its subsidiaries as well as politicians.

ALGERIA Business 21/06/2021

China's CNPC extends its reach in Sonatrach's IT through Richfit

Once at odds over a big IT contract, state-controlled oil giant Sonatrach and CNPC subsidairy Richfit have put their differences behind them and are teaming up once again.

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GHANA Energy 07/06/2021

ExxonMobil, Aker Energy and ENI fed up with Accra

Business in Ghana is dismal: production is low and exploration at a standstill. Companies are becoming more vocal about their exasperation with the state and some are even pulling out entirely.

TUNISIA Energy 24/05/2021

Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar

With the country in a difficult social situation, Shell is pulling out all the stops to get the Tunisian government to extend its permit on the field ahead of its projected departure from the country in July 2022.

TUNISIA Energy Business 09/04/2021

Oil junior ATOG looks to carve out niche in renewable energies

In founding a renewable energies company, Jonathan Taylor and James Berwick are remaining within their domain of expertise while at the same time trying to move out of oil and gas. This has caught the attention of the Tunisian PM thanks to the connections of their advisor Mehdi Ben Abdallah.

Jonathan Taylot (left) and James Berwick, heads of Anglo-Tunisian Oil & Gas (ATOG).

TUNISIA Energy 10/03/2021

ENI, Shell, CNPC, and Kufpec all jump ship as one

With only modest Tunisian reserves to their name and weary of an increasingly difficult political climate, the oil firms have decided to pack their bags and put their assets up for sale.

Mohamed Bousaid, Tunisian trade minister and acting energy minister, must face the likely departures of major companies.

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The American law firm setting a cracking pace on hydrocarbarons code re-write

The World Bank is financing the compilation of a new

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