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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 [...] (613 words)

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ALGERIA
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour
Ahmed Gaïd Salah
Anadarko
Filipe Nyusi
Jean-Yves le Drian
Kamel-Eddine Chikhi
Occidental Petroleum
Oxy
Patrick Pouyanné
Rachid Hachichi
Saïd Chengriha
Sonatrach
Total

Tebboune clan fears 'medical coup' as president convalesces in Germany

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's entourage has been unsuccessful in having him brought home from Germany where he is being treated for a severe case of Covid-19. [...]

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. © HAYOUNG JEON/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

NORTH AFRICA 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. © YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU/Reuters

ALGERIA 08/10/2020

Why Paris and Algiers have suspended military cooperation

A diplomatic blunder by the French and then a purge of Algeria's military representation in France have prompted a complete freezing of bilateral defence relations. Africa Intelligence has the lowdown. [...]

ALGERIA 17/09/2020

French Embassy stays in diplomatic quarantine as François Gouyette takes charge

France's new ambassador in Algeria will have the difficult job of reviving bilateral relations, which are currently at a particularly low ebb. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune believes that France backed the "hirak" protest movement and his presidential rival Azzedine Mihoubi. [...]

French ambassador in Algeria François Gouyette. © Abaca Press

ALGERIA 16/07/2020

Sonatrach 2030: Tebboune preserves slice of BCG-Ould Kaddour legacy

It seems that "Sonatrach 2030", the ambitious plan to overhaul Sonatrach's business model elaborated by America's Boston Consulting Group between 2017 and 2019, will not after all be rejected by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. [...]

ALGERIA LIBYA 14/07/2020

Jean-Daniel Blasco leaves Total E&P's North African purgatory

Jean-Daniel Blasco has left the post he held since 2011 as head of exploration and production at Total's North Africa division on to work as senior advisor to CEO Patrick Pouyanné. [...]

ALGERIA 02/07/2020

Sonatrach boss Hakkar falls out with chief of staff and brings Hachichi back into fold

Sonatrach boss Toufik Hakkar is pressing ahead with the sacking of most of his colleagues but has offered his predecessor Rachid Hachichi the role of head of the company's gas commercialisation subsidiary in Switzerland. [...]

ALGERIA 05/06/2020

Ambassador Driencourt set to leave his post amid diplomatic tensions

Much appreciated by Algiers during the era of former president Bouteflika, it's time for French ambassador Xavier Driencourt to move on. As he readies to leave in the next few months, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has gone on the offensive against Paris in a calculated populist move. [...]

The French ambassador in Algiers Xavier Driencourt. © DR

ALGERIA 15/05/2020

Oxy left holding Anadarko assets with Total excluded and Sonatrach cash-strapped

Although Sonatrach had exercised its right of pre-emption over the Algerian assets of Anadarko - acquired by Oxy and for which Total had made an offer - the boss of the state-owned oil company has had to face up to reality: [...]

ALGERIA 05/05/2020

Senator Madani Mouissa takes over GR5 pipeline security contract from Secur Group

The Leader Amne group owned by FLN senator for Ouargla Mohamed Madani Mouissa has won the Din. 129m contract to provide security at the GR5 station at Hassi R'mel. Secur Group, which has links with the Kouninef brothers, was taken off the contract in March. [...]

ALGERIA 04/05/2020

After Sonatrach, President Tebboune rings changes in oil institutions

Algeria's new president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has replaced directors who were appointed when Bouteflika was still in power. [...]

SOUTH AFRICA 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. [...]

ALGERIA 26/03/2020

Chengriha involves DSI in politics

Army chief of staff Saïd Chengriha is not waiting for the intelligence services to be reformed to place military intelligence [...]

ALGERIA 17/03/2020

Who are Toufik Hakkar's procurement bosses at Sonatrach?

The all-powerful leader of oil and gas production in Algeria, the national oil company Sonatrach, has overhauled the way it [...]

GHANA 17/03/2020

$500 million tax bill on Anadarko acquisition could spell Total exit

There is a risk the amount of tax Ghana is [...]

ALGERIA 12/03/2020

Jean-Yves Le Drian visits Algiers without business leaders

On March 12 in Algiers, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le [...]

ALGERIA 03/03/2020

Mustapha Hanifi: fall of the ministry's hydrocarbons emperor

After Sonatrach chief executive Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour left the firm in April 2019 after two years at the job, the [...]

ALGERIA 18/02/2020

Sonatrach: Kamel-Eddine Chikhi falls victim to predecessors' lobbying

It was clearly the opening Kamel-Eddine Chikhi created for the Total/Anadarko file (see here) that lead to his departure as [...]

GHANA 18/02/2020

Total could be tempted to give up on Anadarko's assets

Sonatrach and the Algiers government's block on Total's purchase of [...]

ALGERIA 03/12/2019

Oxy/Total: why Sonatrach is unhappy with the sale price

With Algiers yet to validate the transaction, the handover Anadarko's former assets could prove to be somewhat of a headache for Total. [...]

ALGERIA 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. [...]

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ALGERIA GHANA MOZAMBIQUE 14/05/2019

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. [...]

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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour
Ahmed Gaïd Salah
Anadarko
Filipe Nyusi
Jean-Yves le Drian
Kamel-Eddine Chikhi
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