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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. [...] (203 words)

Issue dated 14/07/2020

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Abulgasem Shengher, NOC CEO Mustafa Sanalla's right-hand man

In the last few years, upstream manager Abulgasem Shengher has become as indispensable as his boss Mustafa Sanalla and one of the faces of NOC around the world. [...]

Abulgasem Shengher (left), NOC member of the board of directors for exploration and production, with CEO Mustafa Sanalla. © NOC/Facebook

Ras Lanuf refinery. © Reuters

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LIBYA 28/07/2020

Ras Lanuf refinery: UAE-based Trasta tries new angle of attack against Tripoli

After losing two ICC arbitrations against Libya's NOC, Trasta is talking of a bilateral investment deal to take on the Triopli government. It is a politically-charged conflict given Abu Dahbi's open support for General Khalifa Haftar. [...]

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: [...]

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ALGERIA 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 [. [...]

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ALGERIA 16/10/2018

After setback in Libya, Pouyanne converts try with Sonatrach

The policy to normalise relations with oil & gas majors Sonatrach boss Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour launched after taking up his duties in 2017 is now at full tilt. Africa Energy Intelligence investigates this era in which French giant Total seems [. [...]

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