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Spotlight DRC Issue dated 10/09/2019

Total and Tullow's approach for blocks 1, 2 and 3 murkier and murkier

Total's ambiguous ambitions for its future in exploration in the country is making the Congolese authorities' heads spin. As for, Tullow Oil, the junior has already taken a swipe at the new government, allegedly with the French major's approval. The [...] (603 words)

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