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Ivory Coast
Local content bill tabled after Vitol, BP and Kosmos have bolted

Two years ago, the Ivorian oil ministry embarked upon the drafting of a text to provide for the participation of Ivorian companies in hydrocarbon projects in the country. The draft bill is finally ready, but several international oil companies have deserted Ivory Coast in the interim. [...]

Published on 01.04.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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BP bides its time on investing in prize Block 31 assets

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Vitol definitively abandons Ivorian blocks after decade of stasis

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Local content: should Total, Chevron, ENI, ExxonMobil and BP be worried?

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Ivory Coast
Abdourahmane Cisse wants to set the bar sky high for local content

Ivorian oil minister Abdourahmane Cisse is looking for feedback on a draft bill on local content in the hydrocarbons sector. [...]

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Ex-minister and former oil trader Alan Duncan has reteamed with his old employer Vitol. He is also working as an adviser to the King family's International Group, which operates in emerging markets.

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Ivory Coast
Local content bill tabled after Vitol, BP and Kosmos have bolted

Africa
Morose aviation sector takes toll on distributors Vivo Energy and Total

Angola
BP bides its time on investing in prize Block 31 assets

Ivory Coast
Vitol definitively abandons Ivorian blocks after decade of stasis

Africa
Kosmos Energy disappears from exploration in BP's wake

Angola
Local content: should Total, Chevron, ENI, ExxonMobil and BP be worried?

Spotlight | Africa
BP set to run down its African operations little by little

Ivory Coast
Abdourahmane Cisse wants to set the bar sky high for local content