ENERGY

Perenco hurries to sell Atora before Carlyle seals sale of its share 

Franco-British oil junior Perenco wants to quickly sell its share in Atora field in Gabon for $50m, indicating it does not wish to work with the future owner of Assala Energy's majority share, which Carlyle is in the process of selling.

PSI boss Motaleb Boubakri extends business interests to Mauritania 

Together with its local partner PHI Group, the Tunisian firm Pétrole Services Industriel has won a $5.5m contract to construct pipelines for Société mauritanienne des hydrocarbures.

Ex-Addax temp workers pursue fight over pay 

Several Addax Petroleum and Sino Gabon former temporary workers have doubled down on their fight against Sinopec's two subsidiaries.

Veolia hangs on to Adzopé contract 

Alassane Ouattara has opted to extend Veolia's contract to run the Adzopé drinking water plant in the La Mé region of Ivory Coast.

Key witness fails to show during $11bn P&ID vs Nigeria hearings 

The High Court in London has ended six weeks of hearings in an $11bn dispute between the government of Nigeria and engineering firm P&ID during which it was revealed that a key witness in the affair, James Nolan, has fled Nigeria over fears for his safety.

Block 4, eyed by TotalEnergies and Kosmos, still held by US junior ERHC 

The Sao Tomé & Principe government formed last November by Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada is looking for a solution to the problem posed by Block 4.

West Africa LNG Group set to sign gas terminal convention with Conakry 

Negotiations between the Guinean state and the Texan company West Africa LNG Group over the construction of a vast terminal for the importation, processing and distribution of liquefied natural gas gathered speed at the beginning of March.

Straife advises oil trader BGN International 

The Emirati company is being supported on its Libyan operations by the US consultancy's boss Joseph Fleming, who formerly worked as a lobbyist for eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar.

Roald Goethe installed as new dealmaker at Tullow Oil 

Tullow Oil boss Rahul Dhir has appointed Roald Goethe to his board to take advantage of the huge network of African contacts that he built up at Trafigura.

• SENEGAL - Mouhamadou Lamine Bara, the PR man advising Macky Sall's opponents

• EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Teresa Isabel Nnang Avomo, GEPetrol's new boss at the service of the vice president

• DR CONGO - Trésor Mputu moves from football to politics

• ETHIOPIA - Kidus Fisaha Asfaw, from Mountain View to green construction

Axing of Algeria's energy transition ministry deals fatal blow to Solar 1000 MW project 

After the axing of the Solar 1000 MW project, Sonelgaz subsidiary Sonelgaz ENR-CEEG will now pilot the 15,000 MW programme until 2035.