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NIGERIA Courts and cash 16/09/2020

Berlusconi family lawyer defends Nigerian state against ENI and Shell in Malabu trial

Italian lawyer Lucio Lucia, who is acting for the Nigerian state in the trial of the parties involved in the Malabu oil scandal, has brought out the big guns before the Milan court hearing the case. [...]

SWITZERLAND ANGOLA Courts and cash 04/09/2020

Experienced oil litigation lawyer to defend top Angolan businessman Carlos de Sao Vicente in Switzerland

Partner in Switzerland's Schellenberg Wittmer law firm Clara Poglia. ©WWCDA/Twitter

CAMEROON Courts and cash 28/08/2020

Glencore takes SONARA to court over unpaid invoices

The Swiss trading company Glencore is not intending to make life easy for SONARA, which has been in serious financial difficulty since a fire wreaked damage on its facilities in Limbe. [...]

NIGERIA Courts and cash 27/08/2020

ExxonMobil and Shell still chasing $2.5bn from NNPC for OML 133

Though rebutted by a New York court a year ago, ExxonMobil and Shell have not given up on their crusade to have enforced an arbitration award that ordered NNPC to repay them more than $2.5bn. A US appeals court is now scheduled to examine the case. [...]

GHANA Courts and cash 18/08/2020

Covid holds up SEC lawsuit against Asante Berko over alleged kickbacks from Turkey's Aksa Energi

Restrictions imposed on account of Covid-19 have prevented the regulator of the US securities industry from serving Asante Berko himself with a summons. However, the SEC is dealing directly with the American lawyer of the ex-Goldman Sachs banker, who stands accused of breaching the FCPA. [...]

SpotlightLIBYA Politics 28/07/2020

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

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NIGERIA Courts and cash 07/07/2020

P&ID affair: VR Advisory Services tries to avoid further questioning by Nigeria over $9bn compensation award

Cayman Islands-registered asset manager VR Advisory Services, which has a 25% stake in the capital of P&ID, has asked an American court to quash the summons with which it has been served in its $9bn legal dispute with Nigeria over a failed LNG project. [...]

GABON MAURITIUS Business Oil & gas 06/07/2020

Bongo aides talk turkey with Trafigura after Augusta ouster

The office of Gabon's president is negotiating with Trafigura to take over the off-take agreement between Augusta and the national refinery company. [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Courts and cash 29/06/2020

Juba made to pay dethroned trader Trafigura

South Sudanese has lost a court battle to the trading house Trafigura, still furious at having lost its quasi-monopoly of the country's oil in 2018. [...]

Mining and energy tycoon Adonis Pouroulis. Many of his Guernsey-registered firms are managed by fiduciary services provider Artemis Trustees.

Inner circles AFRICA Financing and advisory Oil & gas 26/06/2020

Mining and oil magnate Adonis Pouroulis orchestrates his African ventures from Guernsey

A prolific figure in the extractive industry throughout Africa, the Pouroulis family heir oversees most of his investments via the Guernsey trust company Artemis Trustees founded by his business partner Robert Sinclair. [...]

NIGERIA Courts and cash 26/06/2020

Nigeria wins round in $9bn legal battle with P&ID

In an effort to bring to an end its legal dispute with P&ID, the Nigerian state has brought its right to sovereign immunity back to centre stage. [...]

NIGERIA Courts and cash 22/06/2020

PwC's Mr Energy Pedro Omontuemhen audits books for NNPC

When the state-owned oil giant NNPC retained PwC to audit the 2018 accounts of three of its subsidiaries (Napims, N-Gas and NPDC), a central role was played by PWC's lead energy consultant for West Africa, Pedro Omontuemhen. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Courts and cash 08/06/2020

Banks queue up to lend Total $15bn for Mozambique LNG project

The South African banks RMB and Standard Bank are providing substantial financial backing for Total's Offshore Area 1 liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique with the help of experienced oil and gas financiers. [...]

LIBYA Business Oil & gas 20/05/2020

Oil distribution: Mazin Ramadan contracts Strategy& to investigate Ola Energy offshoots

Strategy&, PwC's business management consulting firm, is to look into the investments of the African subsidiaries of Ola Energy held by the Libyan Investment Authority. The work is part of a consolidation of the sovereign fund's accounts. [...]

NIGERIA Courts and cash 20/05/2020

Attorney general opens new investigation to avoid paying P&ID's $9bn Calabar gas bill

After having appealed against the judgement ordering it to pay compensation to P&ID, the Nigerian justice ministry is using letters rogatory to try to prove that the company's Calabar gas project was a scam set up by Nigerian military officers and politicians. [...]

GHANA Courts and cash 18/05/2020

SEC's ace team takes on former Tema refinery boss Asante Berko

The US watchdog has sued the former managing director of Ghana's only oil refinery for alleged acts of bribery during his days as a Goldman Sachs banker. [...]

The Galactica Star. The proceeds of the yacht's sale are claimed by Nigeria, the US and former Enron men.

Focus NIGERIA Courts and cash 11/05/2020

The ghost of Enron returns to haunt yacht once owned by former oil minister Alison-Madueke's trader pals

The Galactica Star super-yacht was a symbol of the excesses of former Nigerian oil minister Alison-Madueke, who Nigeria is trying to have extradited from London. It is now at the heart of a battle between Washington, Abuja and a surprise ghost from the past, former Enron group subsidiary Enron Nigeria Power Holdings. [...]

DRC Courts and cash 08/05/2020

Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

The oil junior has opened up a new front against the Congolese state, which kept it waiting for a decade before greenlighting its production sharing contracts in Cuvette Centrale. [...]

SENEGAL Courts and cash 06/05/2020

Sangomar arbitration: Woodside and ConocoPhillips show fair play with FAR

Despite its crushing defeat against ConocoPhillips, FAR has been spared a drawn-out legal bill battle. [...]

GAMBIA Courts and cash 27/04/2020

African Petroleum arbitration: who will foot legal bill of Banjul Omnia Strategy, Lucas Bastin and Edi M.O. Faal?

The Gambian state is seeking a guarantee that its legal fees at ICSID, where its cause is being defended by three eminent London law firms, will be covered by African Petroleum if the oil firm loses the case. [...]

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