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Angola
Lourenco to trim local content rules, bowing to majors' demands

Angolan president Joao Lourenco has decided to listen to oil firms active in the country and give them what they want. His latest move has been to pass a decree to lighten the stringent local content laws. [...]

Published on 24/04/2018 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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