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Algeria
Three subcontractors bid for polypropylene Arzew plant deal

TotalEnergies and Sonatrach have received offers from three international subcontractors for work on the polypropylene facility project. The plant, so crucial to the Algerian state, is running behind schedule.

Angola, Nigeria, Tanzania
Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Within the game of top level musical chairs at Equinor, a new general manager was appointed in Angola to replace Nina Koch, who has taken the helm of the group's Africa operations.

Senegal
Fortesa, two years after deadly Gadiaga explosion, plans to drill new well

Fortesa, the operator of Gadiaga - Senegal's only producing gas field - is planning costly work on its onshore block. The aim is to increase the yield, which was drastically reduced after a deadly fire in 2020 and the decommissioning of a well.

Angola
New ENI-BP joint venture Azule Energy has chosen board members

Azule Energy, made up of Italian oil major ENI and British BP in Angola, was officially registered in August and will have a six-member board.

Mauritania
How Addax-Oryx and Nouakchott buried the hatchet

The sharp rise in oil prices, combined with the authorities cancelling two tenders in early 2022, has cost Mauritania a pretty penny. The state has been on bad terms with its traditional fuel supplier, Oryx Energies, but recently made peace with it and signed a contract to cover the rest of the year.

South Africa
Grounded Russian cargo plane starved of fuel in South Africa

A fuel-starved Antonov cargo plane belonging to Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been stuck on the tarmac at Johannesburg since 10 July. The crew is considering several options to try to take off again, including a risky manoeuvre at another airport, and it's not the only Russian aircraft with such problems.

Algeria, United States
US firm GHSN to pioneer foreign hospital management alongside Groupe Souakri

Groupe Souakri, the Algerian partner of the LafargeHolcim cement firm and Renault Trucks, has asked Global Health Services Network to design its future private hospital and paramedical training centre in Meftah. The American group will also manage the new complex, at least during the early years.

Angola
Deloitte & Touche confirms status as leading oil auditor

Le ministère angolais des finances, dirigé par Vera Daves, vient de sélectionner Deloitte & Touche, filiale locale du cabinet de conseil Deloitte, pour réaliser l'audit des comptes des sociétés pétrolières pour les années 2021-2022.

Kenya
Hindustan Petroleum has another crack at Kenyan market

Keen to take advantage of expanding African markets, India's state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp has since June been looking for a financially robust and experienced local partner to stock its lubricants in Kenya.

Senegal
Southey Offshore eyes up Senegal

The presence of the South African oil services firm in West Africa is currently limited to Ghana. The company's management wants to reverse this trend by targeting French-speaking Africa.

Africa
CIS bounces back after losing contracts in Mozambique and Uganda

Despite losing one contract after another in East Africa, the French firm Catering International & Services has gained a second wind in the Sahel region and landed a major contract with BP-Sonatrach in Algeria.

Mauritania
Capricorn and Shell to follow BP in deserting Mauritanian basin?

In the wake of the British major, the main oil operators in the Mauritanian basin are considering abandoning their exploration projects there.

Mauritania
BP considering BirAllah gas project withdrawal

As it continues to shed assets across the continent, the British major is unlikely to spud a new well on its conventional gas development BirAllah. Behind its half-hearted attempts at denial are signs it is planning to abandon the project it shares with Kosmos Energy.

Angola
Luanda targets small investors as majors lose interest

With Angola's national oil output in steadily decline and threatening to fall below one million bpd, the government is changing tactic. All too aware that the industry leaders are no longer interested in its fields, the country has shifted its focus onto junior firms.

Mozambique
Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

The Portuguese company is in need of a quick source of cash to finance its colossal project in Brazil and wants to pull out of Mozambique as well as Angola.

Senegal
Services giant Petrofac prospects far from home for BP and Tullow

After building its base in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the British-Emirati services colossus is venturing south of the Sahara. It is hoping to make the most of opportunities that will arise from the giant Tortue gas field that straddles the border between Senegal and Mauritania.

The New Guard
Senegal, Ghana, South Africa, The Gambia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

SenegalThérèse Faye Diouf, the ruling party's youth champion in Macky Sall's stronghold

GhanaGomashie Edem Wisdom-Faraday, new voice for Accra's 'Gold OPEC'

South AfricaNicholas Nyati, fresh face of the DA's youth

The GambiaCany Jobe, key to country's oil future

Mauritania
Grand Tortue: Maurilog, MCE and Bolloré impatiently await results of huge BP logistics contract

The British major was scheduled to award one of its largest logistics contracts for Grand Tortue in April but has now delayed it. Those in the running include the biggest names in logistics in Mauritania.