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Chevron

Together with Exxon and ConocoPhillips, Chevron is one of America’s three oil supermajors. The company is a major player in African oil and gas, principally in Nigeria and Angola.

Africa
Ailing oil groups see Qatar as a possible lifebuoy

Many struggling firms are banging on cash-rich Qatar's door in hopes of interesting it in their projects.

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2016

Angola, Sao Tome and Principe
The people behind the mysterious Sinoangol firm

Sinoangol, a joint venture between state-owned Chinese and Angolan groups, is making discreet headway in Sao Tome’s offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Angola
Isabel dos Santos takes charge of oil and gas

Threatened by a collapse in its revenue, the Angolan government has set out timidly on the road to reforms - but with its people in charge.

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Angola
Sonangol tells Total and Chevron to put up more money

Sonangol is trying to set the spur to new exploration on blocks 14 and 17 in order to boost resources and investment.

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Kenya
Keter kicks off purge in bid to take charge of state-controlled oil companies

Kenya’s new energy and oil minister Charles Keter, who hails from the Kalenjin ethnic group and was appointed at the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Petroci approaches MRS in bid to quit Corlay Global

The Ivory Coast oil firm Petroci has made contact with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Nigeria
Niger Delta: Buhari keeps the amnesty program

Although president Muhammadu Buhari announced the amnesty process for militants from the Niger Delta would end in December he has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2016

Nigeria
Swiber bets on Deltatek

Swiber Offshore Construction, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based engineering concern [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2016

Africa
Aquila Energy International zeroes in on North Africa

In a move to build up its investments in Africa, the small oil company Aquila Energy International recently retained the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.01.2016

South Africa
Russia’s Renova rides in on Falcon Oil’s coat tails

The new chairman of the Canadian junior Falcon Oil & Gas, Joachim Conrad, is hoping his company will be able [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.01.2016

Angola
Government cronies and newcomers in offshore grab

In its bidding round concerning the Congo and Kwanza basins, Sonangol clearly preferred to hand acreage to pals of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.01.2016

West Africa
Vaalco's activist stakeholders get their way

Seeking ever since they bought a stake in Vaalco to get rid of its management, Group 42 and Bradley Radoff have now placed their men in the firm’s top jobs.

Subscribers only Energy 12.01.2016

Nigeria
Yetunde Bajela-Taiwo in ambitious push for Seplat’s gas

In taking over the gas department of the Nigerian group Seplat, Yetunde Bajela-Taiwo has been given an ambitious target to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.01.2016

DRC
Dire days for Perenco’s wage-earners

The collapse in the oil price has had a devastating impact on the lone oil producer of crude in Congo-K.