Ghana, Nigeria
Sechin steers Rosneft into deal with Oranto
Russia is continuing its push into African oil, signing partnerships that open the way for it to explore in a number of countries.
Gazprom is a state-owned Russian oil company and one of the few Russian commodities giants to have expanded its operations into Africa from its London base. The results have been mixed: its attempts to establish itself in Nigeria and Namibia came to nothing, with its main successes in Africa taking the form of oil trading contracts, in Cameroon in particular.