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Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Chevron in the clear to develop Yoyo and Yolanda fields

The US major Chevron will finally be able to work on exploiting the gas fields discovered by Noble Energy near the borders of Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon.

The New Guard
Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, Ethiopia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

SenegalMouhamadou Lamine Bara, the PR man advising Macky Sall's opponents

Equatorial GuineaTeresa Isabel Nnang Avomo, GEPetrol's new boss at the service of the vice president

DR CongoTrésor Mputu moves from football to politics

EthiopiaKidus Fisaha Asfaw, from Mountain View to green construction

Equatorial Guinea
ExxonMobil hopes for helping hand from Teodorin Obiang

ExxonMobil is feeling hopeful now that a familiar face has been appointed as the new oil minister. With the goal of selling off its ailing assets in Equatorial Guinea this year, it has already reached out to the country's vice president.

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Chevron's cross-border gas development project risks running into problems

Ministerial changes in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea could put paid to the US major's hopes of getting an early gas-sharing agreement.

Equatorial Guinea
Africa Oil, Panoro and Kosmos deals consolidate Teodorin Obiang's oil credentials

Equatorial Guinea's vice president is keen to demonstrate that he is now in control of the oil sector while at the same time undermining his half brother Gabriel Obiang Lima, who was until January the oil minister.

Equatorial Guinea
Manuela Roka Botey is surprise choice for PM

By elevating this hitherto rather low-profile minister to the top job on 31 January, the Equatorial Guinean president is maintaining the regional balance of his cabinet while also making sure that his son Teodorin is not overshadowed.

Equatorial Guinea
Golar, NFE and Kosmos Energy prepare to bring Fortuna back to life

Rising LNG prices have driven Norwegian Golar to join with Americans NFE and Kosmos Energy to develop the Fortuna gas reserves.

Equatorial Guinea
Government's efforts to stop ExxonMobil leaving undermined by incident on Zafiro production unit

Equatorial Guinea is trying to stop the American major leaving the country but the deteriorating state of the floating production unit serving its biggest oil field has complicated its position.

Equatorial Guinea
Behind-the-scenes of Trident, Kosmos and Panoro extension negotiations on Okume and Ceiba

Trident, Kosmos and Panoro have hit the jackpot in obtaining extensions of more than 10 years of their production licences on these two fields. The three companies will thus be able to increase their exploitable reserves by several million barrels.

Equatorial Guinea
Vaalco eyes Chevron and ExxonMobil's assets

Boosted by strong financial results, US junior Vaalco Energy has plans for new acquisitions, and has its sights set on fields operated by oil majors ExxonMobil and Chevron in Equatorial Guinea.

Equatorial Guinea
Trident Energy counts on new execs to improve relations with Gabriel Obiang

The junior energy company Trident, owned by the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, is seeking to improve its strained relations with the Equatorial Guinean government, and its legal director in Malabo is currently courting the oil ministry.

Equatorial Guinea
ExxonMobil still struggling to set terms for Zafiro departure

The US giant is still trying to work out the terms of its disengagement from Equatorial Guinea and to determine what role state-run GEPetrol will have in the takeover of its Zafiro field.

Equatorial Guinea
First lady's brother Candido Nsue Okomo seeks new hideout as Villarejo trial looms

Feeling increasingly vulnerable in Dubai, the former chairman of Equatorial Guinea's national oil company has fled the United Arab Emirates.

Mauritania
After generous spending, ExxonMobil on its way out

ExxonMobil adds Mauritania to the growing list of African countries from which it is divesting.