Savannah Energy

Cameroon
SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

The managing director of Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures, Adolphe Moudiki, and the president's secretary-general, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, have been at loggerheads in recent months. After escaping dismissal in early August, the SNH boss is hoping a trial in the UK will give him the upper hand again.

Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh gets his hands on oil refining and transport

The recent shuffling of management teams at Cameroon Oil Transportation Company and Société Nationale de Raffinage has underlined the grip of the Secretary General of the Presidency (SGPR), Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, on both companies.

Gabon
Savannah Energy joins the race for a share of Carlyle's oil assets

The company owned by British national Andrew Knott, along with half a dozen other oil companies, is positioning itself to profit from the sale of assets producing some 45,000 barrels per day.

Cameroon
EY's internecine struggle heads to court

Joseph Pagop Noupoué's dismissal as head of Ernst & Young's Cameroon subsidiary continues to cause turmoil. Two factions are vying for control of the company - and taking legal action to get it.

Cameroon
Savannah uses British diplomacy to pressure the presidency on ExxonMobil shares

COTCO-ExxonMobil: Savannah Energy has found an ally to plead its case to the Cameroonian government in the form of the new British ambassador to Cameroon, Barry Lowen.

Cameroon, Chad
Savannah back in court to plead its case in fight for ExxonMobil's former assets

The oil group is still engaged in a court battle to defend itself against the consequences of the nationalisation imposed by Chad.

Cameroon
SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki calls on Biya for support over Glencore

In an about-turn, the head of Cameroon's Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures has asked President Paul Biya to open a legal investigation after Swiss trader Glencore admitted paying the company's top executives.

Chad
New state oil company set to rake in $80m next week

La Tchad Petroleum Company (TPC) va tirer les bénéfices de son premier enlèvement de brut le 25 juillet au port de Kribi. 950 000 barils seront mis sur le marché, permettant de générer quelque 80 millions de dollars pour l'Etat tchadien.

Niger
Bazoum to set up new oil firm despite opposition

The new state company PetroNiger was due to be launched at a 7 July cabinet meeting, but its official birth was put off because of the interference of Sonidep boss Ibrahim Mamane.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, Mahamat Idriss Déby

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory Coast Ouattara and Sassou neatly avoid the Soro issue

DRC Tshisekedi calls up Israeli counterpart for support

Cameroon Did the Chadian ambassador stay or go?

Cameroon, Chad
ExxonMobil-Savannah: SNH boss Moudiki ups the ante in letter to Chadian oil minister

The head of Cameroon's Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures sent a scathing letter to Chad's oil minister. Since ExxonMobil's withdrawal from southern Chad, the battle between Savannah Energy and N'Djamena has rekindled a recurring conflict between Cameroon and the Chadian junta.

Niger
China tightens grip on Niger's oil with Sinopec

China's state-run oil major Sinopec has set it sights on the western African country, where it is poised to become the second largest Chinese firm operating there behind China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), an old hand in Niger.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Paul Biya, Kemi Seba and Nathalie Yamb

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory Coast Ouattara to holiday in French Mougins residence

Cameroon Biya abandons knee surgery

France Army scours Kemi Seba and Nathalie Yamb's social networks

Cameroon, Chad
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

The Cameroonian government has been caught up in an internal crisis since the SNH bought a 10% stake in the company running the oil pipeline between Doba and Kribi. In a series of letters seen by African Intelligence, presidency secretary general Ngoh Ngoh and SNH boss Moudiki have been locked in a violent dispute over the operation.

Cameroon, France
Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

The arbitration procedure launched by Petronas and ExxonMobil against Cameroon has been suspended for two months after Yaoundé's lawyer, Gill Dingome, sought the recusal of the oil firm's chosen arbitrator Thomas Clay.

Cameroon, Chad
ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

With N'Djamena in conflict with Savannah Energy, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby pushed his Cameroonian counterpart not to legitimise the British junior's stake in the Doba-Kribi pipeline, which exports 100% of Chad's crude. In vain.