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Cameroon
National oil company SNH enlists French data specialist in its search for investors

Retained by the Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures, the French company Viridien, formerly CGG, is supporting a new campaign to promote Cameroon's oil blocks. Yaoundé is seeking to revive exploration despite the country's continuing fall in production.

Congo, Ivory Coast
Golar LNG and Exmar fight it out for floating plant contracts

A newcomer to the small, exclusive circle of companies offering gas solutions to oil companies and gas-consuming countries, Exmar is determined to make its mark in the Ivorian and Congolese offshore sectors, previously dominated by Norway's Golar.

Cameroon, Nigeria
Nigerian gas company Greenville LNG held back by administrative delays

Equipment imported by the gas road-haulage company has been held up at the port of Douala for several weeks. The company is awaiting, among other things, a customs exemption from the Cameroonian authorities.

Cameroon
State firm SNH and Presidency back rival refinery and storage projects as overcapacity looms

Two refinery and oil depot construction projects, each valued at several million dollars, are facing off. One is backed by the de facto head of the Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures, Nathalie Moudiki, while the other is championed by the secretary-general to the president, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh.

Cameroon
Douala industrialists turn to Greenville LNG for gas supplies

Owned by Belgian businessperson Eddy Van den Broeke, the Nigerian specialist in transporting gas by lorry is about to start deliveries for its first customers in Cameroon, where shortages are leading private-sector companies to seek new suppliers.

Cameroon
Tradex board meeting could decide chief executive's fate

The 18 June board meeting at Tradex, the downstream arm of Cameroon's state hydrocarbons company, could determine its CEO's future. At odds with Nathalie Moudiki over financing for the Kribi refinery project, Emmanuel Patrick Mvondo risks being replaced by current Hydrac boss Jean Noël Mbida Ntsama.

Cameroon
SNH attempts to speed up sensitive construction work at Kribi refinery

At a meeting in Dubai on 13 May, chaired by Nathalie Moudiki, Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures finalised its roadmap for the coming months. Although backed by BGFIBank, the project remains plagued by significant internal tensions regarding its financing and governance.

Cameroon, Chad
Nathalie Moudiki fails in mediation of Tradex dispute

Tasked with finding a way out of the dispute opposing Tradex and the brokerage firms Velissa and Losange, the SNH's number‑two adviser attempted discreet mediation in the French capital in February. The talks, however, failed to resolve a conflict that has dragged on for more than fifteen years.

Cameroon
Tensions run high between Sinopec and national oil company SNH

The failure of Chinese executives to produce results from mature deposits is putting pressure on the leadership of the state-owned major Sinopec.

Palace Intrigues
Teodorin Obiang Nguema, Paul Biya, Raila Odinga, Cyril Ramaphosa and Alassane Ouattara

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

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KenyaRaila Odinga's posthumous, final memoir in the offing

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Ivory CoastOuattara and Macron like ships in the night

Cameroon
Political row over Kribi refinery continues to rage

Led by Nathalie Moudiki, who is close to the presidential couple, the project to build a new oil storage terminal in the south-western port city is strongly opposed by the secretary general to the presidency, who is attempting to block it.

Cameroon
SONAMINES gains upper hand in mining sector governance

Freeing itself from the constraits of a supervisory ministry, the Société Nationale des Mines has now taken up a central role in mining negotiations. This reorganisation came about in response to pressure from the presidency, which intends to take back control of the sector.