Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures

Cameroon
The ins and outs of Yaoundé's EITI suspension

Although expected by several NGOs, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative's decision to suspend Cameroon is a blow to the country, a member since 2007.

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.

DRC
UBA extends new $65m credit line to Sonahydroc

United Bank for Africa has renewed its financing for the DRC state-owned oil company, but halved the amount it is providing. The funds could be used to purchase petroleum products from Angola's Sonangol.

Cameroon
China's Addax blames catastrophic drilling campaign on outsiders

Addax Petroleum's drawn-out drilling campaign in Cameroon stuttered to a halt in September. Its leaders are laying the blame for the failure of the costly $180m operation on the former boss of the firm's Cameroon subsidiary, Roger Beaumont.

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.

DRC
Sonahydroc has trouble selling stock bought from Trafigura

Of the 20,000 tonnes of hydrocarbons received under a contract with Trafigura, Sonahydroc has delivered only 6,000 tonnes to service stations over the past two months.

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.

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.

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.

Cameroon
Biya administration takes Addax Petroleum to task over breaches

Relations between Yaoundé and the subsidiary of Chinese oil giant Sinopec have hit a new low. Having already been slammed for not employing enough Cameroonian staff, Addax is now accused of breaching labour laws following a police raid on its offices.

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.

Cameroon
Sinopec and Perenco frustrated as Addax Petroleum drilling campaign fails to produce results

Addax, a subsidiary of Chinese major Sinopec, has drilled a number of wells in Cameroon but has failed to significantly increase its production there, to the great displeasure of its two local partners.

DRC
Public debt has nearly doubled under Tshisekedi

The DRC's public debt has risen from $5.6bn to $10bn since Felix Tshisekedi came to power four years ago. The number of new projects has increased sharply, while budget arrears have continued to accomulate.