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Sonangol

Sonangol is Angola’s state oil company and the largest company in the country. It is the sector regulator, the national producer and an oil trader.

Angola
Lourenço makes great show of marginal fields to woo Chevron-BP

Angolan president João Lourenço is continuing to promote the merits of the country's marginal fields to bring back oil firms [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.12.2019

Angola
LNG/VAT: Lourenço's tax gift to Chevron, ENI, BP and Total

The new 14% value added tax (VAT) that took effect in Angola on October 1 will not apply to the gas sector.

Subscribers only Energy 03.12.2019

In Focus | Angola
Battle rages over Swiss oil refinery removal plan

Angola's Cabinda mega refinery project, which was hatched as a way of ending the embarrassing petrol shortages which regularly paralyse Africa's second biggest oil producer, has attracted all the major international operators, thanks to the financial and oil supply guarantees offered by President João Lourenço.

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2019

The Tamoil refinery in Collombey, Switzerland

Angola
Gemcorp vs Gaydamak: the new world eclipses the old

In the government's good books, the investment manager Gemcorp has snatched a giant contract for a refinery from under the noses of Arcadi Gaydamak, a symbol of the Dos Santos years.

Subscribers only Business 20.11.2019

Angola
Unitel, Isabel dos Santos' latest legal skirmish

Continuing with her world forum tour (WAN 811), Isabel dos [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.11.2019

Angola
Somoil: Amni still hesitating to develop Espadarte

The Nigerian junior is dragging its feet about signing a final agreement with the most connected of Angolan firms.

Subscribers only Energy 19.11.2019

Angola
Isabel dos Santos, star of the forums

The daughter of the former Angolan president, José Eduardo dos [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.11.2019

Angola
Sonangol's secret diplomacy in Kuala Lumpur

Fidelino Loy de Jesus Figueiredo , Angola's ex-ambassador to the [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.11.2019

Spotlight | Africa
Where are Total's dead zones and what are its golden tickets for Patrick Pouyanné?

There is little chance Total will be tucking into projects of any significance in Congo-B or Gabon in the near future and its Angolan is continuing to fall, pushing the French major to be far more risk-taking in new territories.

Subscribers only Energy 05.11.2019

Angola
Who is the killjoy to Total's pairing with Sonangol?

Is the Angolan competition regulatory authority or ARC about to thwart French major Total and the national oil company Sonangol's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.11.2019

Angola
Teikoku Oil completely coldshoulders oil minister Azevedo

Japan's Teikoku Oil, which had once been in a partnership [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.11.2019

Angola
Grupo Vernon, the firm with the address book for Baker Hughes' ambitions

American oil firm Baker Hughes, an offshoot of the General Electric galaxy, will be able to call on the help [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Angola
Paulino Jeronimo primes dream team for ANPG hydrocarbons roadshow

A select set of three experienced technocrats, all former Sonangol execs, join board member Natacha Massano to form the promotional group.

Subscribers only Energy 08.10.2019

Angola
Joao Lourenco grants Total a breather on Chissonga

Angolan president Joao Lourenco has signed a decree authorizing Total [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.10.2019

Angola
Who is the shadow architect behind the Sonangol privatisation scheme?

While Angolan president Joao Lourenco has been fronting a push [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.10.2019

Angola
Trading house Flawless Diamond opens shop in Luanda

With new opportunities to be had with Angola's diamond trade now open to private enterprise, the South African company has decided to open a branch in the country.

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Angola
Mirco Martins moves into security sector lobbying

Having been one of the best-connected young businessmen during the [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2019

Spotlight | Angola, Nigeria
How Shell tucked in behind Somoil for Angolan comeback

To cover the missing funds for the development of its block 2/05, Somoil, an Angolan junior oil company founded during Eduardo Dos Santos's era by the former vice president Manuel Vicente and minister of petroleum at the time Desiderio da [.

Subscribers only Energy 24.09.2019

Africa
Which of the Russian envoys are doing the best job as Putin's oil sales reps?

Veteran diplomats have been negotiating permits for Russia's national oil firms Zarubezhneft and Rosneft in three oil-rich African nations.

Subscribers only Energy 24.09.2019

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Sonangol

Angola
Lourenço makes great show of marginal fields to woo Chevron-BP

Angola
LNG/VAT: Lourenço's tax gift to Chevron, ENI, BP and Total

In Focus | Angola
Battle rages over Swiss oil refinery removal plan

Angola
Gemcorp vs Gaydamak: the new world eclipses the old

Angola
Unitel, Isabel dos Santos' latest legal skirmish

Angola
Somoil: Amni still hesitating to develop Espadarte

Angola
Isabel dos Santos, star of the forums

Angola
Sonangol's secret diplomacy in Kuala Lumpur

Spotlight | Africa
Where are Total's dead zones and what are its golden tickets for Patrick Pouyanné?

Angola
Who is the killjoy to Total's pairing with Sonangol?

Angola
Teikoku Oil completely coldshoulders oil minister Azevedo

Angola
Grupo Vernon, the firm with the address book for Baker Hughes' ambitions

Angola
Paulino Jeronimo primes dream team for ANPG hydrocarbons roadshow

Angola
Joao Lourenco grants Total a breather on Chissonga

Angola
Who is the shadow architect behind the Sonangol privatisation scheme?

Angola
Trading house Flawless Diamond opens shop in Luanda

Angola
Mirco Martins moves into security sector lobbying

Spotlight | Angola, Nigeria
How Shell tucked in behind Somoil for Angolan comeback

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Which of the Russian envoys are doing the best job as Putin's oil sales reps?

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Sonangol

Angola Lourenço makes great show of marginal fields to woo Chevron-BP

Angola LNG/VAT: Lourenço's tax gift to Chevron, ENI, BP and Total

In Focus | Angola Battle rages over Swiss oil refinery removal plan

Angola Gemcorp vs Gaydamak: the new world eclipses the old

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Angola Somoil: Amni still hesitating to develop Espadarte

Angola Isabel dos Santos, star of the forums

Angola Sonangol's secret diplomacy in Kuala Lumpur

Spotlight | Africa Where are Total's dead zones and what are its golden tickets for Patrick Pouyanné?

Angola Who is the killjoy to Total's pairing with Sonangol?

Angola Teikoku Oil completely coldshoulders oil minister Azevedo

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Angola Joao Lourenco grants Total a breather on Chissonga

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Indigo Publications' websites

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Angola
Lourenço makes great show of marginal fields to woo Chevron-BP

Angola
LNG/VAT: Lourenço's tax gift to Chevron, ENI, BP and Total

In Focus | Angola
Battle rages over Swiss oil refinery removal plan

Angola
Gemcorp vs Gaydamak: the new world eclipses the old

Angola
Unitel, Isabel dos Santos' latest legal skirmish

Angola
Somoil: Amni still hesitating to develop Espadarte

Angola
Isabel dos Santos, star of the forums

Angola
Sonangol's secret diplomacy in Kuala Lumpur

Spotlight | Africa
Where are Total's dead zones and what are its golden tickets for Patrick Pouyanné?

Angola
Who is the killjoy to Total's pairing with Sonangol?

Angola
Teikoku Oil completely coldshoulders oil minister Azevedo

Angola
Grupo Vernon, the firm with the address book for Baker Hughes' ambitions

Angola
Paulino Jeronimo primes dream team for ANPG hydrocarbons roadshow

Angola
Joao Lourenco grants Total a breather on Chissonga

Angola
Who is the shadow architect behind the Sonangol privatisation scheme?

Angola
Trading house Flawless Diamond opens shop in Luanda

Angola
Mirco Martins moves into security sector lobbying

Spotlight | Angola, Nigeria
How Shell tucked in behind Somoil for Angolan comeback

Africa
Which of the Russian envoys are doing the best job as Putin's oil sales reps?

Africa, Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, France, Gabon, Ivory Coast
Guess what of September 11, 2019