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TotalEnergies

France’s TotalEnergies is one of the world’s top oil and oil products companies and is involved in every aspect of the oil chain from extraction to sales.

Gabon
BW Energy, Perenco and Assala put brakes on Gabonese oil industry renaissance in face of Covid-19

Thanks to a new hydrocarbons code, new contracts gushed forth for Gabon in 2019 but the pandemic is forcing operators to delay their investments, frustrating at a stroke the country's best efforts.

Subscribers only Energy 05.06.2020

Mozambique
Exim Bank's $4.7bn loan to Total's project on Block One: the inside story

US export promotion agency Exim Bank took seven long years to validate the financing for Total's LNG project in Mozambique. It took no account, however, of US group ExxonMobil, which is involved in Block 4.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 04.06.2020

Africa
Covid-19: Which countries will follow Equatorial Guinea's lead in stopping oil firms jumping ship?

The question on everyone's lips in African oil capitals is whether firms should be offered fresh incentives to deter them from packing their bags for good during the heath crisis.

Subscribers only Energy 02.06.2020

Mozambique
Total brings in former military man to head LNG plant 'security unit'

Total is deeply concerned about the problems posed by the increasing number of terrorist actions in the province of Cabo Delgado. The French major has called in a former military officer to take charge of security at its sites there.

Subscribers only Energy 01.06.2020

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Australian mining giant BHP Billiton, which pulled out of the Inga III dam project in 2012, might be making a comeback.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Business 01.06.2020

Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni concerned CNOOC is getting cold feet over Total's crude exports

The Ugandan energy ministry is getting increasingly nervous about CNOOC's recent lack of commitment to developing the crude of Lake Albert.

Subscribers only Energy 29.05.2020

The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni needs to secure a final investment decision before the election of March 2021.

Africa
Japanese oil firms dominate services sector but struggle in exploration and production

Japanese firms are continuing to snap up construction and service contracts on the continent but are still lagging behind when it comes to trading and E&P in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 29.05.2020

Nigeria
Covid-19: Africa Oil weathers storm thanks to fuel hedging

Junior oil firms are facing the very real threat of having to close before the year's end or deal with a deep crisis but there is one such company - highly active in Africa - that may have been able to limit the damage: Africa Oil Corp.

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2020

Angola
IMF calls for settlement of overindulgent dos Santos-era loans

As the IMF starts the third review of its Angolan programme, João Lourenço's administration is working overtime to seek repayments on the state-owned bank BPC's bad credit, now all held with Recredit.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics, Business 28.05.2020

Angola
Equinor and DOF Subsea steer Norway's diplomatic moves with Lourenço

Norway can count on DOF Subsea and Equinor to help the country build and then strengthen its ties with its largest economic partner in Africa, Angola.

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2020

President João Lourenço (right) with vice president of Norwegian company DOF Subsea, Jan-Kristian Haukeland.

Mozambique
Covid-19: ExxonMobil and ENI temporarily call off operations on Coral and Mamba

The suspension of operations on ExxonMobil and ENI's gas projects on Coral and Mamba will have a significant impact on the timing of drilling programmes.

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2020

Kenya
Turkana governor Josphat Nanok and business community stand alone as Tullow and Total prepare to withdraw

Turkana governor Josphat Nanok aims to become one of the strong men in the Kenyan oil sector but the Covid-19 pandemic could put an end to his ambitions. The plans of Total and Tullow to withdraw from Turkana could also hold up the plans of the county's business community.

Subscribers only Energy 26.05.2020

Mozambique
Maputo wants greater return on power exports to South Africa

The state-owned power producer Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa, which operates a dam of the same name in Mozambique's eastern region of Tete, is preparing to inspect the export lines to South Africa, whose energy market is rife with tensions.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 26.05.2020

Senegal
African Petroleum arbitration: Petronor wants rid of bothersome Frank Timis

Is the UAE-Norwegean firm Petronor that bought African Petroleum (APCL) in August 2019 finally freed of the image of APCL founder and former shareholder Frank Timis?

Subscribers only Energy 25.05.2020

Mozambique
"Heirs" of ex-presidents Armando Guebuza and Samora Machel team up in gas sector

Salimo Abdula, the frontman for the commercial interests of the former president Armando Guebuza, is going into business with the firm founded by Samora Jr.

Subscribers only Energy 22.05.2020

Ivory Coast
Tano offshore basin: Total ushers Qatar Petroleum discreetly into Ivory Coast

Even though it is in the process of withdrawing from some of its Ivorian concerns, the French major Total has decided to bring on board its favourite partner Qatar Petroleum for certain blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2020

Spotlight | Cameroon
Amid crisis, Sahara delivers oil products at pre-Covid-19 prices

The rates Nigerian trading house Sahara has applied since late February are likely to cost the Cameroonian state tens of millions of dollars in subsidies.

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2020

Nigeria
Attorney general opens new investigation to avoid paying P&ID's $9bn Calabar gas bill

After having appealed against the judgement ordering it to pay compensation to P&ID, the Nigerian justice ministry is using letters rogatory to try to prove that the company's Calabar gas project was a scam set up by Nigerian military officers and politicians.

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2020

Angola
Aenergy sues Angola and General Electric for $550m

The Portuguese power producer Aenergy facing an Angolan court probe over suspected embezzlement of money assigned to the construction of the Soyo thermal power plant has counterattacked by filing a lawsuit of its own in the US.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 20.05.2020

In 2017, the Angolan state entrusted Aenergy with the maintenance of the Soyo power plant.

Mozambique
Covid-19: Total and Saipem struggle to deploy new staff to Cabo Delgado

Several firms involved in the gas project in northern Mozambique's Cabo Delgado are hiring staff through a London-based recruitment company. But border closures are complicating relocation.

Subscribers only Energy 19.05.2020

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Morocco
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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

TotalEnergies

Gabon
BW Energy, Perenco and Assala put brakes on Gabonese oil industry renaissance in face of Covid-19

Mozambique
Exim Bank's $4.7bn loan to Total's project on Block One: the inside story

Africa
Covid-19: Which countries will follow Equatorial Guinea's lead in stopping oil firms jumping ship?

Mozambique
Total brings in former military man to head LNG plant 'security unit'

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni concerned CNOOC is getting cold feet over Total's crude exports

Africa
Japanese oil firms dominate services sector but struggle in exploration and production

Nigeria
Covid-19: Africa Oil weathers storm thanks to fuel hedging

Angola
IMF calls for settlement of overindulgent dos Santos-era loans

Angola
Equinor and DOF Subsea steer Norway's diplomatic moves with Lourenço

Mozambique
Covid-19: ExxonMobil and ENI temporarily call off operations on Coral and Mamba

Kenya
Turkana governor Josphat Nanok and business community stand alone as Tullow and Total prepare to withdraw

Mozambique
Maputo wants greater return on power exports to South Africa

Senegal
African Petroleum arbitration: Petronor wants rid of bothersome Frank Timis

Mozambique
"Heirs" of ex-presidents Armando Guebuza and Samora Machel team up in gas sector

Ivory Coast
Tano offshore basin: Total ushers Qatar Petroleum discreetly into Ivory Coast

Spotlight | Cameroon
Amid crisis, Sahara delivers oil products at pre-Covid-19 prices

Nigeria
Attorney general opens new investigation to avoid paying P&ID's $9bn Calabar gas bill

Angola
Aenergy sues Angola and General Electric for $550m

Mozambique
Covid-19: Total and Saipem struggle to deploy new staff to Cabo Delgado

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TotalEnergies

Gabon BW Energy, Perenco and Assala put brakes on Gabonese oil industry renaissance in face of Covid-19

Mozambique Exim Bank's $4.7bn loan to Total's project on Block One: the inside story

Africa Covid-19: Which countries will follow Equatorial Guinea's lead in stopping oil firms jumping ship?

Mozambique Total brings in former military man to head LNG plant 'security unit'

DRC BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Spotlight | Uganda Museveni concerned CNOOC is getting cold feet over Total's crude exports

Africa Japanese oil firms dominate services sector but struggle in exploration and production

Nigeria Covid-19: Africa Oil weathers storm thanks to fuel hedging

Angola IMF calls for settlement of overindulgent dos Santos-era loans

Angola Equinor and DOF Subsea steer Norway's diplomatic moves with Lourenço

Mozambique Covid-19: ExxonMobil and ENI temporarily call off operations on Coral and Mamba

Kenya Turkana governor Josphat Nanok and business community stand alone as Tullow and Total prepare to withdraw

Mozambique Maputo wants greater return on power exports to South Africa

Senegal African Petroleum arbitration: Petronor wants rid of bothersome Frank Timis

Mozambique "Heirs" of ex-presidents Armando Guebuza and Samora Machel team up in gas sector

Ivory Coast Tano offshore basin: Total ushers Qatar Petroleum discreetly into Ivory Coast

Spotlight | Cameroon Amid crisis, Sahara delivers oil products at pre-Covid-19 prices

Nigeria Attorney general opens new investigation to avoid paying P&ID's $9bn Calabar gas bill

Angola Aenergy sues Angola and General Electric for $550m

Mozambique Covid-19: Total and Saipem struggle to deploy new staff to Cabo Delgado

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Gabon
BW Energy, Perenco and Assala put brakes on Gabonese oil industry renaissance in face of Covid-19

Mozambique
Exim Bank's $4.7bn loan to Total's project on Block One: the inside story

Africa
Covid-19: Which countries will follow Equatorial Guinea's lead in stopping oil firms jumping ship?

Mozambique
Total brings in former military man to head LNG plant 'security unit'

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni concerned CNOOC is getting cold feet over Total's crude exports

Africa
Japanese oil firms dominate services sector but struggle in exploration and production

Nigeria
Covid-19: Africa Oil weathers storm thanks to fuel hedging

Angola
IMF calls for settlement of overindulgent dos Santos-era loans

Angola
Equinor and DOF Subsea steer Norway's diplomatic moves with Lourenço

Mozambique
Covid-19: ExxonMobil and ENI temporarily call off operations on Coral and Mamba

Kenya
Turkana governor Josphat Nanok and business community stand alone as Tullow and Total prepare to withdraw

Mozambique
Maputo wants greater return on power exports to South Africa

Senegal
African Petroleum arbitration: Petronor wants rid of bothersome Frank Timis

Mozambique
"Heirs" of ex-presidents Armando Guebuza and Samora Machel team up in gas sector

Ivory Coast
Tano offshore basin: Total ushers Qatar Petroleum discreetly into Ivory Coast

Spotlight | Cameroon
Amid crisis, Sahara delivers oil products at pre-Covid-19 prices

Nigeria
Attorney general opens new investigation to avoid paying P&ID's $9bn Calabar gas bill

Angola
Aenergy sues Angola and General Electric for $550m

Mozambique
Covid-19: Total and Saipem struggle to deploy new staff to Cabo Delgado