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Oilmen wheel and deal prior to election

Tradition has it in Nigeria that election years are always preceded by a huge sell-off of oil licenses. Looking ahead to legislative and presidential elections in 2015 the government of Goodluck Jonathan has just put 31 marginal fields on the [...] (657 words)

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Energy

Seplat/Maurel & Prom pairing brought to court

Claiming that the French junior's entry into the capital of Nigeria's Seplat breached certain regulations, three investors have filed suit against Maurel & Prom in Paris. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 05/05/2015

Yinka Folawiyo a star in Lagos’ offshore

Set up almost 30 years ago, the Nigerian group Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Co that belongs to the Yinka Folawiyo & [...]

NIGERIA Energy 11/03/2014

Suspense increases over Shell’s sell-off

Shell received the financial offers for its stakes on OML [...]

Breaking newsNIGERIA 25/02/2014

Holland on short trip to Abuja

French president François Hollande will keep his delegation to a strict minimum when he drops in on Nigeria on Feb. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 11/02/2014

Majors cooling heels for renewals

Two years after negotiating with the oil ministry, Shell still hasn’t won a renewal of its shallow water permits. Chevron has run into the same problem. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 14/01/2014

How Seplat found funding

Selected by Chevron to buy its assets in the Niger [...]

NIGERIA Energy 10/12/2013

Glencore at battle stations

Cash-rich and determined to develop in the upstream, Glencore has elbowed its way into the sale of assets by Western majors in Nigeria. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 10/12/2013

First shortlist for Shell auction

Considered the most promising asset put up for sell by Shell, OML 29 has drawn four bids that the company deems interesting. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 26/11/2013

Auction drums up $2 billion

The latest auction of Shell’s stakes in the Niger Delta [...]

NIGERIA Energy 26/11/2013

Peters seeks upstream venture

The Nigerian trader Benedict Peters is in the running to buy several of Shell’s licences. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 12/11/2013

NPDC slows down partners

Stepping into four licences in 2011, the E&P branch of NNPC is having trouble keeping up with its partners. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 12/11/2013

Taleveras in robust E&P push

According to our sources, the Nigerian trading concern Taleveras will shortly take over the onshore OML 119 license that has [...]

NIGERIA Energy 29/10/2013

Twenty line up for Shell

A second sell-off of Shell's assets in the Niger Delta, [...]

NIGERIA Energy 15/10/2013

Hiccup in privatization

With the government’s campaign to promote the second phase in the privatization of power plants and transmission lines in full [...]

NIGERIA Energy 15/10/2013

Seplat in gas play before IPO

Anticipated this summer by Africa Energy Intelligence (AEI 693), the flotation of the Nigerian oil group Seplat on the London [...]

NIGERIA Energy 15/10/2013

Abdegbulugbe’s private sell-off

Former energy adviser to Olusegun Obasanjo, Anthony Adegbulugbe is selling off part of licenses he was awarded without competitive bidding in 2011, to Abuja’s displeasure. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 17/09/2013

NPDC stakes claim in Chevron sale

The national oil company is to exercise its option to become operator on three of the five licenses that Chevron is trying to sell. [...]

NIGERIA Energy 03/09/2013

Chevron impedes Shell & Total

By selling its holdings in a series of marginal fields in the Niger Delta, Chevron is blocking the development of two gas projects of Shell and Total. [...]

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Seplat/Maurel & Prom pairing brought to court

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Suspense increases over Shell’s sell-off

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Majors cooling heels for renewals

How Seplat found funding

Glencore at battle stations

First shortlist for Shell auction

Auction drums up $2 billion

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NPDC slows down partners

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Twenty line up for Shell

Hiccup in privatization

Seplat in gas play before IPO

Abdegbulugbe’s private sell-off

NPDC stakes claim in Chevron sale

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Seplat/Maurel & Prom pairing brought to court

Yinka Folawiyo a star in Lagos’ offshore

Suspense increases over Shell’s sell-off

Holland on short trip to Abuja

Majors cooling heels for renewals

How Seplat found funding

Glencore at battle stations

First shortlist for Shell auction

Auction drums up $2 billion

Peters seeks upstream venture

NPDC slows down partners

Taleveras in robust E&P push

Twenty line up for Shell

Hiccup in privatization

Seplat in gas play before IPO

Abdegbulugbe’s private sell-off

NPDC stakes claim in Chevron sale

Chevron impedes Shell & Total

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