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Mauritania
Nouakchott in dispute with exclusive fuel supplier Addax Energy

Although it was supposed to handle all Mauritania's oil product imports in 2021, Swiss trader Addax Energy could be forced to drop its lucrative supply contract there earlier than intended. [...]

Published on 31.08.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Addax and Oryx Group
Addax Energy
Jean-Claude Gandur
National Hydrocarbons Commission
Société générale

Mauritania
Addax-Oryx and the troublesome issue of the Mauritanian fuel contract

Oryx Energies seems determined to make a fresh offer in the round of tenders scheduled for 21 March for the supply of fuel to Mauritania, despite Nouakchott just reporting that all tenders on 6 January were unsuccessful and relations with the country's authorities remaining complicated.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 03.03.2022

Oryx Energies's fuel and gas oil terminal at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, strategically placed to supply Mauritania.

Mauritania
The bid to find Addax's successor heats up

The current holder of Mauritania's fuel supply contract Swiss trader Addax Energy will finally compete for the contract's renewal, despite its rocky relationship with the country over the past year.

Subscribers only Energy 05.01.2022

Mauritania
Finance ministry orders audit of Addax Energy's bunkering activities

The Swiss trader's bunkering activities in Mauritanian waters have caught the attention of the finance ministry, sparking an audit request in early September.

Subscribers only Energy 14.09.2021

Mauritania
Addax exit opens the way for a new fuel supplier

To avoid a break in the gasoline supply chain after the Swiss firm's departure, Nouakchott plans to call on other foreign traders. For its part, the contract holder denies this and claims its contract is still running.

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.2021

India, Mauritania
India to open embassy in Nouakchott

For the past few months, India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has been laying the groundwork for the opening on an embassy in Mauritania in the first half of 2022.

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Mauritania
Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

PEP Engineering, Taylor Wessing and Gibraltar Advisory have been hired to draw up the public-private partnership model to be used for the Nouakchott-Boutilimit motorway build, a project expected to total $292m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.08.2021

Mauritania
First Quantum primed for its second ICSID copper-related arbitration

The ICSID tribunal that will arbitrate between First Quantum and the Mauritanian state over disputed millions in unpaid taxes is now ready to start. The Canadian firm is also still locked in a battle before the international arbitration centre against Zambia over a separate copper mine.

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Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

Mauritania
Nouakchott in dispute with exclusive fuel supplier Addax Energy

Mauritania
Addax-Oryx and the troublesome issue of the Mauritanian fuel contract

Mauritania
The bid to find Addax's successor heats up

Mauritania
Finance ministry orders audit of Addax Energy's bunkering activities

Mauritania
Addax exit opens the way for a new fuel supplier

India, Mauritania
India to open embassy in Nouakchott

Mauritania
Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

Mauritania
First Quantum primed for its second ICSID copper-related arbitration

Mauritania
Ghazouani tries to maintain 'Mauritanian exception' as Islamist attacks escalate in the region

South Africa
Addax and Oryx Group accused of profiting from maritime law loophole

Mauritania
Minister Abdel Vetah seeks outside advice for way out of oil storage conundrum