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Spotlight | Ghana
Kosmos makes fresh attempt to win government support for takeover of Oxy assets

Kosmos Energy is pulling out all the stops to get the government to approve its planned multi-million dollar acquisition of the Ghanaian assets of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy). [...]

Published on 24/09/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry

The Ghanaian authorities are still refusing to approve a transaction authorising PetroSA to increase its stake in the offshore permit Deepwater Tano. GNPC seems to have taken sides with the South African firm, which has teamed up with the discreet local firm Bluestar Exploration for the transaction.

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US pressure led to Akufo-Addo's green light for Oxy-Kosmos deal

The US firms, whose deal had been blocked for months by the Ghanaian authorities, had to turn to US diplomats to get it over the line.

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How GNPC plans to painlessly finance its $200m purchase of Oxy assets

The state-owned oil firm has put together a financial deal that will allow it to easily borrow from another state entity to buy 7% of the Jubilee and TEN producing fields.

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Accra shakes up mining process by shifting the management of all its permits online

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Oxy pushes energy ministry to approve Kosmos Energy deal

As the sale of its Ghanaian assets drags on, Oxy has decided to give Accra an ultimatum.

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Springfield tries to outbid Kosmos for Occidental's former Anadarko fields

Ghanaian oil junior Springfield E&P has formed a partnership with Sweden's Lundin family to bid against US group Kosmos for the stakes in the Jubilee and TEN fields held by the Anadarko group prior to its takeover by Occidental Petroleum.

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Tullow Oil explores its way out of the doldrums

The junior's production throughput in Africa has fallen by a third since 2019 due mainly poor results from its offshore fields in Ghana.

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West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

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Africa
The sensational rise and spectacular fall of Pefaco casino and hotels

Nigeria
Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Spotlight | Ghana
Kosmos makes fresh attempt to win government support for takeover of Oxy assets

Spotlight | Ghana
PetroSA's case for TEN and Jubilee shares poisons relations between GNPC and energy ministry

Spotlight | Ghana
US pressure led to Akufo-Addo's green light for Oxy-Kosmos deal

Ghana
How GNPC plans to painlessly finance its $200m purchase of Oxy assets

Ghana
Accra shakes up mining process by shifting the management of all its permits online

Ghana
Oxy pushes energy ministry to approve Kosmos Energy deal

Ghana
Springfield tries to outbid Kosmos for Occidental's former Anadarko fields

Africa, Ghana
Tullow Oil explores its way out of the doldrums

West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Spotlight | Ghana
After Total's withdrawal, Glencore and Vitol come running for what's left of Anadarko

Spotlight | Africa
Kosmos and Tullow hardest hit by coronavirus

Spotlight | Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique
The secret story of Total's strike on Anadarko