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Niger junta cashes in CNPC millions but Benin oil exports at standstill

Niamey's military rulers are in no hurry to resume crude exports via the Niger-Benin pipeline, already hit by tensions with Cotonou and attacks by the Front Patriotique de Libération, an armed ethnic Tubu group hostile to the junta. [...]

Published on 03/07/2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Niger
Niger junta cashes in CNPC millions but Benin oil exports at standstill

Niger
Chinese major CNPC unable to calm tensions with the junta

Benin, Niger
Despite an easing of tensions, CNPC oil remains cut off between Niger and Benin

Niger
Abdourahamane Tchiani's junta's IMF operation

Benin
CNPC and Petrobras set their sights on block 4

Niger
CNPC's first cargo of Nigerien crude oil heads to France

Benin, Niger
Beijing dispatches delegation to Cotonou in bid to reach deal over CNPC oil

Benin, Niger
Talon uses CNPC oil as bargaining chip in stand-off with Nigerien junta

Niger
Niger uses Turkish trader BGN to pressure CNPC over state-owned oil sale

Niger
Niger junta sends envoys to Doha in bid for economic help

Spotlight | Niger
Junta claims oil victory over China's CNPC

Spotlight | Niger
Oil and electricity sour junta leader's relations with Beijing

Niger
Niamey pits BB Energy and BGN against CNPC in Agadem crude deal

Niger
Junta and CNPC keen to complete Agadem pipeline

Benin, Niger
Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline