Weekly summary report : Oil & gas

Power Brokers and their Connections

Published this week in the OIL & GAS section  SPOTLIGHT _ _  ANGOLA _ _  25/05/2021 _ _   BP and ENI merger plan could threaten Total's position as top dog The planned merger between BP and ENI has put Total under pressure but the French major, which has been Angola's leading producer since 2013, does not intend to give up its position easily.  [...]  GABON _ _  28/05/2021 _ _   Maurel & Prom and Libreville gear up for arbitration   The state-owned Indonesian company Pertamina which owns Maurel & Prom has refused to compromise on the compensation it is demanding from Gabon Oil Co and instead the two companies have agreed on the make-up of a Paris arbitration panel.  [...]      CHAD _ _  28/05/2021 _ _   After Déby's death, DoJ goes after his ex-ambassador to US   The US authorities have indicated their intention of arresting Chadian diplomat Mahamoud Adam Bechir, who is accused of taking money from Griffiths Energy to help it acquire blocks in 2011.  [...]      NIGERIA _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   UTM Offshore to launch Nigeria's first FLNG venture with backing of DPR and ExxonMobil   Following the lead of Cameroon and Mozambique, Nigeria is finally moving into floating liquefied natural gas technology. An extremely well-connected businessman in the Niger Delta, Julius Rone, is orchestrating proceedings.  [...]      GHANA _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   Still no shotgun wedding in sight for ENI and Springfield   More than a year after authorities in Ghana ordered the unitisation of ENI's Sankofa and Springfield's Afina fields, the process is at a standstill.  [...]      NIGERIA _ _  26/05/2021 _ _   APC-connected Unibros reaps NNPC shipping contracts   Local firms were put out to see the lucrative deal snapped up by the Greek company, which insists it won the tender fairly.  [...]      UGANDA _ _  24/05/2021 _ _   Museveni deploys yet more troops to protect Total's oil   Uganda's counterterrorism support for neighbouring DRC is primarily aimed at protecting Lake Albert's nascent oil infrastructure.  [...]      TUNISIA _ _  24/05/2021 _ _   Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar   With the country in a difficult social situation, Shell is pulling out all the stops to get the Tunisian government to extend its permit on the field ahead of its projected departure from the country in July 2022.  [...] Discover our subscription offers

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