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Senegal’s Oil Minister says Investors “Should be Excited”

 As part of the official launch of the Africa Energy Series: Senegal 2019 report, key leaders within Senegal’s oil and gas industry gathered in a panel to discuss key opportunities within the country’s emerging hydrocarbons sector.  Senegal’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, H.E. Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé, promoted the wide range of investment opportunities in the […]

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BP Expects to Deliver around $10 billion of Divestment Proceeds

BP announced October 13 that it now expects to deliver divestment proceeds and announced transactions totalling around $10 billion by the end of 2019, comprising the majority of its two-year divestment programme planned to complete by the end of 2020. Following the $10.25 billion all-cash acquisition of US onshore assets from BHP in 2018, BP […]

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Algeria to Host GECF 22nd Ministerial Meeting. Discusses Partnerships with Russia

The proposal to hold the next ministerial meeting of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries (GECF) in Algeria in November 2020 was accepted by its members, while the Minister of Energy, Mohamed Arkab, was appointed chairman of this meeting, according to Algerian state firm Sonatrach. These decisions were taken at the 21st GECF Ministerial Meeting, […]

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