African Energy Chamber (AEC) Endorses Oando’s $783M Acquisition of Nigerian Agip Oil Company

Nigerian energy company Oando PLC has successfully completed its acquisition of 100% of the shareholding interest in the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) from Italian multinational Eni. As the voice … Read More

Acquisition Approval Delays: The Wrong Look for Nigeria 

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber The Nigerian government needs to step up its game regarding approvals for indigenous companies acquiring in-country foreign energy assets. The negative consequences … Read More

End Energy Colonialism and Let Africa Make its Choices on Natural Gas at Conference of the Parties (COP27) – African Energy Chamber

Let’s look at African realities A kettle boiled twice a day by the rich and luxurious family of radical leftist group Extinction Rebellion’s Chloé Farand in the France, uses five … Read More

OPINION: Glencore’s Leadership Must be Held Accountable for Company’s Corrupt Behavior (By NJ Ayuk)

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber  After U.S. energy company Enron made global headlines in the early 2000s for accounting and corporate fraud, attention quickly shifted to the … Read More

OPINION PIECE: Why Senegal and Mauritania are Front-Runners to Fill the Natural Gas Supply Gap Created by Russia

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber  When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Senegal on May 22, he made clear that his country views energy — and natural … Read More

Operator-Friendly Policies Have Positioned Senegal and Mauritania Natural Gas Industries for Success

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber After Mauritania and Senegal signed the inter-governmental cooperation agreement in 2018 that allowed partners Kosmos Energy, BP, and their partners to proceed … Read More

MOZAMBIQUE: First Gas Introduced to Coral-Sul FLNG from Coral South Field

Italian energy major Eni has announced first gas to the Coral-Sul Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility from the Coral South Field located in Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin … Read More

TANZANIA: The Signing of Initial LNG Framework Agreement will Open African Gas Markets

Tanzania has made history with the signing of the initial Host Government Agreement (HGA) for the country’s $30 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. The agreement, which defines the fiscal, … Read More

Afreximbank, APPO MoU Creates Africa Energy Bank to Finance Africa’s Oil and Gas Projects

Pan-African multilateral trade finance institution, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) for the creation of a multi-billion-dollar … Read More