Tag: Chad-Cameroon

Savannah Petroleum in talks to buy ExxonMobil’s asset portfolio in Chad and Cameroon

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CHAD-CAMEROON – Savannah Energy, the African’s oil, and gas industry-focused British independent energy company, is in advanced exclusive discussions with ExxonMobil with respect to the proposed acquisition of its entire upstream and midstream asset portfolio in Chad and Cameroon. The proposed acquisition would include a 40% operated interest in the Doba Oil Project, and an effective approximately 40 percent interest in the Chad-Cameroon oil transportation pipeline.  In 2020, the Doba Oil Project produced an average gross of 33.7 thousand barrels per day (Kbopd), and the Chad-Cameroon pipeline transported a gross of 129.2 Kbopd. If completed on…

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AfDB approves US$34M from EU for completion of Chad, Cameroon electricity interconnection projection

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electricity linkage to 250MW by 2021

CENTRAL AFRICA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement for €30 million (US$33.78 million) in funding from the European Union (EU) for the completion of the electricity interconnection project between Chad and Cameroon. The board of directors of the African Development Fund recently approved the finance, which is in addition to the funds already available for the implementation of the interconnection project. A statement from the African Development Fund explained that the grant for the electricity interconnection project comes from the resources of the EU’s Africa Investment…

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9 million people to benefit from US$385m IDA funded Cameroon-Chad Power Interconnection Project

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CENTRAL AFRICA – The International Development Association (IDA), a subsidiary of the World Bank Group, has approved a loan of US$385 million for Cameroon-Chad power interconnection project. The funds according to Africa Energy Portal will be used to finance a power interconnection project between the two Central African countries. The total population directly concerned by the power interconnection project will be about 8.9 million, of which 6.5 million will be in Cameroon and 2.4 million in Chad. Apart from the support of International Development Association (IDA), the project is also…

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