Many close advisors have come and gone under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long tenure. Once important inner circle figures – such as Yigit Bulut, Yalcin Akdogan, Ilnur Cevik, Hilal Kaplan…
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On 4 April, Minister of Energy Jeff Radebe signed the long-delayed power purchase agreements with 27 successful bidders from Rounds 3.5 and 4 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers…
Round 3.1, which tendered shallow-water fields in the Gulf of Mexico, took place on 27 March and was successful overall, albeit geographically uneven. Out of the 35 blocks available, 16…
On 9 March, former President Cristina Kirchner attacked how President Mauricio Macri’s administration has managed the energy sector, specifically its tariff adjustment policies. In a series of posts on social…
Petrobras’ plan to divest its natural gas pipeline and distribution companies was recently forced back a step. The company’s proposed sale of its residential gas distributor Liquigas for $820bn to…
Guinea-Bissau is expecting National Assembly elections later this year. With two years of political disruption, a newly appointed prime minister, and the return of the prime minister deposed in the…
Libya’s oil output appeared to reach a healthy 1.05mn bpd in January 2018, boosted by the restoration of 45,000 bpd of production from the As-Sarah field. Average oil production was…
On 29 January, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) announced that it had filed a case at the Administrative Court to seek “financial accountability of public officials and state-owned companies involved…
Following President Ilham Aliyev’s request on 5 February, the Central Electoral Commission has rescheduled the presidential election for 11 April instead of 17 October 2018. In our view, Aliyev’s…
Gabon is still dealing with the results of the disputed August 2016 presidential election. Leading opposition candidate Jean Ping accused the ruling party of electoral fraud, while the Constitutional Court…