Equatorial Guinea oil and gas map, cropped

Equatorial Guinea after Gabriel taps into ‘low-cost, low-risk’ appeal


Issue 479 - 06 Mar 2023 - By James Gavin | 7 minute read

The replacement of long-serving oil minister Gabriel Obiang Lima with Antonio Oburu Ondo appears to have had an immediate impact, with block entries announced on 20 February for two experienced – but relatively small – independents into Equatorial Guinea’s offshore. Further developments are awaited in the ‘last enclave for American Big Oil in Africa’, writes James Gavin with Our Central Africa Correspondent.

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