AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoLegal & Business: An Australian judge refused Equatorial Resources’ bid to stop Clifford Chance from pursuing arbitration over a roughly $3.46 million unpaid legal bill tied to the miner’s wider Congo claim. Agriculture Diplomacy: Venezuela wrapped up its participation in the Republic of Congo’s Great Agricultural Fair in Bambou-Mingali, with officials discussing follow-up cooperation under a 2023 memorandum, highlighting coffee and cacao. Telecom Enforcement: Congo’s telecom regulator ARPCE dismantled a sixth illegal SIM box fraud network in Brazzaville, seizing two 16-port SIM boxes and equipment during a raid in Massengo. Energy & Investment (Regional): SLB agreed to buy Kelvion for about $3.4 billion plus debt, aiming to expand cooling tech for AI data centres, with SLB operating across multiple African countries including the Republic of Congo. Oil & Gas (Regional): Etu Energias signed deals to acquire Chevron’s stakes in Angola’s deepwater Block 14 and 14K, positioning Etu to become the largest interest holder and potentially the operator on Block 14. LNG (Regional): Wison New Energies delivered an FLNG unit to Eni that is now operational in the Republic of Congo.
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