RE: Cameroon freezes purchase agreements14 Jun 2023 08:41
In a press release, the Board of Directors of the National Hydrocarbons Company (SNH) of Cameroon decided to freeze the transaction concluded on April 19, 2023 between SNH and the Savannah Energy Company.
The Board of Directors of the National Hydrocarbons Company (SNH), met for its first session of the year, on June 13, 2023, under the chairmanship of Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, Minister of State, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic. During this session, the activities carried out by SNH between January and April were presented to the Board by the Managing Director, Mr. Adolphe Moudiki.
This session shows the presentation of two Production Sharing Contracts, signed on March 31, between the Republic of Cameroon, SNH and Addax Petroleum Cameroon Company and Perenco Rio del Rey. This session materializes the alignment with the Petroleum Code, Establishment Agreements and Association Contracts covering the Rio del Rey and Mokoko Abana producing areas.
“National crude oil production stood at 8.01 million barrels as of April 30, down 2.23% from the same period a year earlier. Natural gas production was 916.01 million m3, up 4.53%. Sales of oil and gas made by SNH for the State made it possible to transfer to the Public Treasury, after deduction of charges, 269.221 billion CFA francs. This amount is up by 31.19% compared to the same period of the previous year. In addition, SNH paid the State 16.259 billion CFA francs in taxes and duties”.
This led SNH's Board of Directors to welcome these good results and approve SNH's accounts for the 2022 financial year. However, “the Board finally decided to freeze the transaction concluded on April 19, 2023 between SNH and the Savannah Energy Company”, concludes the press release.
The transaction between SNH and Savannah Energy has raised tension between Cameroon and Chad, which has not recognized the sale of Esso's assets in the oil consortium to Savannah Energy.
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