RE: Cameroon’s Bakassi and Ndian River Countdown!?29 Apr 2026 08:37
Like myself have been very frustrated and like many I’ve been under here but this time following TRP has been a real learning curve for me, and yes I’ve had some this is it moments
A and not surprisingly been mocked when it wasn’t!
I suggest we don’t mistake his deliberate pace for slowness, Asher is actually playing a high-stakes "long game" rooted in political endurance and technical mastery of West Africa over many decades including the Niger Delta system. Any guesses why that significant?
Asher is a "diplomatic navigator" whose expertise lies in navigating the geological and political overlap between Nigeria and Cameroon. While his primary operations are in Cameroon’s Rio del Rey basin, it seems to me he has a strategy that treats the region as a single, borderless petroleum system—the prolific Niger Delta.
He has long term connection in Nigeria, therefore His cross-border influence is not to be ignored and I like to think Cameroon knows that Jeremie’s experience goes back to the time when the border between Nigeria and Cameroon was disputed! Anyone like to hazard a guess which blocks sit in this ver area???
Having served as a director at Pacific Drilling—a mainstay of Nigeria’s deepwater sector—and as an executive at Glencore, he understands the region’s commercial DNA better than most. He recognizes that his Thali block in Cameroon is geologically identical to the prolific fields on the Nigerian side, allowing him to apply "Nigerian-scale" insights to his Cameroonian assets.
Yes it’s been frustratingly time consuming! But Asher’s strength lies in his diplomatic network. By maintaining direct lines to Cameroon’s Presidency and the SNH, he has successfully navigated the sensitive post-Bakassi landscape, securing critical license extensions where others might have folded. His recent $15 million farm-out deal with Prime Global Energies proves his patience: he waited for the right partner to fully fund the NJOM-3 well, ensuring Tower Resources remains a key player in the most productive basin in Africa.
Asher maintains direct access to Cameroon’s Presidency and SNH leadership, enabling him to secure long-term extensions on sensitive border blocks. By positioning TRP at the intersection of state-level diplomacy and West African geology, Asher ensures that we are a viable player in the massive Niger Delta system, even when larger firms exited the region in the past Asher is still there and I believe that means a lot to Cameroon and Africa in general.