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On June 26, though, a spokesman for the
US-based super-major told Reuters that the
company was working actively to discuss the
matter with representatives of the workers and
the Chadian government.
For his part, Hamit Samba, a representative
of the strikers, told the news agency that all
efforts to resolve the dispute had failed thus far.
“The mediation with the government and the
labour regulator did not lead to concrete com-
mitments,” he said. “Production is at a complete
standstill across all of [ExxonMobil’s] fields, and
we plan to hold firm until the complete satisfac-
tion of our demands.”
Doba yielded about 33,700 barrels per day
(bpd) of oil last year, equivalent to about a third The Doba project covers seven fields in south-western Chad (Image: ExxonMobil)
of Chad’s total production. The strike has report-
edly forced the Komé 5 plant, which handles which constitute ExxonMobil’s entire portfolio
crude extracted from the fields at Doba, to sus- in Chad and Cameroon.
pend operations. The Doba project encompasses the Bolobo,
Savannah had said earlier this month that it Komé, Maikeri, Miandoum, Moundouli, Nya
was in “advanced exclusive discussions” with and Timbré oilfields in Chad’s Logone Oriental
ExxonMobil on a proposal for the acquisition region. Crude from these fields is loaded into
of a 40% equity stake in the Doba oil project the Chad-Cameroon pipeline, which follows
in Chad and an effective 40% interest in the a 1,070-km route from south-western Chad to
Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline. It did not say the Kome-Kribi floating storage and off-loading
how much it had offered to pay for these assets, (FSO) vessel, for export. ™

DFFE rejects LNG-to-power project

applications from Karpowership

SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fish-
eries and the Environment (DFFE) has decided
against giving Karpowership (Turkey) permis-
sion to go ahead with three LNG-to-power
projects.
DFFE announced its decision in a statement
dated June 24. “The competent authority in the
department has decided, after due consideration
of all relevant information presented as part of
the environmental impact assessment process
for all three applications in question, to refuse
the applications for the environmental authori-
sations,” it said. It explained the ruling by saying
that Karpowership had not yet had the time to
assess the environmental impact of the projects. Karpowership’s first LNG-to-power project was in Indonesia (Photo: Karpowership)
The Turkish company began seeking envi-
ronmental approvals for the establishment of DMRE selected Karpowership within the
LNG-to-power facilities in the ports of Coega, framework of an emergency effort to alleviate
Richards Bay and Saldanha last October, when South Africa’s ongoing electricity shortages. This
it was chosen by the Department of Mineral effort, known as the risk mitigation independent
Resources and Energy (DMRE) to execute power producers programme, was designed to
projects at these three sites. In its applications, make another 2,000 MW of generating capacity
it outlined plans for anchoring paired floating available within a short period.
storage and regasification units (FSRUs) and However, DFFE’s ruling may prevent the
powerships in each port. (The powerships were Turkish company from meeting its obligation
to have a combined generating capacity of 1,220 as a preferred bidder to wrap up agreements by
MW.) the end of July.

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