11 result(s) for “Hydrocarbures”
The African Energy Bank was officially launched on October 31 in Abuja, Nigeria. With a capital of $5 billion, this new institution aims to address a funding shortfall that has become a major obstacle to the development of African hydrocarbons. Beyond the announcement, the project reflects a desire to regain control of...
This Thursday, September 17, 2026, the Ivorian State, Petroci Holding and the Brazilian Petrobras simultaneously initialed 8 Offshore Production Sharing Contracts. A first in the country's oil history, which opens 34,000 km² of the sedimentary basin to one of the world leaders in deep-water exploration.
Dr Moussa Diaby, Director General of the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB), and Hermann K. Adoueni, Director General of the Société de Storage Pétrolier de Côte d'Ivoire (SPCI), recently signed a 3-year partnership agreement. The agreement aims to bring together engineering training and th...
The Minister of Infrastructure and Road Maintenance, Yacouba Hien Sié, recently visited Ferkessédougou to assess the progress of the future dry port. At his side, Kassoum Traoré, Director General of the Autonomous Port of Abidjan, whose presence confirms the strategic importance of this logistics platform called to con...
A new exploration campaign carried out in the Ivorian sedimentary basin has led to the discovery of hydrocarbons on the offshore block CI-709. Carried out at a depth of more than 6,000 meters, this drilling confirms the interest in deep water zones.
A decisive step has been taken in the exploitation of the largest hydrocarbon deposit discovered in Côte d'Ivoire. The signing of the Final Investment Decision (DFI) by the ENI-PETROCI-VITOL Consortium commits an investment of 4 billion US dollars, for the third and final phase of the Baleine field, bringing the total...
Vanessa Kuyo did not choose an easy sector. In a world long dominated by men, she has charted her own pipeline, literally and figuratively. Boss of Kuyo Pipeline, she today embodies one of the most striking figures of emerging African capitalism, that of a woman who dared to invest fully where few were looking.
The Ivorian industry is experiencing an unprecedented rise in power. With sectoral turnover up 25% at the end of June 2025 and a contribution of 22.7% to GDP in 2024, the country relies on a diversified network of factories (from cocoa to cement, including hydrocarbons) to transform its raw materials into an engine for...
From resilience in the face of the pandemic to sustained industrial growth, Côte d'Ivoire has transformed its secondary sector into a real economic locomotive between 2020 and 2025. An impressive record (increased productivity, local integration and better oriented exports). However, structural challenges remain and ta...
Ivorian industry has gone through one of the most decisive periods in its history, from the devaluation of the CFA franc to the first privatizations. Between shock therapies imposed by the Bretton Woods institutions, renewed competitiveness and persistent structural fragilities, the country's industrial fabric has been...
From the recession inherited from the 1980s to the fragile hope of recovery, the Ivorian industry went through, between 1990 and 1993, one of the most trying periods in its history. Under pressure from the Bretton Woods institutions and the leadership of a technocratic Prime Minister, Alassane Ouattara, the country's i...