Den gjennomgående linjen er at Sall står på sitt om at påstandene i BBC reportasjen er falske og at han neppe vil gi etter for opposisjonens press.

Kanskje greit at du leser de fulle artiklene og tråden før du uttaler deg. Tråden burde jo kanskje være et hint om at dette i utgangspunktet ikke gjelder våre lisenser?

Petronor liker korrupte lisenser

Hysterisk moro,,alle kontraktene APCL ikke eier lenger, til er et resultat av korrupsjon. Apcl har «kontorer» i boligblokk og fem tilknyttede personer.

Opposisjonen nekter å gi slipp på "oljeskandalen" og ønsker full gjennomgang av tildelede PSC's. Som tidligere antatt så er Thierno Sall, tidligere sparket oljeminister, med opposisjonen.

OPINION: Sall can sidestep strife in Senegal

"Doubt has been cast on documents backing the BBC's allegations, which Sall claims are without foundation and were inspired by those trying to destabilise Senegal.

The Petro-Tim deal was in any case signed by his predecessor, just not numbered and gazetted, but his opponents are still baying for blood.

Presidential aspirant Ousmane Sonko is now stirring unrest, joined by ex-energy minister Thierno Sall and former prime minister Abdoul Mbaye who wants Interior Minister Aly Ngouille Ndiaye and Macky Sall himself tried for high treason."

"Protesters under the civil society platform Aar Li Nu Bokk have hit the streets, demanding an expert review of oil deals and vowing to keep up the pressure.

So will Sall cave in to Mbaye's demands and call for a review of all upstream contracts, triggering lawsuits from irate licencees? Not likely."

https://www.upstreamonline.com/hardcopy/1819726/opinion-sall-can-sidestep-strife-in-senegal

Senegal PSC deals under fire

"Street protests in the Senegal capital Dakar saw a resurgence at the weekend as activists echoed opposition calls for President Macky Sall to review production sharing contracts for offshore blocks that has seen farm-in deals from major players such Dallas-based Kosmos Energy, BP and Total, writes Barry Morgan."

"The government in Dakar has insisted that activists have simply misunderstood the way the industry works and that talk of billion-dollar losses to the exchequer and illegal payments is without foundation."

https://www.upstreamonline.com/hardcopy/1820399/senegal-psc-deals-under-fire

Og syntes det er VELDIG rart at det er helt stille på ICSID fronten.Sakene i både Gambia og Senegal burde ha kommet videre.Så blir veldig spennende å se hva som skjer i etterkant av fusjonen,når den er i boks.Burde vel få en melding denne uka,da fyker vi over krona🙂Og da begynner endelig det nye kapittelet med petronor,og muligheten for mange gode meldinger!

Hmm,hva med total og rop🙂??rimelig sikker på at noe skjedde på bakrommet der også.Og når det nå settes lys på avtaler på bakrommet,så vil kanskje senegal unngå enda mer dårlig publisitet rundt slikt🙂Så forlik på sosp og komme raskt videre,burde vel være av interesse!

Da har "oljeskandalen" i Senegal fått sitt første "offer".

Senegal President's brother resigns after allegations of energy fraud

"DAKAR, June 24 (Reuters) - The brother of Senegal’s President Macky Sall has resigned from his government post after allegations of fraud relating to natural gas contracts, he said on Monday.

An investigation by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) this month alleged that a company run by Aliou Sall received a secret payment of $250,000 in 2014 from Frank Timis, a businessman whose company, Timis Corporation, that year secured licences to two major offshore gas blocks.

The affair has dominated the airwaves in Senegal, overshadowing the beginning of President Sall’s second term. Protesters have taken to the streets of the capital Dakar in recent weeks and the country’s top prosecutor has launched an investigation."

"Aliou Sall, who is mayor of a Dakar suburb, said he was resigning from his position in a body linked to the national treasury, but denied that he received a payment from Timis. In a statement he said the allegations were part of a campaign to “dehumanise” him and make him “public enemy number one”."

https://af.reuters.com/article/senegalNews/idAFL8N23V5SO

Det var da voldsomt hvor prektig og feilfri oljeindustrien plutselig er blitt.
Oljeindustrien i Afrika har vel vært kjent for skandaler, for eks Shell sin økokatastrofe i det lutfattige Nigerdeltaet, og industrien er vel ikke viden kjent for rettskaffen utnyttelse av ressursene til beste for folket. Men dette har Senegal nå altså lært av, iflg dette innlegget. Det er jo positivt, hvis det stemmer.

At oljeindustrien vil gi millioner av arbeidsplasser i Senegal tror jeg ikke før jeg ser det.

Dette mlnner litt om pressemeldinger fra det WH, når Donald går løs på pressen. (The enemy of the people). Skal oljeindustrien ha en transparent politikk, slik de hevder de nå har, så bør de også kunne forstå hvordan pressen arbeider, og pressens mandat, og ikke bare komme med disse ensidige forsvars-tiradene. Flaut

Hva som egentlig skjedde får vi uansett aldri vite.

Da er også The African Energy Chamber ute og kritiserer dokumentaren:

https://www.africanews.com/2019/06/17/the-african-oil-industry-denounces-bbc-panorama-s-attack-on-senegal-as-a-much-ado-about-nothing/

The African oil industry denounces BBC Panorama's attack on Senegal as a much Ado about nothing

The African Energy Chamber (EnergyChamber.org) rejects the accusations made by the recent BBC Panorama program on Senegal and believes this case is about a sinister rush to judgment, an obsession to taint a reform-driven President and the oil industry at any cost and by any means, and certainly without an understanding of the facts and how the oil industry works.

It is important that in this rush to judgment, truth and an understanding of the oil industry should be the number one priority rather than overlooking and manufacturing evidence.

As per the Senegalese Petroleum Code, BP’s acquisition of the blocks is well in line with the current tendering processes applied in Senegal. Prior to its acquisition of the Cayar Profond and St Louis Profond offshore concessions, BP conducted extensive and appropriate due diligences to ascertain the ownership and operation of the block. This was the same with Kosmos Energy.

Taking into consideration BP and Kosmos Energy’s strong compliance practices and adherence to the U.S Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K Anti-Bribery and Corruption Act, it is unthinkable that that either company would move ahead with the deals if there were any implication of wrong doing in the award of the licenses. Kosmos Energy conducted a very intensive due diligence, which it sent to the to the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission for vetting and no wrongdoing was found.

Finally, all due processes were adhered to and the initial award of the block was made prior to President Macky Sall being elected President, and all investigations conducted by various Senegalese regulators revealed that all transactions were above board.

“President Macky Sall has been a reformer and pushed through market-driven policies that have made the future of Senegal’s oil industry a bright one and people-centered one,” stated NJ Ayuk, CEO of Centurion Law Group and Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber.

“Senegal at this moment must not be deprived from the millions of jobs that its oil sector will bring to the country. These attacks are meant to slow investment into oil industry’s projects and investment into Senegal,” added Ayuk.

The Senegalese people should not be fooled and we need to move away from rhetoric to relevance, symbols to substance, populism and charisma to character that provide pragmatic common-sense solutions to many who expect more from Senegal’s ’s oil and gas sector. Senegal is lucky to have leadership that have a clear vision with an understanding of the success and mistakes of other African producers like Nigeria, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola and Congo among others.

Through their investments in the energy sector and the reforms by President Macky Sall, oil and gas production over the next 10 years would inject billions of dollars into the Senegalese economy and support more than 1 million jobs. In this regard, it is important that smart, pro-growth policies continue to be implemented to ensure growth.


Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Energy Chamber.
Media Contact:

African Energy Chamber

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Johannesburg

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Ja da gjør vi som han anbefaler🙂Kommer ikke no spesiell nedgang,har de masa om de siste 2 åra.Da var det også signaler som hadde vist det samme før og da skulle det bli krakk,ha..ha.Trump som er uromomentet,men han kommer aldri verden til å la børsene krakke.Børsen er barometeret han bruker på hvor vellykket han har er/ har vært.Det ser vi på flere utsagn han har kommet med,han er veldig opptatt av at børsene er høyest mulig.Så når det nå nærmer seg valgkamp igjen,ville det sett veldig dårlig ut om økonomien i USA gikk dårlig og børsene falt.Derfor er jeg ganske så sikker på at Trump kanskje jekker seg noe i handelskrigen mot Kina,får å snart få en avtale.Da vil børsene få seg et skikkelig løft,og Trump kan pleie sitt ego i valgkampen.Så nei,tror ikke vi skal noe ned nå heller,blir nok enda mer opp med Trump bak roret.Så får vi heller se når ny president kommer til makten,for regner med Trump bare får en periode.Først da kan vi kanskje få en skikkelig korreksjon🙂

https://www.hegnar.no/Nyheter/Boers-finans/2019/06/Boersum-anbefaler-salg-av-alt

Dette blåser nok fort over selv om opposisjonen forsøker å høste så mye som mulig ut av saken.

Senegal police detain protesters amid outcry over gas deal

Senegalese riot police fired tear gas and detained more han 20 people on Friday at an unsanctioned protest in Dakar over a BBC report of allegations the president’s brother was involved in fraud related to two offshore gas blocks developed by BP PLC.

Prosecutors have said they will open an investigation following the publication of the BBC report earlier in June. The report has caused public outcry and cast a shadow over

Senegal’s energy plans years before the first oil and gas starts flowing.

Opposition groups had called for a peaceful protest for Friday, but the authorities did not give permission.

https://af.reuters.com/article/senegalNews/idAFL8N23L5UH

At de nekter for alt er vel som forventet. Det motsatte hadde vært en stor sensasjon. Når innrømmet en statsleder korrupsjon og nepotisme?

At journalisten framstod som ensidig og noe lettvindt, det så vel alle. Litt overraskende at BBC ikke var mer kritisk, men kanskje BBC mener å kunne dokumentere dette. Og kanskje har de kryss-sjekket dokumentasjonen?

Om BBC har rett eller ikke, er umulig å vite. Og vi får neppe noensinne svaret.

Og så dreier det seg altså om ære og respekt:

"Indeed, several passages are of a defamatory character that undermine the honor and the respect of the Senegalese citizen Mr. Aliou Sal"

Greit å få et lite innblikk i hvilke honorarer overklassen ser på som normalt, og hvordan de finansierer livsstilen sin - i et lutfattig land.
Ære er altså viktig. Men de skammer seg derimot ikke.

Har dette noen som helst betydning for APCL? Neppe, slik saken står nå. Timis er historie.

Svært detaljert svar fra Sall på det som ikke er i nærheten av å være det som først ble fremstilt. Journalisten har til og med bevisst unnlatt å ta med Sall sine skriftlige tilsvar i forkant av dokumentaren. Her også bekreftes det igjen at ikke disse omtalte aksjene, i blant annet APCL, havnet i Sall sitt eie:

http://www.yerimpost.com/aliou-sall-saisit-le-mediateur-de-la-bbc-voici-sa-plainte/

To the attention of the BBC Internal Mediator, this attached letter is signed by Mr. Moustapha Dieng, Aliou Sall's attorney. In his "complaint", the boss of the Caisse des Depots et Consignations (CDC) represses the non-respect of journalistic principles by Mayeni Jones in his report. That being said, Aliou Sall does not rule out seizing Ofcom.

"On Sunday, June 2, 2019, BBC News Africa aired a report titled:" A $ 10 Billion Scandal ", presented by journalist Mayeni Jones.
The analysis of the element makes it very clear that this report was made in clear violation of the ethical and deontological rules that govern the exercise of journalism.
Indeed, several passages are of a defamatory character that undermine the honor and the respect of the Senegalese citizen Mr. Aliou Sall.
We must bring to your attention the material evidence that the journalist Mayeni Jones did not comply in this case with all the rules of prudence required for reliable production that respects the rights and freedoms of the human person.
You will note with us that the adversarial principle was manifestly violated, because the author knowingly and seriously truncated the written document bearing the answers of Mr. Aliou Sall to his arrests.
Ms. Mayeni Jones accuses Mr. Aliou Sall:
To have used his influence in his capacity as brother of the President of the Republic of Senegal to provide Romanian businessman Frank Timis with contracts for research and sharing of oil and gas production in our country. equity consideration in companies valued at $ 03 million.
To have under the same circumstances unduly benefited from a salary of 25 000 US dollars a month for five years paid by the company of Mr. Frank Timis.
To have also received a payment of 250 000 US dollars transferred by the same Mr. Frank Timis in the account of Agritrans, the company of Mr. Aliou Sall.
We must remember that these allegations do not correspond to the truth.
We reproach Ms. Mayeni Jones for failing to rigorously cross-check her sources, for rushing to give the floor to interested accusers and taking care not to allow the voice of the offending person to be heard. report, in this case Mr. Aliou Sall.
This unbalanced article where the reported facts are largely wrong calls for the following clarifications:
Timis Corporation has obtained the agreement of the Government of Senegal for the granting of oil licenses Saint-Louis Offshore Deep and Cayar Offshore Deep from January 17, 2012, nearly three months before the swearing in of the new President-elect, Mr. Macky Sall, brother of Mr. Aliou Sall. By virtue of the constitutional principle of state continuity, the state has only approved, among other decrees, a decision already taken by its predecessor. It is also during this transitional period that the decrees 2012-596 and 2012-597 approving these contracts were naturally signed by the new Head of State. It is therefore established that Mr. Aliou Sall was not the basis of the granting of concession contracts to Timis Corporation. Mr. Aliou Sall never interceded in favor of Mr. Frank Timis in exchange for the grant of shares worth 3,000,000 US dollars in the companies of Mr. Frank Timis. Ms. Mayeni Jones's $ 25,000 in this report is the result of regular salaries earned by Mr. Aliou Sall as head of the representative office of a company operating in Senegal. No conflict of interest or violation of the law can therefore be blamed on Mr Aliou Sall. We wish to point out that such a salary for such a position is below the remuneration paid in the oil sector at the time of his appointment.
With regard to the alleged alleged transfer of US $ 250,000, it is our pleasure to reiterate strongly that there is no serious basis for this claim. This false accusation has finished casting a disgrace on Mr. Aliou Sall, because he has never received such a sum intended to corrupt him to facilitate the prospecting and research activities of Timis Corporation in Senegal. On this very important aspect of the report, Ms. Mayeni Jones ignored the version of Mr. Aliou Sall contained in a written document sent to the reporter by the law firm Shillings of London. Journalist Mayeni Jones says she has proof of the corruption of an email exchanged between British Oilium (Bp) and Mr Franck Timis through which he claimed $ 250,000 in taxes to pay in Senegal. It is on the basis of this e-mIt does not concern Mr. Aliou Sall that the journalist wanted to establish the effectiveness of the delivery of such a sum, which results only from his fertile imagination. There has never been a transfer of US $ 250,000 made by Mr. Frank Timis in the accounts of Agritrans.
According to our point of view, the above statement of facts indicates that the journalist, Ms. Mayeni Jones, ignored the basic rules of her profession and violated the essential ethical and deontological principles enshrined in the Ofcom dissemination code. especially :
the requirement of impartiality, the search for balance in the treatment of news
the accuracy of the information to be disseminated;
respect for individual rights
respect for the contradictory
We believe that Mrs Mayeni Jones has also infringed the rules set out in the 1971 Munich Charter on the rights and duties of journalist in points 3, 4 and 8:
"Publish only information of known origin or accompany them, if necessary, with the necessary reservations; do not delete the essential information and do not alter the texts and documents. "
"Do not use unfair methods to obtain information, photographs and documents"
8- "Refrain from plagiarism, slander, defamation, unfounded accusations and receive any benefit from the publication or deletion of information."
For all these reasons and all others to be deduced or compensated if it falls, we felt it necessary to seize your authority so that an investigation is carried out on the facts brought to your attention.
Receive the assurances of my highest consideration. "
Master Mouhamadou Moustapha DIENG
Attorney at the Bar of Senegal

Både BP og Total synes å ha blitt involvert i noe de med stor sannsynlighet ikke ønsker å være eksponert mot. Om så er, kan det da være at de helst vil komme seg "over" i ny "virkelighet", og unngå eventuelle skandaler?
Slik det fremstilles, vil nok forhandlinger og forlik på de forskjellige områder være det beste for alle, særlig de to store, og ikke minst for landets ledende.

Min tro er at med det påtrykk som vil være /er fra apcl, er det adskillig større sjanser for at Petronor vinner fram med ønsker/krav, enn at de ikke gjør det. : )

Tenkte meg at Thierno Allassane Sall var involvert i BP «skandalen». Bitter etter oppsigelsen og avspist som selvutnevnt presidentkandidat. Det er jo ikke første gangen han går inn for sverte Sall.

The government again dismissed the figures contained in the BBC report as "purely imaginary, not corresponding to any economic and financial reality of the project, let alone any loss of future income for the state," according to official spokesman Ndiaye Diop.

The state public investment vehicle CDC this week denied that Aliou Sall had been forced to step down from his role as director general.

A raft of non-governmental organisations, backed by former energy minister Thierno Allassane Sall, called for a judicial review of all offshore contracts and the renegotiation of terms in both licences, currently operated by BP in joint venture with Kosmos Energy.

https://www.upstreamonline.com/hardcopy/1804623/senegal-demands-probe

Tenker det samme som reporteren her, at det ikke blir noen sak ut av dette i det hele tatt.

Sall affair: why the investigation into gas field licences will get nowhere

On 10 June, the Dakar attorney general was given the thankless task of investigating the financial arrangements surrounding the Tortue gas field, the subject of a recent BBC exposé.
The BBC investigation broadcast on 2 June into the involvement of Frank Timis and Aliou Sall, the younger brother of the president, in the giant Tortue gas field was not merely an opportunity for the Senegalese press to indulge in endless puns on President Macky Sall's surname ("sale" means dirty in French). It has also galvanised the opposition and forced the minister of justice Malick Sall (no relation to the president) to order a formal investigation.

The BBC report covered the arrival of Petro-Tim, which is controlled by Frank Timis, on the Cayar offshore profond and St. Louis offshore profond gas fields in 2012, its decision to recruit Aliou Sall (AEI 685), and the successive sale of its stakeholdings first to Kosmos (AEI 763), which discovered the Tortue mega-field, and then to BP. This latter transaction is estimated to have been worth $250 million, as revealed back in 2017 by Africa Energy Intelligence (Indigo Publication - AEI 792).

Drawing on internal documents from Caldwell & Partners, the Swiss firm that manages the wealth of Frank Timis, the BBC went further by asserting that BP will, over the lifetime of the licences, pay between $9 and $12 billion in royalties to Frank Timis. Finding evidence to back up this claim is going to prove a real headache for the Dakar attorney general - it is very uncommon for a firm that has sold its stake in a field to go on receiving royalties on the production from that field. Normal practice in the oil industry is to produce a simulation of expected royalties in order to estimate the price of acquiring a stake, but generally these are forecasts, not a firm commitment.

According to our information, to date neither the US Department of Justice nor the UK Serious Fraud Office are investigating the case. For an investigation to get somewhere, these two institutions know that they would need to prove not only that Frank Timis was paying unjustified sums to Aliou Sall (the sums which were paid were covered by a consultancy contract), but also that BP and Kosmos were aware of the illegal nature of these arrangements and covered them up.

https://www.africaintelligence.com/lce/corridors-of-power/2019/06/12/sall-affair-why-the-investigation-into-gas-field-licences-will-get-nowhere,108361004-art

Og hva skjedde da total tok rop,de var langt fra den beste budgiveren,og lisensen var ikke terminert??Med rop i voldgift kan det vel hende de vil unngå mest mulig fokus på denne dealen,og komme til et forlik,ved å gi sosp til apcl.Mye snusk og snarveier som har blitt tatt.Det tror jeg de eventuelt for svi for hvis saken går hele veien.Men ikke tro på vi må det,forlik kommer ?

Senegal justice ministry calls for probe into BP gas deal

'Full investigation' requested into allegations that president's brother involved in fraud

"Senegal's justice ministry asked prosecutors on Monday to launch an inquiry into the country's energy contracts after a report alleged that the president's brother was involved in fraud related to two offshore gas blocks being developed by BP.

After the publication of the investigation by the BBC last week, President Macky Sall said the truth would be established although the government's first response was to dismiss allegations in the report as false.

In the latest statement, the justice ministry called for "a full investigation into all alleged facts".

The claims have cast a shadow over Senegal's energy plans long before the first oil and gas starts flowing and despite assurances from the president that he would root out corruption."

https://www.upstreamonline.com/live/1804253/senegal-justice-ministry-calls-for-probe-into-bp-gas-deal

ICSID prosessen kan være et argument,thief.. tvi tvi

Har lånt noen:)

Kommer i 2019,eller blir det ICSID som avgjør.De bruker ikke masse penger nå på voldgift i flere mnd,får så å komme til et forlik.Akkurat som JP sa,det er et vindu for forlik.Bruker de for lang tid/penger går saken hele veien.og det vinduet er sommer/høst?Men før noe som helst forlik,må fusjonen i boks.Og det skjer i juni,først da kan det bli morro

Har du kjøpt deg Petronorbriller?

De ordner sikkert Sosp forlengelse en gang på nyåret virker mest sannsynlig sett med Petronor briller.

Spruter nok olje på rop snart,da er sosp i boks?Selv om petronor sikkert ordner sosp uansett!De har holdt på lenge nå

Har tenkt mye på om det har vært "avtalt" mellom aktørene om Sosp/Rop lisensene om mulig utfall ,tenker da på Sosp forlengelse kunne være et mulig utfall med tanke på at Rop ikke inngår i prosessen.. Men jeg tror selv at jeg tar feil, det er alltid noen som vet mer en andre og da ville kursen stått mye høyere. Håper jeg tar feil:)

Litt ettertanke vedr. de forhold som Gambia sliter med. God lesning, men ikke så mye nytt.

How Gambia Can Avoid the Timis-BP-Senegal Oil Scandal

Countries have the sovereign responsibility and their citizens expect them to use their natural resources responsibly. One sure way to achieve this is to ensure that right from the start they negotiate contracts that are in their interests. Countries that are already in agreements that disfavor them should find all means possible to renegotiate them.

Gambians have been weighing in on the recent BBC Panorama program investigation on the alleged oil deal and secret payments involving the brother of Senegal’s President and a roving bandit-cum dubious predatory Romanian/Australian business man – the type that fleece African countries out of billions from our natural resources.

https://www.chronicle.gm/how-gambia-can-avoid-the-timis-bp-senegal-oil-scandal/

Spørsmålet er om dette viser seg å være et forsøk på angrep på Senegal, med begrenset rot i virkeligheten. Dette er et meget annerkjent tidsskriv:

https://afriqueconfidentielle.com/politique/pretendues-investigations-sur-la-gestion-du-petrole-et-du-gaz/

REASONS INVESTIGATIONS IN OIL AND GAS MANAGEMENT

BBC, the Majors and the gang of four against Senegal!

The British public media BBC has broadcast an alleged investigation of the management of oil and gas in Senegal, entitled "scandal ten billion dollars". BBC reveals "evidences" that are unimportant that have no relation to corruption.

The salary of Aliou Sall, as a consultant to Petro Tim of Frank Timis, a sale of shares to British Petroleum, 250 million dollars. BP would commit to pay royalties of $ 10 billion to Frank Timis, in the form of royalties.

The investigation insinuates the existence of an alleged "deal" between Aliou Sall, Frank Timis and BP, endorsed by the State of Senegal! The memorandum just published by the Government of Senegal and BP's communiqué and denial refute these allegations and threaten to bring the case to justice.

Indeed, the Petro Tim case dates back to January 2012, well before the arrival of Macky Sall in power. The first document linking the Romanian-Australian Frank Timis, boss of Petro Tim Ltd is signed by Karim Wade, son of the former president, then Minister of State in charge of Energy. This was January 12, 2012, for the two blocks of Cayar Deep Offshore and Deep St. Louis Offshore of Senegal.

It was therefore more than two months before the second round of the presidential election that saw Macky Sall gain power (March 25, 2012). On May 2, 2012, oil company Tullow Oil writes to the new Minister of Energy, Aly Ngouille Ndiaye, asking the government, a regime led by former prime minister Abdoul Mbaye, to reconsider the research and production sharing agreement. , awarded to Petro Tim Ltd by the Wade Me Diet.


Opposition Mamadou Lamine Diallo and former Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye are included in the BBC's investigation.
Senegal, under the Macky Sall era immediately launched an investigation of the IGE, following which, the new President of the Republic has put in place control mechanisms, allowing Senegalese to monitor all transactions and operations concerning the management of oil and gas.

This desire for transparency has resulted in Senegal's adherence to the EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) standard and the setting up of a Strategic Orientation Committee for Oil and Gas (COS-Petro-Gas). ), which President Macky Sall has just extended to members of the political opposition and representatives of civil society.

In this respect, Senegal goes beyond all other African oil and gas producing countries in terms of transparency and good governance. What, then, could justify this suspicion caused by the so-called BBC investigation? Who benefits from the crime, one would be tempted to ask, following this alleged investigation, which puts in the hot seat a file that the Senegalese had already treated and classified?

It is evident that several majors of oil and gas have rushed to the gates of Senegal, for the purpose of obtaining research and exploitation contracts. The choice of BP, Petro Tim and others has never been the taste of other majors, left stranded.

One of BP's competitors, Tullow Oil, who has reportedly filed a complaint against the State of Senegal, protesting against the transfer of Petro Tim's oil and gas research and sharing contract, is interested in shaking up a new management debate. oil and gas in Senegal. He was also accused of financing the publication of a book by opponent (Ousmane Sonko) on oil and gas.

Did the British state media, the BBC, not want to punish Senegal, for carrying on May 22, 2019, the resolution restoring the Chagos Archipelago, formerly occupied by Great Britain, to Mauritius ?

Part of the Senegalese opposition (the band of 4), who still does not recover from his stinging defeat, in the presidential election in February 2019, would be ready to sell his soul to the devil to lead the hard-living president elected, Mr. Macky Sall, that they refuse to congratulate.

The Senegalese are in any case aroused by this foreign and sudden interference with the internal affairs of the country. For its part, the Senegalese government has already taken appropriate measures to ensure that such an affront is no longer repeated.

The British ambassador to Dakar was summoned by the Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs to deliver a protest letter to the British authorities, pending the action of the public prosecutor to clarify this nebula of the BBC. For Senegalese citizens, this "affair" of the BBC is an alert that should be taken seriously, by setting up a Collective for the defense of the Motherland.

Kopierer også denne fra XI/Ag4:

https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/what-we-do/worldwide/bbc-panorama-response-english.pdf

Det fremstår jo nå som at det er flere feil og uriktige påstander i reportasjen. Skal man gi ut noe slikt så må jo alt være verifisert informasjon og ikke rykter fra Afrika.

Timis er ikke en del av apcl lenger,ferdig med det?Og er iallfall laaaaaaangt i fra å være en del av det nye petronor.Så har absolutt ingen tro på at timis vil assosieres med det nye fusjonerte selskap,og ser derfor ingen problem at det skal bli noe vanskeligere med en eventuell partner.Det nye selskapet blir nå forbundet mer med Abu Dahbi,og da åpner nye dører seg?Så denne fusjonen passet midt i blinken på mange områder.Bedre økonomi,kontakter og et annet ansikt utad!!

BP, Kosmos og regjeringen hevder alle at det som fremkommer er feil, og BP går så langt som å hevde at dokumenter er fabrikert og falske. Nå skrives det i media i Senegal om parter som vil skade landet. Det er ikke sikkert dette er så sort/hvitt som det fremkom først.

https://news.sen360.sn/actualite/habib-ndao-bby-l-039-etat-a-eu-raison-de-communiquer-parce-que-cette-affaire-depasse-aliou-sall-et-que-l-039-on-a-failli-ecorner-l-039-image-du-senegal-1289833.html

Oversatt:

HABIB NDAO (BBY): "The state was right to communicate because this case exceeds Aliou Sall and that we almost scratched the image of Senegal"

The controversy that arose following the successive communications of the government and President Macky Sall in the Aliou Sall case handled by the BBC in a documentary, Habib Ndao retains one thing what should be done in terms of communication a been done? Contrary to the comments that described these outings as regrettable failures, the head of the Watch and Resolve Center of Benno Bokk Yaakar believes that "this documentary exceeds Aliou Sall and his interests' and that" it is the political governance of Senegal that was in happens to be chipped in this report.
For him, at least four things should be taken into account. First: the 7.500 billion promise of financial commitments of the advisory group that can be put at stake by bad publicity Next: the big majors who work on oil in Senegal at the moment (Australians, Americans, French Malaysians, English etc.) are listed on the stock exchanges in the major financial markets, which are therefore exposed to speculation on their stock market value and may be investigated by the stock exchanges: NYSE (New York), AMF (France), etc. etc. There is also the does he say that? the American congress will want to question American companies about their activities in Senegal. And finally, the urgency of getting rid of this report, which only aims to discredit our country. Habib Ndao declares that Ousmane Sonko's book on oil was animated by the same objectives because, he says,? everyone knows that his bibliography was sourced by Tullow, who wanted to make the press-porter in broad daylight against Timis and indirectly sabotage the image of our country. Habib Ndao to consider that the Senegalese have the urgent obligation to make pay attention to the manipulations orchestrated by these multinationals' explaining that a report which presents only a part of the facts can by no means be reliable and credible (besides the BBC has only bought a production made by people whose interests diverge (war between Timis and Tullow Oil, position of Senegal on the decolonization of the Archipelago of Chagos), he mentions by ricochet.Face the opposition he says "obsessed with power", Habib opposes the will of President Macky Sall to do everything in the transparency by proceeding to a redesign of the code of 98, by setting up the Itie, by creating the INPG, by conducting a dialogue on the use of the oil revenues, doing allocate the blocks by competitive bidding, by expanding the Cos-petrogaz to the opposition and civil society, by publishing all the contracts on the government website and by making legal provisions favorable to nationals on the local content.Our interlocutor to recall, to conclude, that there are 19 blocks of oil in Senegal at the moment and that it is important that the first juniors to trust our country should be treated with favors for taking huge risks at the start. For several years, Macky Sall has represented Petrosen in many fairs to encourage investors to believe in the potential of Senegal

En ting er for BP å gjøre en deal med Gambia, selv om de er i voldgift med APCL. Det er en helt annen type risiko for dem å gjøre ennå en deal med Timis relaterte selskaper. Det er ikke sikkert hverken BP eller Kosmos er spesielt fornøyd med denne saken om dagen. På godt og vondt har verden endret seg, det er ikke lengre like akseptabelt med brune konvolutter, uten at det betyr at det har skjedd fra Timis her. Men det høres jo unektelig slik ut, og at både Kosmos og BP tok litt lett på akkurat den delen av DD. Og slikt ville jo heller ikke være totalt uventet når det gjelder Frank Timis og hans selskaper.

ser ut til at også Kosmos blir inkriminert av den godeste Timis

http://www.kosmosenergy.com/latest-news/response-to-bbc-panorama/

Vi skal ikke glemme at BP har inngått en eller annen avtale på A1 og for meg sier det alt. Jeg tror ikke partner vil være noe problem, men uten tvil enklere med nytt navn og «nye» eiere.

Fkl,

Kinesiske selskaper er nok litt rundere og mere tolerante når det gjelder slik støy. Det er ikke sikkert BP vil blande seg mere inn i Timisrelaterte selskaper, men det får vi vel se etterhvert. Total gikk jo som du sier inn på ROP lisensen som var omtvistet, men det gjorde jo også at de unngikk å bli involvert i Timisbråket som BP nå er. Det kunne jo være en løsning om Total er interessert i SOSP og gjøre noe ut av det, og franske selskaper kan ofte ha litt mer handingsrom når det gjelder denne typen støy.

En løsning kunne vel være om de ble enige om å kansellere SOSP, og så tildele den på nytt (med APCL som en partner). Da kunne man komme seg videre fra TImisbråket rundt eksisterende lisenser, og samme gjelder jo forsåvidt også i Gambia. Det vil da si om partene overhode er interessert i å komme til enighet.

Reportasjer som dette er jo aldri helt objektive og som regel sett kun fra en side. Derimot så er det nok noen her som har noen svin på skogen. Tenker at fasiten er litt midt i mellom. At det får noen konsekvens for oss tror jeg derimot ikke på. Tror egentlig ikke at det får det for noen av de andre involverte heller.

Ut i fra det vi har sett så tror jeg ikke det vil bli vanskeligere. Både Total og BP har gått inn på lisenser som er omtvistet og det viser at det kun er pengene som rår. Dersom vi får lisensene tilbake så blir ikke partner noe problem, tror jeg. Tenker videre at nettopp BP kan bli parter i Gambia og Total i Senegal. Kina med flere vil nok også inn uansett historikk.

BP avviser og kaller dokumentasjonen for fake, sterke ord fra et stort, internasjonalt selskap. Kan dette være fake news?

https://menafn.com/1098616923/BP-denies-BBC-accusations-over-Senegal-gas-deal

The compensation figure reported by the BBC is "so fake and exaggerated that it is complete fantasy," Moussarie said, speaking in French.

BP "does not recognise" the document that features the figure, and believes it was "produced by another party," he said.