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Oando Acquires Oil Block In Angola

Oando Plc  Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade  Oando Plc  says it has completed and won the bid for the operatorship of oil block KON 13 in Angola. The firm which recently acquired Eni of Italy’s oil assets in Nigeria, said that the award of the oil block located in Angola’s onshore Kwanza Basin followed a competitive bidding process by the country’s oil and gas sector regulator. It further said hat the asset in which it owns 45 per cent participating interest, has estimated prospective resources of 770 to 1,100 million barrels of oil. Oando is handling its operations relating to the asset through its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER). “Oando Plc,  Africa’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and Johannesburg Stock Exchange is pleased to announce that its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER), has been awarded operatorship of Block KON 13 in Angola’s Onshore Kwanza Basin, following a...
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Oando/Agip Deal Will Cause Legal Implications in Future- NNPCL

Nigerian National Oil Company 


By Favour & Akinola Ajibade


The Nigerian National Petroleum Commission Limited ( NNPC) has kicked against the  acquisition of assets of Agip Oil Company by Oando Oil Limited.

This happens as Oando recently struck a deal to acquire NAOC's interest in Oil Mining Leases( OMLs 60,621,62 and 63, a development, which has generated wide discussions in the industry.

Recall that similar scenario played  out between Seplat Energy and ExxonMobil months ago, as stakeholders were divided on the decision by Seplat Oil to buy a sizeable interest of Exxon Mobil in Nigeria. 

While expressing  discontent on the issue of Oando buying interest of ExxonMobil in Nigeria, NNPCL in a letter to both the Manaing Director of Nigerian Agip Oil Company and the Chief Operating Officer of Oando Oil Limited (OOL) said the deal between the two companies was not good enough, as it is going to have huge legal and contractual implication in future. 

"Our attention has been drawn to various reports circulating on different media platforms concerning an alleged divestment of NAOC participating in the OML mentioned above to Oando Oil Limited. A duly signed press statement allegedly emanating from OOL dated 4th September 2023 affirms that NAOC has assigned its entire 20 percent participating interest in the said OMLs to OOL.

“While we are yet to confirm the authenticity of the purported divestment, we would like you to note that the purported divestment, if true, would have the following far-reaching contractual/ legal implications in relation to the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) dated July 1991 governing the operations of NAOC/NEPL/OOL joint venture.

The NNPCL through the letter with reference no E and P /MD/0623 dated 4th of September, titled “Purported Divestment of Eni Shares to Oando Oil Limited” and addressed to the managing director of  Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), drew the attention of the company to the fact that Clause 19.11 of the JOA provides that “no party may  assign or transfer  any interest or any part  therefore without prior written consent of the other parties, which  consent shall not be unreasonably  withheld”

The letter was signed on behalf of NNPC EandP Limited by Ali Muhammed Zarah, its managing director. The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Executive Vice President of Upstream and the Chief Operating Officer of Oando Oil Limited were copied.

“It is imperative for you to know that failure for you to obtain NEPL’s prior written consent and approval with regards to the alleged transfer of your interest in the joint asset constitutes a grave breach of the terms of the JOA and NEPL’s reserves its right in relation to the said breach- including NEPL’s entitlement to invalidate the purported assignment to OOL

Please note that as holders of 60 percent participating interest in the NEPL/NAOC/ OOL JV, we are indeed concerned that the entire purported assignment was executed without due compliance with the terms of JOA.

“We expect that all parties to the JOA will comply and observe the terms of the JOA,” NNPCL stated

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