Chad dismisses oil minister in government decree (updated)

Savannah Energy

26/10/2023 17:55

(Adds replacement of head of state oil company, context)
       N'DJAMENA, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Chad has dismissed
Petroleum and Energy Minister Djerassem le Bemadjiel, the
government said in a decree on Thursday. It did not give a
reason or name a replacement. 
    The government also said that Daoud Hamid Dabou was named
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Société des
Hydrocarbures du Tchad, the state oil company, replacing Dago
Yacouba. 
        Chad earlier this year 
    nationalized all the assets
     and rights including hydrocarbon permits and exploration
and production authorisations that belonged to a subsidiary of
Exxon Mobil  XOM.N , after contesting a deal to sell them to
Savannah Energy  SAVES.L .
  

 (Reporting by Mahamat Ramadane; Writing by Nellie Peyton;
editing by Mark Heinrich)
 ((nellie.peyton@thomsonreuters.com;))