martes, 18 de diciembre de 2007

* Repsol YPF Background Information:

  • Founded 1986
  • Oil & gas operations in over 30 countries worldwide
  • One of world’s 10 largest private oil companies
  • Total assets approx US$ 60bn (2005)
  • Oil Reserves > 1.16 billion boe (2005)
  • Oil Production 531,000 bopd (2005)
  • >35,000 employees worldwide
  • Major investor in environmental, education, cultural, social and sporting initiatives

Equity Partners

Mr. Alfonso Cortina
Former CEO of Repsol YPF *
  • Nine years as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Repsol YPF (‘96 – ‘05)
  • Professional private investor in African upstream oil & gas exploration
  • One of the foremost Spanish corporate executives
  • Senior Advisor of Texas Pacific Group Fund in Spain
  • Past & Present Chairman and CEO of numerous Spanish multinationals including Inmobilaria Colonial, S.A., Banco Central Hispano, FCC et. al.
  • Masters in Engineering and Economics, Madrid

Equity Partners



  • Founded in 1976 as Angola’s state-owned energy corporation
  • Overall management of Angola's petroleum and natural gas reserves
  • Annual Revenues of US$ 9.5 bln (2005)
  • Oil Reserves > 3.6 bln boe (Q3 2006 estimate)
  • Oil Production 496,000 bopd (2005)
  • 5,500 employees worldwide
  • Operations throughout Angola & offices in Congo, China, USA, UK and Singapore
  • Over 30 subsidiaries including Shipping, Telecoms, Airlines, Banking, Logistics and Retailing
  • Sponsors of the Arts / Sports and Humanities throughout Africa

Strategic Partners

  • H Oil often conducts its oil exploration, trading and infrastructure projects in joint venture with global industry leaders
  • H Oil has a strategic relationship in upstream in oil & gas activities with:


  • H Oil’s strategic partners for import/export of capital goods and infrastructure projects include:

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - H Oil African History and Presence

  • H Oil Group is newly installed in DRC
  • Office facilities opened in Nov 2007
  • Applications with Ministry of Hydrocarbons for two exploration blocks of exceptionally high potential
  • Products supply to La Congolaise des Hydrocarbures under discussion

NIGERIA - H Oil African History and Presence

  • H Oil Group in Nigeria since 1970
  • One of first export cargoes of crude oil from Nigeria was purchased by H Oil’s President while at Glencore
  • Partners with El Shaddai Petroleum Ltd., an important indigenous firm, with an option to acquire OPL-294 (est. unrisked reserves of 400m boe), awarded in the 2007 Bid Round
  • Lifted 100,000 bbl/day of Oso Condensate, Forcados and Pennington during the 1990s
  • Supplied 600,000MT of petroleum products annually to PPMC during the 1990s
  • Won tender for OPL-246 on behalf of Petrobras and Total in 1998

ANGOLA - H Oil African History and Presence

  • H Oil Group in Luanda since 2001
  • Joint venture with Grupo Gema, important indigenous group, for oil & gas exploration (Chairman is former Secretary of Council of Ministers and Head of Civil Branch of Government)
  • Reviewing licence awards in the upcoming Kwanza Basin (onshore) round (2007/2008)
  • $400M Contract for upgrading of Luanda backbone telephone network (2007)
  • $170M hospital design & construction contract (2007)
  • $200M network upgrade for Radio Nacional de Angola (2005/2006)