Ivory Coast minister urges Eni to speed up $11 billion Baleine project

New Minister of Petroleum Sangafowa Coulibaly says nation's gas demand is growing and hopes development can be online earlier than planned

Go faster: Sangafowa Coulibaly (left), the Ivory Coast’s Minister of Petroleum, listens to Luca Vignati, Eni’s head of upstream, during a session at the Afrca CEO Forum in Abidjan on 14 June
Go faster: Sangafowa Coulibaly (left), the Ivory Coast’s Minister of Petroleum, listens to Luca Vignati, Eni’s head of upstream, during a session at the Afrca CEO Forum in Abidjan on 14 JunePhoto: AFP/SCANPIX
Published 16 June 2022, 12:14Updated 22 June 2022, 14:59