PARIS (Reuters) – The French oil group TotalEnergies said in a statement on Wednesday that its main priority was to “ensure the safety of its employees and its operations” in Gabon, where a group of army officers announced to have taken power.
The group did not specify whether its activities remained operational in the country while the mining company Eramet for its part announced the suspension of its operations in Gabon.
TotalEnergies has been present in Gabon in exploration and production for more than 80 years through its subsidiary TotalEnergies EP Gabon, as well as in marketing and services with its TotalEnergies Marketing Gabon unit.
The group, which has 350 employees in Gabon, is also involved in the distribution of petroleum products in the country with 45 stations.
TotalEnergies EP Gabon fell by 18.63% on the Paris Stock Exchange at 09:10 GMT.
A group of senior Gabonese army officers announced on television early Wednesday that they had seized power, just minutes after Ali Bongo was announced to have won the presidential election for a third term.
(Report Benjamin Mallet, written by Zhifan Liu and Kate Entringer, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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