The British oil company Petrofac announced, Thursday, June 28, having sold all of its shares, or 45%, of the concession of Chargui in Tunisia Perenco group.
According to a statement posted on its website, it states that “the jobs will not be affected because they will be included in the transaction with Perenco”.
To come back to the facts, it should be noted that Petrofac had intended to leave Tunisia since 2012, given the production difficulties that it experienced due to sit-ins and social protests in Kerkennah.
Petrofac’s decision came a year after the departure of its former Tunisian managing director, Imed Derouiche, who worked to keep the company in Tunisia.
Petrofac then decided to appoint an English manager at the head of the company whose 55% of his salary is paid by the Tunisian state.
Perenco, meanwhile, is a Franco-British oil company operating in Tunisia since 2002 and operates in the gas concessions of El Franig (Kebili governorate) of which it holds 50% of the shares, Baguel (Kebili governorate) and of Tarfa.