DRC: Government Begins Process to Reclaim Colonial-Era Oil Infrastructure

A 1910 agreement between the Congolese state and Petro Congo, now Fina, expired on December 31, 2025, allowing the state to reclaim pipelines, pumping and storage stations, and related land and property concessions. The Copirep commissioned KPMG to inventory the infrastructure, and its provisional report was presented at a workshop in Kinshasa on October 21, 2026. Stakeholders are to assess the facilities’ condition, usefulness, and value before KPMG submits a final report to the government. Copirep executive secretary Alexis N’kusu said the government will decide what happens next, with a commission potentially examining legal issues involving assets that operators may also claim.