SNH
Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures
Former names : National Hydrocarbons Corporation, SNH
SNH manages the Cameroonian State's interests across hydrocarbon exploration, production, marketing and distribution. Unusually among Cameroonian state enterprises, it answers directly to the Presidency of the Republic rather than a line ministry, a structure confirmed by a 2019 decree.
- Sector
- Energy
- Ownership
- State-owned
- Supervising ministry
- Presidency of the Republic
- Founded
- 1980
- Head office
- Yaoundé
Key facts
- Created 12 March 1980, SNH was reorganised into a public-capital company by presidential decree of 9 July 2019, with the State as sole shareholder (source: cameroon-tribune, 2019-07-11).
- Technical and financial oversight of SNH is exercised by the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic (source: cameroon-tribune, 2019-07-11).