Africa: 64 Recent Oil and Gas Discoveries Show Continent’s Potential says New Report
A series of hydrocarbon discoveries across Eastern Africa has established the region as one of the key emerging areas for fossil fuel development in the world
ReportBuyer.com the leading website for market research reports has added a new study Emerging Oil & Gas Exploration Markets in Africa, 2012 - Industry Analysis, Latest Developments and Competitive Landscape which says that 64 oil and gas discoveries have been made in the continent’s emerging markets over the last five years, the majority of which were made in the East African nations of Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania.
At present, Tullow Oil Plc and Total S.A are the leading companies in exploration and production (E&P) in the emerging markets of Africa. UK based Tullow Oil is estimated to have the largest number of exploration blocks in Africa, with 20. The company plans to make Uganda one of the top 50 oil producing countries in the world by investing $10 billion for the development of assets there and has already made 15 oil discoveries.
Total S.A, on the other hand, is the continent’s hydrocarbon leader in terms of net production and operates in nations including Kenya, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo – the latter producing 123 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (Mboe/d) in 2011 alone.
The 82 page report notes that despite the realization of Africa’s growing oil and gas wealth, political and economic uncertainties continue to mar the development of Africa’s huge oil and gas wealth progress. Shifting price policies, taxation changes and threats of vandalism by rebel groups are among the major concerns for international oil companies and have even seen Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) farm out exploration blocks in Ethiopia to a local company.
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