Africa: the emphasis is exploration

Journal Article · Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · World Oil; (United States)

OSTI ID:6203727

Individual country reports on drilling, oil and gas production, and petroleum exploration and reserves are given for Africa. Nigeria was the continent's largest oil producer in 1979, averaging 2.3 million bpd, followed closely by Libya with 2.07 million bpd. Algeria cut production of crude oil in 1979 to a level of 1,194,350 bpd, and increased gas production to 2031 mmcfd. In Egypt, the return of Israeli-occupied oil fields and a surge in productive capacity enabled production averaging 524,000 bpd. Brief country reports are included for Gabon, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Cameroun, Tunisia, Morocco, Zaire, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, Chad, Republic of South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles Islands, Mauritania, Republic of Mali, Benin, Kenya, Madagascar, Botswana, Gambia, Mozambique, and Senegal.

• OSTI ID: 6203727
• Journal Information: World Oil; (United States), Vol. 191:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
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OIL WELLS
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ANGOLA
BOTSWANA
CAMEROON
CHAD
CONGO PEOPLES REPUBLIC
EXPLORATION
GABON
GAMBIA
GHANA
GUINEA
IVORY COAST
KENYA
MADAGASCAR
MALI
MAURITANIA
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MOZAMBIQUE
NIGER
SENEGAL
SOUTH AFRICA
STATISTICAL DATA
SUDAN
TUNISIA
ZAIRE REPUBLIC
AFRICA
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
INFORMATION
ISLANDS
NUMERICAL DATA
RESOURCES
WELLS
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030300 - Natural Gas- Drilling
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