First gas production is expected from Uganda by the end of 2011, with significant quantities of oil to follow. Recent discoveries in the Gulf of Guinea have served once again to attract the attention of the world’s oil companies, both big and small, as countries begin to offer new exploration opportunities. Political changes across  the continent have served to open up acreage previously off-limits to oil exploration, while new technology is helping in the quest for oil far offshore. Many   are beginning to believe that the recent string of deepwater, subsalt successes in Brazil could be replicated off the west coast of Africa.

The CGES’ Africa Oil & Gas Sourcebook 2010 is the latest in a sequence of highly successful sourcebooks covering African oil and gas. The CGES brings together political and oil industry profiles and key statistics for every country in Africa. The Africa Oil & Gas Sourcebook 2010 is a valuable source of information for anyone interested in the African oil and gas industry, whether you are a potential investor or lender, or just need a better understanding of the continent's energy industry.

The study offers country-by-country analysis comprising:

• A political summary – key political facts and a summary of historical developments
• An oil industry summary and key issues, such as Nigeria’s gas flaring problems
• Oil production and cumulative oil production including historical data and forecasts till 2020
• Natural gas production
• Oil refineries and refining summary
• Oil consumption including historical data
• Natural gas consumption and percentage used in power generation
• Oil demand growth(%), demand per capita (tonnes) and demand per unit of GDP
• Net crude oil and NGL exports
• Net oil product exports
• Total population and population growth
• GDP and exchange rates

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