Oil & Gas
Exploration, development, production, processing and refining of crude oil and natural gas.
Overview
Exploration, development, production, processing and refining of crude oil and natural gas.
Key data
- Type
- energy
- Commodities
- Natural Gas & LNG, Crude Oil
- Countries
- Mozambique, Nigeria, Namibia, Egypt, Tanzania, Angola, Ghana
- Value chains
- Gas to LNG
Related projects
Related companies
oil gasTotalEnergies
Courbevoie, France
Operator of the Mozambique LNG onshore project in Area 1 and a large upstream portfolio across Africa, alongside renewables investments.
oil gasEni
Rome, Italy
Delivered Coral South, Africa's first deepwater floating LNG facility, and operates major gas assets including Zohr in Egypt.
oil gasDangote Industries
Lagos, Nigeria
Owner of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki, Nigeria — the largest single-train refinery in Africa.
oil gasSonangol
Luanda, Angola
Angola's national oil company, with upstream interests, refining assets and downstream distribution.
Business opportunities
Mozambique petroleum licensing round (INP)
Competitive award of exploration and production concession contracts for offshore and onshore blocks. Terms, blocks and deadlines must be confirmed directly on the INP portal.
Nigeria upstream licensing round (NUPRC)
Award of petroleum prospecting and mining leases under the Petroleum Industry Act framework, including deep offshore and gas-focused acreage.
Related countries
Mozambique
Mozambique combines world-scale offshore gas in the Rovuma Basin with graphite, heavy sands, coal and the Mozal aluminium smelter, making it one of Africa's most connected energy-to-industry economies.
Nigeria
Nigeria pairs long-established upstream oil and gas with the continent's largest single-train refinery and the NLNG expansion, under a post-Petroleum Industry Act regulatory framework.
Namibia
Namibia is a top-tier uranium producer and has become the most closely watched frontier oil province in Africa following Orange Basin discoveries.
Egypt
Egypt combines large offshore gas production, LNG re-export infrastructure and one of the world's largest solar parks at Benban.
Tanzania
Tanzania hosts the Kabanga nickel deposit and significant gold production, while the onshore LNG project remains subject to commercial agreement.
Angola
Angola remains a major deepwater producer and, through the Lobito Atlantic Railway concession, is positioning as the Atlantic export route for Central African copper and cobalt.
Ghana
Ghana is among Africa's largest gold producers, with offshore oil production at Jubilee and TEN and an emerging lithium development agenda.
Related commodities
Natural Gas & LNG
Africa's gas story runs through the Rovuma Basin, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria, and is increasingly evaluated on liquefaction capacity rather than reserves.
Crude Oil
Nigeria, Angola, Libya and Algeria remain the largest African producers, with Namibia the most-watched frontier.
Value chains
Related infrastructure
Related news
Dangote refinery ramp-up reshapes West African product flows
As output climbs toward design capacity, regional gasoline and diesel import patterns are being reassessed.
Government reaffirms sovereign guarantee to Mozambique LNG creditors
Mozambique's government has reaffirmed its sovereign guarantee to the lenders financing the Mozambique LNG project, as reported by Club of Mozambique.
Eni to drill up to six wells offshore Mozambique for Coral North; third FLNG pursued
Reuters, via CNBC Africa, reports Eni plans to drill up to six wells for the Coral North project and is pursuing a third floating LNG unit in Mozambique.
TotalEnergies completes entry as operator of Namibia's PEL83, holding Mopane
TotalEnergies now holds a 40% operated interest in PEL83 alongside Galp (40%), Namcor (10%) and Custos (10%), after completing its December 2025 transaction with Galp.
Mozambique LNG works advance at Afungi as contractors remobilise
Operator communications point to renewed onshore activity on the Afungi site. Confirm scope, schedule and workforce figures directly with the operator.
Orange Basin appraisal keeps Namibia at the centre of frontier exploration
Appraisal outcomes and development concepts will determine whether discoveries convert into commercial projects.
Dangote takes 25% stake in Kenya's oil pipeline network, plans $1.5bn expansion
Aliko Dangote told the FT Africa summit in London that his company has taken a 25% stake in Kenya's pipeline network and plans to invest $1.5bn to expand it.
Lobito Corridor volumes become the metric to watch for Copperbelt exports
The Atlantic route shortens transit versus east coast alternatives; realised tonnage will determine its strategic weight.
Related intelligence
African liquefaction capacity: what is actually under construction
Separating announced capacity from sanctioned, financed and physically progressing capacity across Nigeria, Mozambique and Egypt.
From molecules to metal: can Mozambique convert gas into industry?
Mozambique's strategic question is not whether it can export LNG, but whether any of those molecules become domestic industrial capacity.
Country intelligence: Mozambique resource economy
Gas, graphite, coal, heavy sands and aluminium in one economy — and the infrastructure that determines whether they connect.