Africa Gas Initiative : Volume 2. Angola

The Africa Gas Initiative (AGI) has been established by the Oil and Gas Division of the World Bank, to promote the utilization of natural gas in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study focuses on coastal countries - Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, and Gabon - along the West African coastline, and the Gulf of Guinea, where most of the region's gas reserves are located, and where significant proportions of the gas produced, is being wasted through flaring, or venting. Thus, the study's goal is to end gas flaring, by developing indigenous natural gas resources for local markets, and export, achieving economic benefits from gas substitution - through reduced imports, or increased exports of oil products - and, by improving environmental conditions at the local, and global levels. Under the AGI, technical assistance with regard to institutional, and regulatory framework was conducted in Cameroon, and Cote d'Ivoire, and, additionally, analysis of current petroleum fiscal legislation was undertaken, to review the profitability of gas field development from the investors' point of view. This analysis enabled recommendations to respective governments, to introduce required changes in their petroleum laws. Recommendations further include incentives to develop activities, particularly through rational price structures, removal of subsidies as the landed cost of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is progressively reduced, and fair competitive procedures, govern market accessibility.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2001-02
Subjects:AMMONIA, BARREL, BATTERIES, BIOMASS, BOILER, BREWERIES, CALCULATION, CARBON, CARBON EMISSIONS, CEMENT INDUSTRY, CHARCOAL PRODUCTION, COAL, CONSTRUCTION, CRUDE OIL, CYCLE GAS, DEFORESTATION, DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, DOMESTIC USE, DOWNSTREAM OIL, DRIVING FORCE, DUAL-FUEL OPERATION, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, EMISSIONS, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY INTENSIVE, ENERGY PRACTICES, FLUE GAS, FUEL, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL COST, FUEL DEMAND, FUEL OIL, FUELS, GAS, GAS AVAILABILITY, GAS CONSUMPTION, GAS DEMAND, GAS DIVISION, GAS FIELDS, GAS FLARING, GAS FLARING REDUCTION, GAS OIL, GAS PIPELINE, GAS PLANTS, GAS POTENTIAL, GAS PRODUCTION, GAS PROJECTS, GAS RECOVERY, GAS RESERVES, GAS RESOURCE, GAS RESOURCES, GAS STREAM, GAS SUPPLIES, GAS SUPPLY, GAS TURBINE, GAS TURBINES, GAS USAGE, GAS UTILIZATION, GASES, GENERATION CAPACITY, HEAVY FUEL OIL, HEAVY INDUSTRY, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, HYDROCARBONS, INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, INDUSTRIAL AREAS, INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, INDUSTRIAL USE, KEROSENE, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES, LIQUID FUELS, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOAD CURVE, NATIONAL OIL, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT, NATURAL GAS RESERVES, NITROGEN, OCEAN ENERGY, OFFSHORE OIL, OIL, OIL AND GAS, OIL COMPANIES, OIL COMPANY, OIL CORPORATION, OIL EQUIVALENT, OIL EXPLORATION, OIL EXPORTER, OIL INDUSTRY, OIL PRICES, OIL PRODUCING, OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES, OIL PRODUCTION, OIL PRODUCTS, OIL RESERVES, OIL SECTOR, OILS, OPEC, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE, POLLUTION, POWER GENERATION, POWER PLANTS, POWER SUPPLY, PRODUCTION OPERATIONS, RAW MATERIALS, REFINERY, RIVERS, SEDIMENTARY BASINS, SHIPS, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, URBAN POPULATION, VEHICLE, VEHICLES, WASTE, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1346317/africa-gas-initiative-vol-2-6-angola
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20304
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Summary:The Africa Gas Initiative (AGI) has been established by the Oil and Gas Division of the World Bank, to promote the utilization of natural gas in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study focuses on coastal countries - Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, and Gabon - along the West African coastline, and the Gulf of Guinea, where most of the region's gas reserves are located, and where significant proportions of the gas produced, is being wasted through flaring, or venting. Thus, the study's goal is to end gas flaring, by developing indigenous natural gas resources for local markets, and export, achieving economic benefits from gas substitution - through reduced imports, or increased exports of oil products - and, by improving environmental conditions at the local, and global levels. Under the AGI, technical assistance with regard to institutional, and regulatory framework was conducted in Cameroon, and Cote d'Ivoire, and, additionally, analysis of current petroleum fiscal legislation was undertaken, to review the profitability of gas field development from the investors' point of view. This analysis enabled recommendations to respective governments, to introduce required changes in their petroleum laws. Recommendations further include incentives to develop activities, particularly through rational price structures, removal of subsidies as the landed cost of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is progressively reduced, and fair competitive procedures, govern market accessibility.