7 ongoing and upcoming mega oil and gas projects in Africa
When compared to a few years ago, Africa's oil and gas landscape has changed dramatically.
The continent's significant resources, combined with a relatively low price environment, have
made it a prime region for investment from both domestic and international sources. A
wealth of potential has emerged as African governments open up development opportunities
and businesses invest heavily in new areas. We took a closer look at seven of the largest
oil and gas projects currently under construction across Africa in 2021. Well, before we continue,
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videos. Jion us today on a swift adventure and take a good look at the 7 ongoing and
upcoming mega oil and gas projects in Africa. 7. Dangote Refinery and Polypropylene Plant
Location: Nigeria Cost: $11 billion
Nigeria's largest industrial conglomerate, the Dangote Group, is constructing a major
downstream facility in the country's Lekki Free Trade Zone. The oil refinery will produce
153,000 barrels of gasoline per day, 104,000 barrels of diesel per day, 73,000 barrels
of jet fuel per day, 4,109 barrels of LPG per day, and 12,300 barrels of fuel oil per
day at a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day. It will be able to process a variety of crude
oil grades, including shale oil. The refinery is currently under construction, with the
petrochemical unit 60 percent complete and the refinery estimated to be 75 percent complete.
The completed refinery will include a crude distillation unit (CDU), a single-train residual
fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit, diesel hydrotreating, a continuous catalyst regeneration
unit, an alkylation unit, a polypropylene unit, utilities and off-sites, including a
captive power plant, and infrastructure for a single-point mooring terminal for crude
oil and product handling. The petrochemical complex, which will be built alongside the
refinery, will include a mixed feed cracker with an ethylene capacity of 1.1 million tonnes
per annum (tpa) and a propylene capacity of 350,000 tonnes per annum (t p a). A polypropylene
plant with a capacity of 750,000 tpa will also be included in the project. A fertilizer
unit will also be included in the plant. The first batch will be manufactured in early
2021, with full capacity expected by the middle of the year.
6. Namibe Refinery Complex Location: Angola
Cost: 12 billion $ In 2017, a joint venture formed by two Russian
companies (75 percent owned by Rail Standard Service and 25 percent owned by Fortland Consulting
Company) and local partners proposed building a new 400,000 barrel per day refinery in Namibe,
Angola. The complex will be built in stages, with the first phase consisting of a refinery
and rail link, as well as integrated infrastructure, and the second phase consisting of the construction
and management of a residential area and power plant. The first phase will consist of producing
28,000 barrels of refined oil every three and a half years, and the final phase will
consist of producing 364,000 barrels per day every eleven years. The Angolan President
approved a Joint Venture the same year, with the government committing to purchasing 364,000
barrels per day of petrol and other fuels as production increases over an 11-year period.
In July 2017, the project partners laid the first stone. The project is scheduled to begin
in 2028. 5. Etan & Zabazaba Oil Fields.
Location: Offshore Nigeria. Cost: 13.5 billion dolars.
The Etan and Zabazaba fields are located in the deepwater OPL 245 block off the coast
of Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea. The fields contain up to 500 million barrels of oil equivalent
in water depths of 1,200 meters to 2,400 meters, with additional exploration upside to be investigated
in future years. The Etan field was the first to be discovered, with the Etan 1X discovery
well drilling to a total depth of 4,575 meters in 1,720 meters of water and logging 120 meters
of hydrocarbon-bearing sands in 2005. Zabazaba was discovered 40 kilometers from Etan, on
the other side of a subsea canyon, in 2007. E N I and Shell have launched a joint integrated
development project, with plans to use the ZabaZaba FPSO to tap both fields in a phased
development. The FPSO will be spread-moored and have a daily capacity of 120,000 barrels.
4. Mozambique LNG Project Location: Mozambique
Cost: 15 billion $. Mozambique L N G, like the Rovuma project,
is a massive undertaking that will shape the country's economic future and create thousands
of jobs over time. Total, Mitsui & Co, ONGC, ENH, Bharat PetroResources, PTTEP, and Oil
India Ltd. are part of the consortium, with Total leading the project after acquiring
Anadarko's 26.5 percent stake in September 2019. The Mozambique LNG project will be built
in stages, starting with a two-train liquefaction plant with a capacity of 12.9 million tonnes
per year. Mozambique LNG, like the Rovuma project, is a massive undertaking that will
shape the country's economic future and create thousands of jobs over time.The plant's natural
gas feedstock will primarily come from the Area 1 block's fields, such as the Golfinho-Atum
Complex and the Prosperidade Complex. The Mamba Complex and Coral FLNG are also expected
to supply natural gas to the plant. A final investment decision was made in June 2019,
and the project is expected to be completed by 2024. The initial stages of construction,
operation, and maintenance are expected to generate 15,000 jobs.
3. Ogidigben Gas Revolution Industrial Park (GRIP).
Location: Nigeria. Cost: 20 billion Dollars.
The Gas Revolution Industrial Park (G R I P) is a downstream refinery and petrochemical
complex planned for Ogidigben in Nigeria's Delta region. The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (N N P C) will fully own the complex, which will include a number of new chemical
plants that will use Nigeria's abundant natural gas as a feedstock. The nearby Odidi, Okan,
and Forcados fields, all within a 50kilometer radius, contain 18 trillion cubic feet of
gas reserves. ELPS, Nigeria's most dominant gas pipeline network, will supply additional
gas. The G R I P has been designated a tax free zone as a government-owned project to
allow for faster planning and access to a wider range of resources. Chemical plants,
refineries, petrochemical plants, fertilizer plants, and aluminum plants will all be built,
creating 250,000 direct and indirect jobs. The Nigerian government cited "security challenges"
as the primary reason for the project's delays. However, in recent months, State Minister
for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has provided new assurances that the project
will proceed as planned. The Ogidigben Gas Project has not been abandoned. If you had
listened to me while I was in Riyadh last year, you would have heard that the Ogidigben
Project was on the agenda, and it is a project that we sincerely hope to complete. I believe
that cooperation and peace in the area can be achieved through collaboration between
us and the communities. "As a government, we are keen on that project and we are discussing
it, but what we are also asking for from the communities and the entire Niger Delta region
is peace in the region. 2. Rovuma L N G Liquefaction Plant.
Location: Mozambique. Cost: 22.4 billion dollars.
The Rovuma L N G project in Mozambique is one of our top ten Oil & Gas projects to watch
in 2020, and Fircroft is currently recruiting engineering professionals for the project.
ExxonMobil is operating Africa's largest private project, which is part of a series of major
projects that will transform the country's natural gas industry over the next five years.
The Rovuma L N G facility will cost 500 million$ to build the first two liquefaction trains
and associated onshore facilities, with additional construction to follow. Each train is expected
to produce 8.2 million tonnes of L N G per year, with the facility expected to be operational
for at least 30 years. The project's final investment decision is expected later this
year, with production set to begin in 2025. 1. Tanzania LNG Liquefaction Plant
Location: Tanzania Cost: 30 billion $.
Since the country's first gas discovery in 2010, the Tanzania Liquefied Natural Gas Project
(T L N G P), also known as the Likong'o-Mchinga Liquefied Natural Gas Project (L M L N G P),
has been in operation. Tanzania's proven natural gas reserves are estimated to be 57 trillion
cubic feet, with an additional 29.5 trillion cubic feet located far offshore. Plans were
developed for the construction of a 5,119 acres LNG liquefaction facility in Likong'o
Village, just outside the town of Lindi. The facility will initially build two LNG trains,
each with a capacity of 5 million tonnes per year. It is expected that up to five trains
will be built in total. In May 2016, a gas pipeline to Uganda was also announced. The
project has been postponed several times due to governmental issues, but the owners, Equinor,
Shell, ExxonMobil, Ophir Energy, and Pavilion Energy, remain committed to its development.
The government announced plans to begin construction in 2022, with the facility opening in 2028,
in May of last year.
Without a doubt, these are natural resources that contribute to the growth and development
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