Introduction, issue 90

Journal article

Africa has for a long time assumed the role of the world’s most neglected energy province. In large, this has been due to the region’s comparably small reserve base for oil and natural gas – despite notable exceptions as in the cases of OPEC members Nigeria, Angola, Algeria and Libya. The significance of the African reserves for international energy markets is nevertheless large, for as one of our authors outlines, African oil and gas production is primarily exported in the face of until now marginal domestic energy consumption. New discoveries, particularly in Africa’s formerly hydrocarbon-poor east, have sparked a new wave of developments that are likely to change the face of Africa as an energy producer. Enough reason for this special Oxford Energy Forum to focus on Africa’s energy outlook.

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Journal: Oxford Energy Forum
• Volume: 90
• Pages: 1-2
• Publication date: 2012-11-01
• Edition: Publisher's version
• ISSN: 0959-7727
• Language: English
• Keywords: OIES