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Petroleum industry in the Republic of the Congo. Oil and Gas dominate the resource sector of the Republic of the Congo ( French: République du Congo ), also referred to as Congo-Brazzaville, with the petroleum industry accounting for 89% of the country's exports in 2010. [1] As of June 22, 2018, is a full member of the Organization of the ...
It was created on January 27, 1987, in Lagos, Nigeria, to serve as a platform for cooperation and harmonization of efforts, collaboration, sharing of knowledge and skills among African oil producing countries. The headquarters of the organization is in Brazzaville in the Congo. The Organization changed its name from African Petroleum Producers ...
The Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline, also known as Niger-Benin Export Pipeline ( NBEP ), is a 1,950 kilometer long crude oil pipeline connecting oilfields near the desert oasis of Agadem in Niger to the Atlantic Ocean. It ends in the Gulf of Guinea near Benin 's largest city Cotonou. The pipeline was built and is operated by the China National ...
Sonatrach operates the largest oil field in Algeria, Hassi Messaoud, which produced around 440,000 bbl/d (70,000 m 3 /d) of crude in 2006. Sonatrach also operates the Hassi R'Mel field (north of Hassi Messaoud, south of Algiers), which produces around 180,000 bbl/d (29,000 m 3 /d) of crude. Other major fields operated by Sonatrach include Tin ...
Petroleum in South Africa (3 C, 2 P) Petroleum in South Sudan (3 C, 1 P) Petroleum in Sudan (5 C) T. Petroleum in Tanzania (4 C) Petroleum in Tunisia ...
Africa has a large quantity of natural resources, including diamonds, sugar, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum, natural gas and cocoa beans, but also tropical timber and tropical fruit . Recently discovered oil reserves have increased the importance of the commodity in African economies.
The Engen refinery is a crude oil refinery in Wentworth, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa operated by Engen Petroleum. It produced 120,000 barrels per day and while operational, was the second largest crude oil refinery in Durban, supplying about 17% of the nation's fuel. The refinery is located in the centre of a residential area.
Coal oil Oil field in California, 1938. The modern history of petroleum began in the 19th century with the refining of paraffin from crude oil. The Scottish chemist James Young in 1847 noticed a natural petroleum seepage in the Riddings colliery at Alfreton, Derbyshire from which he distilled a light thin oil suitable for use as lamp oil, at the same time obtaining a thicker oil suitable for ...