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SOUTH & EAST AFRICA

From very small amounts of offshore production in 1996 (from South Africa) oil output grew substantially up to 2005 as onshore regions in Sudan came onstream.

Offshore production from South Africa peaked in 2004 but regional onshore output will continue to rise up to 2011/12 before falling away.

Offshore gas production has been flat from South Africa but the introduction of new, mainly onshore, fields in East Africa is leading to rapid growth in production, albeit from a modest base.

Oil consumption is growing in the region but this will flatten off by 2010. Gas consumption growth is significant as new fields in Tanzania and Mozambique are exploited locally and for export to South Africa.

Nearly all the region’s oil imports are used in South Africa. However the rapid reduction in imports after 1999, which flatten off in 2010, is due to growing output from Sudan.

There is currently no gas trade into or out of the region.

• Mozambique

• South Africa

• Sudan

• Tanzania

Population

 335 million

Onshore area

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Offshore area

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