Africa in a World Context

Fossil Fuel Reserves -- 1/1/99

Country

 

Crude Oil (1,000  barrels)

 

Natural Gas (Bcf)

 

Coal (MMST)

 

Country

 

Crude Oil (1,000
barrels)

 

Natural Gas (Bcf)

 

Coal (MMST)

Cameroon

400,000

3,900

0

Angola

5,412,000

1,620

0

Central African Rep.

0

0

4

Botswana

0

0

4,754

Chad

0

0

0

Comoros

0

0

0

Congo

1,505,913

3,200

0

Lesotho

0

0

0

Dem. Rep. Of Congo

187,000

35

97

Madagascar

0

70

0

Equatorial Guinea

12,000

1,300

0

Malawi

0

0

2

Gabon

2,499,000

1,200

0

Mauritius

0

0

0

Sao Tome & Principe

0

0

0

Mozambique

0

2,000

265

SUBTOTAL-C. Africa

4,603,913

9,635

101

Namibia

0

3,000

0

Burundi

0

0

0

South Africa

29,362

780

60,994

Djibouti

0

0

0

Swaziland

0

0

128

Eritrea

0

0

0

Zambia

0

0

61

Ethiopia

428

880

0

Zimbabwe

0

0

809

Kenya

0

0

0

SUBTOTAL-S. Africa

5,441,362

7,470

67,013

Rwanda

0

2,000

0

Benin

8,210

43

0

Seychelles

0

0

0

Burkina Faso

0

0

0

Somalia

0

200

0

Cape Verde

0

0

0

Sudan

262,100

3,000

0

Cote d’Ivoire

0

1,050

0

Tanzania

0

980

220

Gambia

0

0

0

Uganda

0

0

0

Ghana

16,510

840

0

SUBTOTAL-E. Africa

262,528

7,060

220

Guinea

0

0

0

Algeria

9,200,000

130,300

44

Guinea-Bissau

0

0

0

Egypt

3,500,000

31,500

24

Liberia

0

0

0

Libya

29,500,000

46,400

0

Mali

0

0

0

Morocco

1,966

50

6

Mauritania

0

0

0

Tunisia

307,560

2,750

0

Niger

0

0

77

Western Sahara

0

0

0

Nigeria

22,500,000

124,000

209

SUBTOTAL-N. Africa

42,509,526

211,000

74

Senegal

0

0

0

Bcf = billion cubic feet; MMST = million short tons

Sierra Leone

0

0

0

Togo

0

0

0

SUBTOTAL-W. Africa

22,524,720

125,933

287

Total Africa

75,442,049

361,098

67,695