African oil and gas production has drawn out played a considerable role in supplying global hydrocarbon straits Algerian and Libyan oil production has been matched at the output of sub-Saharan Africa.

African oil and gas production has drawn out played a considerable role in supplying global hydrocarbon straits Algerian and Libyan oil production has been matched at the output of sub-Saharan Africa, mainly from Nigeria and Angola, while Algeria has been a major player in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market for 40 years. Today, however, Africa is assuming an altogether bigger part in the oil and gas sector, and becoming of frequently more strategic importance, especially given the desire of many states to decrease their dependence on Middle Eastern suppliers.

With oil prices at the upper period of their historic ...