“Angola has been working hard to improve competitiveness and generate new opportunities to foster not only the traditional oil and gas activity but also the energy sector as a whole.” Matteo Bacchini, Managing Director, Eni Angola The Energy Year Angola 2021 highlights Angola’s ambitious goals to intensify exploration activities, transform the public role in the hydrocarbons industry and advance the development of natural gas and LNG – altogether cementing the country’s position as a key energy hub in southwestern Africa. “The government has done a wonderful job in updating the laws, introducing reforms and trying to adjust the industry and the mature basins’ potential to the current market conditions.” Edson Rodrigues Dos Santos, CEO, Somoil The Energy Year Angola 2021 portrays a detailed picture of Angola’s energy scene under President Lourenço’s renewed administration, focusing on the varied efforts the country is undertaking to enhance its oil and gas production, upgrade its refining capacity and push for an energy transition. This edition’s Year Focus chapter, A Renewed Era of Licensing, includes a map detailing the blocks and seismic data in the ANPG’s 2021-2025 bidding strategy – an approach that aims to expand geological information on Angola’s oil and gas potential and attract a new generation of explorers to yield new discoveries. Produced in partnership with the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, ANPG and Sonangol, this seventh edition of The Energy Year’s Angola series provides insight to potential investors on the government’s efforts to push the energy industry forward, providing a clear picture of Angola’s opportunities at a time when gas is the new oil and the country is driven by its pursuit of the energy transition.

“There is a lot of competition around Africa, and the only way to make investors more interested in our offerings is by showcasing the real opportunities present in our country and our appetite in technology transfer.” Chief Timipre Marlin Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. The Energy Year Nigeria 2021 highlights Nigeria’s ambitious quest to ramp up production via marginal fields, increase its refining capacity through modular plants, advance gas utilisation with virtual pipelines and revamp its entire power sector to ultimately become Africa’s energy powerhouse. “Our strategy and focus for gas in 2021 is to drive the implementation of the country’s “Decade of Gas” initiatives and grow the overall importance of the industry via increasing its contribution to Nigeria’s GDP.” Engr. Sarki Auwalu, Director and CEO, Department of Petroleum Resources The Energy Year Nigeria 2021 elucidates how Nigeria’s energy industry has remained resilient while it undergoes a unique reshaping through its recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill, as well as the launch of its “Decade of Gas” initiative and the materialising of its “refining revolution” – all of which are propelling the country on its path towards energy transition and self-sufficiency. Produced in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Power, the Department of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, this eighth edition of The Energy Year’s Nigeria series provides investors deep insight on the efforts made to push the country’s energy sector beyond the Covid-19 crisis. The report gives a detailed picture of the opportunities surrounding crude oil, natural gas and power at a time when Nigeria is driven by its pursuit of greater efficiency and a viable energy transition.

“Oil is finite and exhaustible, so we should use the oil money to create durable capacity.” H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda The Energy Year Uganda 2021 is a special first edition covering the unlocking of Uganda’s energy industry, and has been produced in partnership with Uganda’s State House, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) and the Uganda Investment Authority. The Energy Year Uganda 2021 analyses the latest developments and future prospects of the country’s up-and-coming oil and gas industry, as well as its linkages with the power sector and wider economy. The book also portrays the projects championed by the key players of the Ugandan energy value chain. “Uganda is continuing to prepare itself to benefit from the oil and gas industry. The benefits will not only be in the form of revenues from the sale of oil but also in harnessing the economic and social impact which these significant investment projects are bringing to the development and transformation of the country.” Ernest Rubondo, Executive Director, Petroleum Authority of Uganda The Energy Year Uganda 2021 also features maps showing Uganda’s oil and gas licences and their status and featuring the groundbreaking East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) infrastructure. This first edition of our The Energy Year Uganda series provides the most up-to-date and in-depth analysis as a comprehensive guide on the evolving Ugandan energy market. It underlines the key projects that will shape the Ugandan oil and gas value chain of the future and identifies the country’s potential and untapped opportunities.

The Business Year: Angola 2023, produced with the support of AIPEX and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Angola, features interview, articles, and analysis over 200 pages.

The book provides interested readers an insight into the ongoing Energy Transition. Written with humor and insight the reader is guided through and beyond the technical jargon of the energy sector. Written with a sharp eye and appreciation of the oil and gas industry, but also providing a vision how the future of the energy sector will develop. The reader is also taken to Africa. A continent where the author has spent a considerable amount of time. A continent which also has an Energy Transition message that must be told to a larger audience. This book is a must-read for anyone who is curious about how the Energy Transition will evolve. The challenges, the myths, and the surprises that you the reader will want to discover. "Gerard is clearly an out of the box thinker and his book is a thought- provoking collection of observations worthy of study to all of those facing the challenge of net zero through energy transition by 2050." - Ken Seymour BSc PhD MBA CEng

“Policies must better serve the interests of Angola as a country, and of the investors that are willing to invest in the future of Angola.” João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola The Oil & Gas Year Angola 2019 has been produced in partnership with the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum; the National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG); PwC; AmCham Angola; and the Association of Service Providers of the Angolan Oil & Gas Industry. The Oil & Gas Year Angola 2019 analyses the reforms pushed by the administration of President João Lourenço – which include the kick-start of the Sonangol Regeneration Programme, the creation of the oil and gas regulatory agency ANPG, and incentives for marginal field development and exploration work – as well as the views and perspectives of the key players in the Angolan oil and gas value chain. “There is still a lot of potential for exploration in Angola, not just in the upcoming Namibe Basin, but also in the Congo River Basin, which is where production is centred now.” Olivier Jouny, General Director, Total E&P Angola The Oil & Gas Year Angola 2019 also features a pull-out map with the 2019 licence areas and ANPG’s 2019-2025 licensing strategy, an initiative that will see 55 blocks assigned in the coming six years. This sixth edition of The Oil & Gas Year Angola includes the most up-to-date, in-depth analysis and is a comprehensive guide to the Angolan energy market – it underlines the government’s initiatives to reinvigorate the Angolan oil and gas industry and identifies the country’s potential and untapped opportunities.

Angola’s economy stood at the crossroads of transformation throughout 2023, with officials confronting the challenges that have swept the globe of late, including inflationary pressure, while attempting to draw up plans for more sustainable development. The country’s fortunes remain tightly intwined with those of the oil and gas sector, which continues to represent a sizeable portion of GDP. This renders the country susceptible to the undulations of global oil prices, something that will need to change longer term. It is against this backdrop that we teamed up with AIPEX and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Angola (CCIA) to produce this 170-page publication featuring interviews with business leaders from every major sector of the economy, as well as a range of articles and analysis.