Congo (Brazzaville)

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Congo's first deepwater field came online in 2008 and helped to reverse declining oil production.
Although Congo holds the fifth largest proven natural gas reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa, only a small portion is marketed, as a vast majority is reinjected or flared.
New gas-fired power stations have increased electricity capacity in Point-Noire, one of Congo's most populous areas, since 2010. However, the country still relies on electricity imports to satisfy growing power demand in urban hubs.

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Analysis Last Updated: January 31, 2013

Overview data for Congo (Brazzaville)

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	World	Rank	Congo (Brazzaville)
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	298.91	9,367	87,329	35	291.91
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	290.00	8,571	74,136	34	280.00
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	13.00	3,505	87,605	122	15.00 ^FF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	285.91	5,862	--	146	276.91
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	21	3,220	88,097	99	21
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.60	124	1,474	36	1.60
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	World	Rank	Congo (Brazzaville)
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	33	7,373	111,954	65	41
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	33	3,558	113,321	89	41
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0	3,813	--	64	NA
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3	495	6,637	52	3
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	World	Rank	Congo (Brazzaville)
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	286	7,954	68	0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	223	7,770	114	0.000
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	64	--	85	0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	World	Rank	Congo (Brazzaville)
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.52	594	19,071	162	0.55
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.58	530	17,360	166	0.58
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.15	130	4,843	163	0.15
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	World	Rank	Congo (Brazzaville)
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	.599	36	487	62	0.692
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.048	16	488	143	0.067
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3,667	5,405	7,461	140	4,742
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010				2011
		History	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	World	Rank	Congo (Brazzaville)
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	6.79	1,155	31,502	114	6.86