Equatorial Guinea

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Equatorial Guinea’s oil production has been declining, but the recent start-up of the Aseng oil and gas-condensate field is expected to revive liquids production in 2012.
The Zafiro field has been the backbone of the country’s oil production, but its current output has more than halved since its peak, leaving the country eager to start production from new finds.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports have rapidly increased since a LNG processing facility was built in 2007. A second LNG train is expected to start operation in 2016 to double LNG output.

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Analysis Last Updated: February 28, 2012

Overview data for Equatorial Guinea

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	World	Rank	Equatorial Guinea
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	297.37	9,367	87,329	36	318.00
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	276.87	8,571	74,136	35	297.00
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.00	3,505	87,605	134	1.00 ^FFF
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	296.37	5,862	--	147	317.00
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	0	3,220	88,097	110	0
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	1.10	124	1,474	38	1.10
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	World	Rank	Equatorial Guinea
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	231	7,373	111,954	47	243
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	56	3,558	113,321	80	57
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	175	3,813	--	71	186
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	1	495	6,637	63	1
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	World	Rank	Equatorial Guinea
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	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	World	Rank	Equatorial Guinea
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	0.09	594	19,071	196	0.10
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.09	530	17,360	196	0.09
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	0.04	130	4,843	190	0.04
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	World	Rank	Equatorial Guinea
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	.910	36	487	54	0.873
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	0.064	16	488	135	0.069
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	2,190	5,405	7,461	171	2,399
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010				2011
		History	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	World	Rank	Equatorial Guinea
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	5.48	1,155	31,502	123	5.23