Eastern Africa: a New Oil and Gas Frontier
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2014
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Les Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est/The East African Review
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The oil and gas industry in Eastern Africa is quite a new sector compared to the Gulf of Guinea where oil was produced from the end of the 1950s onwards. Though some exploration took place earlier on, with companies such a Shell, involved in Kenya in the 1960s or in Uganda in the 1980s1, a new frontier opened up during the last 10 years. Previously, companies were not making much effort to find the precious hydrocarbons in the region. The main reason for this lack of perseverance was that oil, “easy” to get and refine, was flowing elsewhere at that time.
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Augé, B., & Nakayi, R. (2014). Eastern Africa: a new oil and gas frontier. Les Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est/The East African Review, (48), 1-16.https://doi.org/10.4000/eastafrica.377