Country Report
Cameroon upstream summary
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Report summary
Cameroon's liquid production has entered terminal decline. The country's upstream sector is mature, with production dating back to 1977. Output peaked at 165,000 b/d in 1988, but has since entered prolonged decline, averaging 5% annually over the past decade. This downturn has accelerated sharply recently, with production dropping more than 10% year-on-year, to 54,000 b/d in 2025. While recent investments by operators Addax and Perenco are expected to slow the rate of decline, they ...
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Key facts
- Location maps
- Key companies
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Geology
- Introduction
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Niger Delta basin (Rio del Rey)
- Regional setting
- Tectonic evolution
- Stratigraphy
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Douala basin
- Regional setting
- Tectonic evolution
- Source rocks
- Reservoirs and seals
- Key Differences from Southern basins
- The Southern Offshore basin (Kribi Campo sub-basin)
- Northern Offshore Douala basin
- Onshore Douala basin
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Exploration
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Licensing
- 2025-2026 licensing round
- 2018 licence round
- Douala basin
- Rio del Rey basin
- Northern Cameroon
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Douala basin
- Rio del Rey basin
- Success rates
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Licensing
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Reserves and resources
- Reserves
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Contingent volumes
- Liquids
- Gas
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Production
- Oil
- Gas
- Emissions
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Infrastructure
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Oil infrastructure
- Crude export facilities
- Gas infrastructure
- Refinery
- The Chad-Cameroon Pipeline
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Oil infrastructure
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Costs
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Capital costs
- Capital expenditure by location
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Operating costs
- Operating expenditure by location
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Capital costs
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Policy and regulation
- Key legislation
- State oil company
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Licensing
- Prospecting licence
- Exploration licence
- Production licence
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Fiscal terms
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Overview
- Upstream
- Midstream/downstream
- Current fiscal terms
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Production sharing contracts
- State equity participation
- Bonuses, rentals and fees
- Royalty and other production taxes
- Domestic market obligation (DMO)
- Profit oil share
- Contractor revenue entitlement
- Product pricing
- Corporate (or petroleum) income tax
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Concession agreements
- State equity participation
- Carry & reimbursement
- Bonuses, rentals and fees
- Royalty and other production taxes
- Domestic market obligation (DMO)
- Product pricing
- Corporate (or petroleum) income tax
- Fiscal/contractual ring-fences
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Overview
Tables and charts
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Key facts: Table 1Country mapReserves and contingent resources at 01/01/2026
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Liquids and Gas Production 2026Reserves and resources: Table 1Production: Table 1Production: Table 2Liquid production by main producing areasProduction: Table 3Production: Table 4Gas productionExploration: Table 1
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