Country Report
Gabon upstream summary
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Report summary
Gabon is an OPEC member and the fourth largest oil producer in Sub-Sahara Africa. With current output of 215,000 b/d, Gabon is ranked after Nigeria, Angola and Congo-Brazzaville. Production peaked at around 370,000 b/d in 1996. Improved output from Dussafu provided a boost in 2019 and Gabon's annual production increased for the first time in four years, to 211,000 b/d. It was forecast to increase further in 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic and the associated oil price crash led to ...
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Key facts
- Location maps
- Key companies
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Geology
- Introduction
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Gabon basin structure and tectonics
- Salt structures
- Post-salt fractures in the northern sub-basin
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Southern sub-basin stratigraphy
- Syn-rift stratigraphy (Berriasian - Early Aptian)
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Petroleum plays
- Pre-salt plays
- Post-salt plays
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Exploration
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Licensing
- Ad-hoc licensing
- 12th offshore licensing round
- Previous licensing
- Early licensing
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Upcoming exploration drilling
- Recent drilling
- Early exploration
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Licensing
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Reserves and resources
- Contingent resources
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Production
- Liquids
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Gas
- Sales gas
- Other potential monetisation options
- Emissions
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Infrastructure
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Oil export terminals
- Cap Lopez
- Gamba
- FSO Mayumba
- Teli FSO
- Adolo FPSO
- Refinery
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Oil export terminals
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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
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Key legislation
- 2019 Petroleum Code
- 2014 Petroleum Code
- Regulatory body
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State participation
- State oil company
- State participation under the 2019 Petroleum Code
- Ownership of TotalEnergies subsidiary
- State participation since the Second Licensing Round (1986)
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Licensing
- Concessions
- Production sharing contracts (PSCs)
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Key legislation
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Fiscal terms
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Overview
- Upstream
- Mid/downstream
- Current fiscal terms
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Production sharing contracts (PSCs)
- Licence types
- State equity participation
- Bonuses, rental and fees
- Indirect taxes
- Royalty and other production taxes
- Domestic market obligation (DMO)
- Cost recovery
- Profit sharing
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Concessions
- State equity participation
- Bonuses, rentals and fees
- Royalty and other production taxes
- Domestic market obligation (DMO)
- Contractor revenue entitlement
- Corporate (or Petroleum) income tax
- Fiscal/contractual ring-fences
- Dividend withholding tax
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Overview
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Key facts: Table 1
- Location maps: Image 1
- Reserves and contingent resources at 01/01/2025
- Reserves and resources: Table 1
- Reserves and resources: Table 2
- Oil infrastructure
- Reserves and resources: Table 3
- Production: Table 1
- Production: Table 2
- Gabon oil production
- Geological structure of Gabon
- Cretaceous to recent stratigraphy of the South Gabon sub-basin
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What's included
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