African LNG exports have increased 27% yoy to 11.32 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2026, as Qatari supply disruptions pushed European buyers to source more cargoes from Nigeria, Algeria and Angola.
Angola, a liquefied natural gas exporter in the Atlantic Basin for more than 10 years, said it was leaving the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries because membership of the crude oil cartel was not serving its interests.
Italian energy company Eni has upgraded the resources by more than three times in the Ndungu field offshore the LNG-producing nation of Angola and said the move showed how improved technology can alter the profile and economic viability of a discovery.
Angola, the southwest African LNG producer and holder for 2021 of the current rotating Presidency of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has conducted a successful oil and gas bidding round and on September 23 will name concession winners.