L'afrique dans la géopolitique mondiale du pétrole

Abstract

Since the early 1990's, Sub-Saharan Africa has become a region of major importance in the global oil scene. The rise of Africa is primarily due to the deep off-shore technological revolution, which has made possible a series of large discoveries in the wider Gulf of Guinea (Angola, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea). Africa is one of the very few regions outside the Persian Gulf and Russia where there is a potential for significant increase in oil production capacity. Hence its prominent status in both the international oil companies upstream strategies and in the United States global energy policy. Since the early 1990's, Sub-Saharan Africa has become a region of major importance in the global oil scene. The rise of Africa is primarily due to the deep offshore technological revolution, which has made possible a series of large discoveries in the wider Gulf of Guinea (Angola, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea). Africa is one of the very few regions outside the Persian Gulf and Russia where there is a potential for significant increase in oil production capacity. Hence its prominent status in both the international oil companies upstream strategies and in the United States global energy policy.