This report was previously published by BP.
Figures include crude oil, shale oil, oil sands, condensates and NGLs. Liquid fuels from other sources such as biofuels and synthetic derivatives of coal and natural gas are excluded, as well as oil shales/kerogen extracted in solid form.
This statistic was compiled using several releases of the publication.
Figures were restated based on the latest report.
In 2024, Africa's oil production amounted to ****Â million barrels of oil per day, up from approximately **** million barrels daily in the previous year. Oil production in the African continent peaked in 2010, at some **** million barrels of oil per day. Since then, figures have been on a mostly downward trend.
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