World Bank2014-09-302014-09-302001-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20305The Africa Gas Initiative (AGI) has been established by the Oil and Gas Division of the World Bank, to promote the utilization of natural gas in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study focuses on coastal countries - Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, and Gabon - along the West African coastline, and the Gulf of Guinea, where most of the region's gas reserves are located, and where significant proportions of the gas produced, is being wasted through flaring, or venting. Thus, the study's goal is to end gas flaring, by developing indigenous natural gas resources for local markets, and export, achieving economic benefits from gas substitution - through reduced imports, or increased exports of oil products - and, by improving environmental conditions at the local, and global levels. Under the AGI, technical assistance with regard to institutional, and regulatory framework was conducted in Cameroon, and Cote d'Ivoire, and, additionally, analysis of current petroleum fiscal legislation was undertaken, to review the profitability of gas field development from the investors' point of view. This analysis enabled recommendations to respective governments, to introduce required changes in their petroleum laws. Recommendations further include incentives to develop activities, particularly through rational price structures, removal of subsidies as the landed cost of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is progressively reduced, and fair competitive procedures, govern market accessibility.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAND GASBARRELBASINSBIOMASSBOILERSBREWERIESCALCULATIONCONSTRUCTIONCONSTRUCTION MATERIALSCRUDE OILCRUDE OIL PRODUCTIONCYCLE GASDIESELDIESEL OILDOMESTIC SUPPLYDOWNSTREAM GASDRIVING FORCEELECTRICITYELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY PRACTICESENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSEXTRACTIONFUELFUEL CONSUMPTIONFUEL COSTFUEL MIXFUEL OILFUELSGASGAS ACTIVITIESGAS CONSUMPTIONGAS CONVERSIONGAS DEMANDGAS DIVISIONGAS FIELDGAS FIELDSGAS FLARINGGAS PIPELINEGAS PIPELINE PROJECTGAS POTENTIALGAS PRODUCTIONGAS PROJECTSGAS QUANTITIESGAS RESERVESGAS RESOURCEGAS RESOURCESGAS SECTORGAS SECTOR DEVELOPMENTGAS STREAMGAS SUPPLYGAS TURBINEGAS USEGAS UTILIZATIONGAS UTILIZATION STUDYGASOLINEHEAVY FUEL OILHYDROCARBONSINCOMEINDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIESINDUSTRIAL ACTIVITYINDUSTRIAL AREASINDUSTRIAL SECTORKEROSENELIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASESLIQUID FUELSLIVING CONDITIONSLOAD CURVEMANUFACTURING INDUSTRYNATIONAL OILNATURAL GASNATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENTNATURAL GAS RESERVESNATURAL GAS RESOURCESNEGATIVE IMPACTOILOILOIL & GASOIL AND GASOIL COMPANIESOIL COMPANYOIL CONSUMPTIONOIL EQUIVALENTOIL EXPLORATIONOIL EXPORTSOIL FIELDSOIL INDUSTRYOIL PRICEOIL PRICESOIL PRODUCERSOIL PRODUCINGOIL PRODUCING COUNTRIESOIL PRODUCTSOIL RESERVESOIL REVENUESOILSPETROLEUMPETROLEUM EXPLORATIONPETROLEUM PRODUCTSPOWER GENERATIONPROVEN RESERVESREFINERIESREFINERYRESERVOIRSSULFURSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTOTAL ENERGYWASTEWELLS10.1596/20305