Oil production in Niger, which is operated by the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), began in 2011 on the Agadem block in the east, about a hundred kilometres from the Chad border.
How long is the Niger oil pipeline?
With a projected length of nearly 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) — including 1,250 km in Niger itself — the pipeline will connect oil wells in the eastern region of Agadem, a zone troubled by deadly jihadist incursions, with the Beninese port of Seme. Climate campaigners are clamouring for an end to investment in carbon-spewing fossil fuels.
Will Niger’s oil pipeline increase oil production?
An export pipeline connecting Niger to the Atlantic Ocean through Benin is supposed to increase oil production from 20,000 barrels per day (refined at Soraz) to 110,000 barrels per day. The additional 90,000 barrels per day are destined for export. A test Oil well in the Ténéré desert in January 2008.
Does CNPC produce oil in Niger?
Sonatrach holds the Kafra block, while UK-based Savannah Energy holds two more blocks. As of December 2023, CNPC is only company producing oil in Niger. Oil is extracted from the Agadem field and transported through an underground 426.5 kilometres (265.0 mi) long pipeline to the Soraz refinery near Zinder.