Africa can increase natural gas supply, exports to Europe

Export capacity constraints currently hamper some African countries from increasing their exports of natural gas and liquefied natural gas and, while exploration has dropped off, new gasfield discoveries present an opportunity for Africa to grow the supply of natural gas to Europe, said energy industry experts during the ‘Energy in Africa’ think-tank discussion this week. Natural gas, as an energy transition fuel, is available in Africa. It also has multiple industrial uses, burns significantly cleaner than other carbon sources, such as coal or oil, and has a suitable export market, especially since the start of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, said consulting and market research multinational Frost & Sullivan Africa energy and power consultant Patrick Prestele on July 14.