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The region is well-endowed with energy resources:
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* All are hydrocarbon producers, except for Central African
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Republic whose border, however, is close to the Doba basin
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region in Chad and the oil-producing region of Sudan.
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* the region contains 8% of African proven reserves (about 6
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billion barrels).
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* Oil production, of 870,000 b/d, is somewhat above that of
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Angola (750,000 b/d) and is expected to grow fast (by 50%
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until 2003), mostly in Equatorial Guinea and Chad.
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* Natural gas reserves are estimated at 9.6 trillion cubic feet,
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of which 3.5 billion cubic feet is produced in Gabon.
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* A hydropower generating capacity of about 1095 MW while
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the potential is estimated at over 500000 MW, mostly in
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Cameroon.
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