Cote d'Ivoire Energy Market Report

Institutions & Energy Policy
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is responsible for the exploitation of energy reserves through three directorates (hydrocarbons, mines and geology). It supervises the main energy companies ...

Energy Companies
Energy companies active in the market (production, import, export, distribution, refineries, LNG terminals) in the oil, gas, coal and power sectors.

Energy Supply
Resources: Côte d’Ivoire has oil and gas reserves which have been exploited since 1980. At present, the reserves are estimated at 14 Mt for oil and 20 bcm for gas; they are decreasing, mainly offshore ...

Prices
Details of energy prices and taxes levels and evolution, by energy and by sector (oil, power).

Consumption
The consumption of energy per inhabitant is around 0.5 toe, including 190 kWh of electricity. Wood, charcoal and agricultural waste represents about 3/4 of total consumption...

Issues & Prospects
International organisations anticipate a strong economic recovery in 2012: the IMF plans a growth of the GDP by 6%/year from 2012 compared to -7.6%/year in 2011 and 2.2%/year on average over the past five years due to the politic turmoils ...

2009 Key data & Graphs

• Economic indicators: population, growth, etc.
• Supply indicators: reserves, capacity, production, external trade (per energy)
• Demand indicators: consumption per capita, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector), energy security, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions
• Energy Balance : total and per energy