Ethiopia Energy Market Report

Institutions & Energy Policy
The Ministry of Mines & Energy (MM&E) supervises the energy sector. All the oil activities are controlled by the Petroleum Operations Department, which is mainly in charge of promoting the country’s oil potential...

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: The country’s hydrocarbon reserves are limited and are barely used. Crude oil reserves reach 0.05 Mt and gas reserves are estimated at 25 bcm ...

Consumption
Total energy consumption per capita has remained stable at around 0.39 toes (2009) since 2004. Electricity consumption per capita reaches 39 kWh.

Issues & Prospects
Electricity: In 2005, the government released its 25-year Power System Expansion Master Plan. The plan was updated by EEPCo in 2007..

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