gasreport: Africa – Southern Africa

Description

In this report we consider 8 countries in Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi – and South Africa.

Published: 2024
Report Data: 2023

Each Country Report is structured as follows:

1. Executive Summary
2. • Provides a concise overview of the key findings in the gas market report. It incorporates analysis and charts to explore the country’s macroeconomic context and gas market drivers, before delving into a segmented view of the market categorized across various dimensions (by gas company, supply mode, gas type, and end-use sector).

2. Supply
   • Market Evolution – description of supply methods in the country and general overview of the gas companies’ activity in the region.
   • Gas Production Facilities Maps – maps of ASUs, oxygen and nitrogen generators, CO₂ production plants and hydrogen production facilities. All maps are colour-coded by company
   • Gas Company Profiles – detailed individual profiles of the main market players, describing their history within the country and current operations there
   • Supply Mode Analysis – historical development of the supply structure in the country and merchant, captive and OSP volume analysis for N₂ & O₂

3. Demand
   • Volume of Demand – demand analysis in the context of gas volumes and industries (how much of each gas is used by each end-use sector)
     • Demand Distribution by End User (table)
     • Demand Distribution by Supply Mode (table)
   • Merchant Liquid Utilisation – historical analysis of the domestic merchant demand vs liquid production capacity.
   • End User Analysis & Market Forecast – historical development of gas sales by industries 2000-2023, then a 5-year, two scenario forecast for the gas market, broken down by industry. Analysis of growth rates for each.

4. Appendices
   • Glossary – definitions of terms used throughout the report
   • Production Base Tables – definitive list of the main identified production facilities in the country; giving owner, location, start year, production capacity.