Regional Focus: Challenges of scaling up Africa’s LNG production

S. Oirere, Contributing Writer Several gas projects are underway in Africa, but they continue to be constrained by inadequate infrastructure, slow finance mobilization, lack of security and uncertainty over hydrocarbon regulations that are casting doubt on the outcome of the continent’s drive to meet its anticipated 128% gas demand increase by 2040. Development of new liquefaction capacities and the expansion of existing LNG projects have seen mixed results in Africa, with Ghana marking time on a key export project due to political issues, and Cameroon successfully shipping its first cargo from Golar LNG’s new facility in May of this year. Mixed gas market performance. Africa’s LNG market