By Cosmos Pedro, in Luanda
Angolan natural gas output has increased for three consecutive months since September 2025, but the volume delivered to the Liquefied Natural Gas plant has not matched the pace of the surge.
The percentage of re-injected gas is one culprit.
Overall production soared by 846Million standard cubic feet (846MMscf/d) between September (2.39Bscf/d) and November 2025 (3.24Bscf/d) and yet there has been only 28MMscf/d increase in the contribution to the Angola Liquefied Natural Gas plant (ALNG), which offers over 95% of the route to the market for Angolan gas.
Gas delivery to grid-connected power plants is minimal. And there are no gas based industries. The domestic gas consumption is limited to 150MMscf/d.
In September 2025, only 40% of the 2.39Bscf/d output, amounting to 964MMscf/d, was made available to the ALNG plant. A whopping 55% of that volume or 1.323Bscf/d, was re-injected to maintain reservoir pressure, while 13%, or 323MMscf/d, was used for power generation in the oil facilities.
And despite an increase of 604MMsf/d in production from September to October, contribution to ALNG plant dropped by 68MMscf/d.
