Algeria’s crude oil output bumped up to 1,000,000Barrels Per Day (1MMBOPD) in August 2026.
It’s the country’s highest production in 18 months and it marks the summit of a gradual creep since May 2025, OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report shows.
The North African country is Africa’s second largest natural gas producer but it comes fourth among the continent’s top crude oil producers, after Nigeria, Libya and Angola, in that order.
Nigeria’s crude output slipped slightly by 5,000BOPD to 1.5MMBOPD and Libya’s inched up by 6,000BOPD to 1.397MMBOPD in August 2026, OPEC reports.
Angola’s figures don’t show up in OPEC’s publications anymore, but output reported by the country’s regulator have, in the last three months, placed Angola’s production at less than 40,000BOPD higher than Algeria’s.
The middle tier producers: Gabon and Congo Brazzaville, each remained stuck below 280,000BOPD. Fuller details…
