A total of 43 oil and natural gas projects are planned for the Sub-Saharan Africa area and expected to start production by 2025, with Nigeria leading with 11 and Angola having eight, according to a report by GlobalData. The total will comprise 31 crude and 12 natural gas projects.

Entitled ‘H1 2016 Production and Capital Expenditure Outlook for Key Planned Upstream Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa‘, the report reveals that the top companies in terms of operatorship will be Tullow Oil plc, Total SA and Chevron Corporation.

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Tullow Oil and Total both have the most projects planned with five, while Chevron Corporation has three.

"The Sub-Saharan region will contribute 7.7 billion cubic feet a day to global gas production in 2025 through its key planned projects."

The Sub-Saharan region will contribute 1,113 thousand barrels of oil a day (mbd) to global crude production and 7.7 billion cubic feet a day (bcfd) to global gas production in 2025 through its key planned projects.

An estimated $259bn is expected to be invested to commence production from key projects, with $153.5bn expected to be spent from 2016 to 2015. With a capital expenditure of $70.4bn, Mozambique will lead the Sub-Saharan region with the highest investment. The African nation will spend approximately $70.3bn on the Rovuma Area 1 Complex and Rovuma Area 4 Complex projects.

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The GlobalData report mentions that Eni SpA will have the highest capex spending of $21.3bn among all the companies operating in the region. The company plans on investing in its key planned projects over the next decade.

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Located in the Niger Delta Basin, Zabazaba-Etan and Nsiko are the most significant of undeveloped discoveries in the Sub-Saharan region.