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Senegal boosts 2025 oil output forecast for Sangomar field

by Warren S.
September 9, 2025
in Upstream
Senegal increases oil production

Credits: petrosen

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Senegal has seen an immense return on a sizable investment in the Sangomar field, which has now boosted the nation’s oil output for 2025. The African nation has become a hotbed for companies from all over the world to come and tap into a relatively new market in the region. Senegal has immense poverty, and most of the population survives on just a few dollars a day. What they do have in abundance is natural resources, and thanks to some strategic partnerships and investments, Senegal’s Sangomar field has done exceptionally better than expected.

Senegal has huge natural resources that attract the world’s interest

Senegal is not an ideal place to try to try to start any kind of energy production or oil fields, the country has been ravaged by a poor economy and even worse leadership in government. To their credit, they are acutely aware of the needs of their citizens and indeed the world. While the global cooperation that has developed thanks to a renewed sense of mortality is a worrying sign of the times, there are only so many options to power the world.

Crude Oil is still the majority shareholder in the world energy production. Yes, we have made significant steps towards leaving fossil fuels in the rear view mirror, but it remains the most practical and abundantly simple fuel for the world’s needs. And those needs are only going to get bigger as time passes and the global population increases.

African countries are in a unique position that is an unforeseen result of the political upheaval in the region. Many countries in Africa have fast, untapped natural resources that are available. But due to instability in government and regular regime changes, it has been inaccessible for the most part. Thanks to this new project, all that has now changed, and Africa has become a gold mine for the world’s energy producers.

The Senegalese government has backed the project led by an Australian company

Australia’s Woodside Energy Group has set up and is managing the Sangomar field, and the results have exceeded everyone’s expectations. A promising sign for a country trying to find a financial foothold in the global economy. When Woodside started the project, the initial output expected was around 30.53 million barrels annually.

Rarely do we see such a huge engineering project actually outperform its initial expectations, but that is exactly what has taken place here. The Senegalese government has happily reported that the Sangomar offshore field has produced 34.5 million barrels, outperforming their initial estimates. This dwarfs the initial reports from Senegal’s Ministry of Energy, Petroleum, and Mines.

The fact that oil production only commenced in June of last year only adds to the impressive performance. The entire project got off the ground in only 9 weeks and achieved more than 94% production reliability in the fourth quarter of 2024. The government was only too happy to report on the increased expectations following only a short time in operation.

“We estimate crude oil production for 2025 at approximately 30.53 million barrels, aiming to sustain a daily output of 100,000 barrels throughout the year. During this period, we exported and sold three shipments totaling 2.89 million barrels on the international market.”  – Senegalese government representatives

Can the Sangomar offshore field continue its upward trajectory?

It’s rare for any country to set up such a large operation and have immediate success. And the fact that they have managed to start and continue such a high volume of oil production can only point to the expertise of those involved in the project. The Sangomar offshore field is situated only a few hundred miles from Dakar, and the irony is not lost on us there. One of the best-known regions for endurance racing now has an extremely productive oil field that produces vast amounts of oil for the region and the world’s needs.

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