African Petroleum Producers Association

Logo of the African Petroleum Producers Association.
Map of states belonging to the APPA as of June 2009.

African Petroleum Producers Association, APPA (Association des pays africains producteurs de pétrole in French, Associação de Produtores de Petróleo Africanos in Portuguese and رابطة منتجي النفط الأفريقية in Arabic) is an organisation of African countries producing petroleum. It was founded in 1986. The headquarters of the organisation are in Brazzaville in the Congo. The Organization has since changed its name to African Petroleum Producers Organization. [1]

The founding of APPA was spearheaded by Nigeria as an effort to mitigate the nation's dependency on Western technology and Western markets for oil export revenues. The objective of APPA was to promote cooperation in petrochemical research and technology.

Membership

The following African states are members of the African Petroleum Producers Association:

StateYear of EntryNotes
AlgeriaAlgeria1987[2]
AngolaAngola1987[2]
BeninBenin1987[2]
CameroonCameroon1987[2]
ChadChad2005[2]
Republic of the CongoCongo, Republic of the1987[2]
Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, Democratic Republic of the1989[3]
Ivory CoastCôte d'Ivoire1989[3]
EgyptEgypt1989[3]
Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea1996[2]
GabonGabon1987[2]
GhanaGhana2011[4]
LibyaLibya1987[2]
MauritaniaMauritania2008[5]
NigerNiger2012[2]
NigeriaNigeria1987[2]
South AfricaSouth Africa2005[2]
SudanSudan2008[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Petroleum reform talk: APPA to APPO: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/petroleum-reform-talk-appa-appo
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 APPA Bulletin 9, Page 22: http://www.appa.int/en/pub/Bulletin_APPA-n9_eng.pdf
  3. 1 2 3 APPA Bulletin 9, Page 22: http://www.appa.int/en/pub/Bulletin_APPA-n9_eng.pdf
    (Although not directly mentioned.)
  4. ↑ APPA Bulletin 9, Page 22: http://www.appa.int/en/pmbres/ghana.html
  5. 1 2 African Petroleum Producers Association website: http://www.appa.int/en/pmbres/pang.html
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