East Africa was in fact Africa's largest holder of natural gas reserves. This was easy enough to understand: East Africa's territory accounted for roughly 43 percent of the entire African continent. By the national layout of Africa in his previous life, Nigeria ranked first, but compared with East Africa's current land area, Nigeria's mere 900,000-plus square kilometers were practically being bullied.
However, this also showed from another angle that Nigeria had possessed some of the best overall conditions in Africa in his previous life. Its three major energy resources—coal, natural gas, and petroleum—all ranked near the top in Africa, while its other resources were also abundant. With vast farmland and no shortage of fine ports, it was not difficult to understand how it had developed into Africa's largest economy in his previous life.
First Town.
"According to a telegram from Bujumbura, our country's first natural gas facility has successfully begun operations. This is tremendous news for our national energy security landscape." Von der Leyen reported to Ernst and the other officials with a smile.
There was no helping it. Ever since petroleum had been discovered at Lake Turkana, oil exploration throughout East Africa had not gone smoothly. Only a few small oilfields had been found. Instead, large quantities of natural gas resources had been discovered during oil exploration, with sizable natural gas fields found in both the central and eastern regions.
Of course, given the distribution of East Africa's petroleum, the current exploration work naturally could not proceed smoothly. East Africa's petroleum was mainly concentrated in the north and west, yet development in those two regions had weakened. Many places had inconvenient transportation, sparse populations, and outdated equipment. Under the combined influence of these factors, exploration work naturally could not go smoothly.
There was no need to worry too