In Angola, Sonangol has revealed that the unfavorable weather has hindered the fuel shipment arriving to the country from being discharged at ports.

According to the state oil company, the country’s inability to ship fuel has resulted in massive queues at petrol filling stations.

“Bad weather conditions that have occurred in recent times in Angola are hindering the berthing of vessels that transport fuel in some terminals of the country. Sonangol ensures that everything has been done in order for situation to return as soon as possible to normality,” the company said.

Angola has for the second time overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s top oil producer twice, producing 1.778 million barrels in March thereby attaining a per day average of, an extra 18,000 barrels in February, while Nigeria’s production fell by 39,400 bpd to 1.722 million bpd.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), in its Monthly report also revealed that Angola was the world’s second biggest supplier of oil to China in February after Saudi Arabia, representing 15% of all China’s imports.

Meanwhile the National statistics has revealed that although Angola is the second largest oil exporter in Africa's, the country only imports approximately 6 million cubic metres of refined products annually due to the unavailability of refining capacity, Reuters reports.

Anita Fatunji