Sonagas (''Sociedad Nacional de Gas de Guinea Ecuatorial'') is the
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...
n national
natural gas
Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...
company. It was formed in 2005. It operates in conjunction with
GEPetrol, the nation's principal petroleum company, and
EG LNG, the nation's
liquid natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volume o ...
company, to manage the nation's
fossil fuel
A fossil fuel is a flammable carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the buried remains of prehistoric organisms (animals, plants or microplanktons), a process that occurs within geolog ...
resources.
The officers of the company are Director General
Juan Antonio Ndong Ondo and Assistant Director General
Serapio Sima Ntutumu.
Operations
*The
Bioko
Bioko (; ; ; historically known as Fernando Pó, ) is an island of Equatorial Guinea. It is located south of the coast of Cameroon, and northwest of the northernmost part of mainland Equatorial Guinea. Malabo, on the north coast of the is ...
Methanol Plant is operated by the Atlantic Methanol Production Company (AMPCO), a
joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...
of
Marathon Oil
Marathon Oil Corporation was an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. In November 2024, it was acquired by ConocoPhillips and absorbed into the company.
Marathon was founded in Lima, Ohio, as the Ohio Oil Company. In 1899, the ...
and the Samadan Oil subsidiary of
Noble Energy
Noble Energy, Inc. was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration headquartered in Houston, Texas. In October 2020, the company was acquired by Chevron Corporation.
The company was known as Noble Affiliates, Inc. until 2002.
As of December ...
. Sonagas itself also owns 10% of AMPCO.
The plant produces of
methanol
Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic Alcohol (chemistry), alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often ab ...
per day.
* The Punta Europa Liquified Petroleum Gas facility is also operated by Marathon, Samadan and Sonagas, and produces of
liquefied petroleum gas
Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, Butane, ''n''-butane and isobutane. It can also contain some ...
.
*The
Equatorial Guinea Liquified Natural Gas Plant (EG LNG) began production in 2007.
See also
*
Energy in Equatorial Guinea
References
External links
Sonagas website
Oil and gas companies of Equatorial Guinea
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Non-renewable resource companies established in 2005
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