ctricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 34.5%
hydro: 65.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

243,900 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

13,170 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

255,500 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

2,485 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

2 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

100 million cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

100 million cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

$1.552 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$6.956 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)

Exports - partners:

US 32.5%, China 15.8%, France 9.4%, Malaysia 6%, Trinidad and Tobago
5% (2007)

Imports:

$2.107 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction
materials

Imports - partners:

France 27.7%, US 19.1%, Belgium 5.4%, Netherlands 4.7%, China 4.1%
(2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$53.87 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$1.238 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$4.895 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible
authority is the Bank of the Central African States

Currency code:

XAF

Exchange rates:

Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 481.83
(2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003)

Communications
Gabon

Telephones - main lines in use:

26,500 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.169 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: adequate service by African standards and
improving with the help of a growing mobile cell network system with
multiple providers; mobile-cellular subscribership reached 80 per
100 persons in 2007
domestic: adequate system of cable, microwave radio relay,
tropospheric scatter, radiotelephone communication stations, and a
domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations
international: country code - 241; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC
fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connecti