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Angola: petroleum regulator explores digital licences and improved fuel tracking

LE BRIEF • 2026-11-04

IRDP is seeking technology to modernise authorisations and trace products from storage to filling stations. Discussions remain exploratory, with no completed nationwide rollout confirmed.

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LE BRIEF — Wednesday, 4 November 2026 By the LE BRIEF newsroom Country : Angola Source publication : 3 November 2026 Prospect coverage Event : Interview at Angola Oil & Gas 2026; exact interview date unspecified Supplied photograph: Sonangol Distribuidora-branded tankers at a loading installation. Illustration of Angola's fuel distribution sector; exact date and location unestablished. Photograph supplied to the newsroom; provenance and reproduction rights are undocumented. Angola is examining tools to modernise regulation of its fuel market. In an interview with Prospect at Angola Oil & Gas 2026, Petroleum Derivatives Regulatory Institute managing director Luís José Alves Fernandes outlined plans for digital licensing and distribution monitoring. IRDP is discussing potential solutions with technology providers to improve internal procedures and oversight of flows. This is a search for partners and tools, not an announcement that a nationwide system is already operating. Connecting permits with physical product movements The regulator wants to issue licences digitally. This could simplify some processes and make procedures clearer for operators, provided responsibilities, rules and system reliability are properly defined. A second objective is tracing fuel from storage facilities to filling stations. Better information on movements could facilitate controls and reconc...