Abstract: Elaborating the current conditions of oil and gas resources and industrialization in East Africa, this paper analyzes and predicts the patterns of the future oil and gas industrial development in this region. Generally speaking, the African oil and gas resources and industrialization are distributed “heavily in the east and lightly in the west.” However, with significant oil and gas breakthroughs made continually in East African region in recent years, changes are taking place in the African oil and gas blueprint: Sudan and South Sudan take the lead in Eastern African oil and gas industrial development, followed by the newlyemerging oil and gas producers, such as Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Madagascar. Based on such a situation, the paper analyzes the current conditions, prospects, opportunities and risks for oil and gas cooperation between China and the related Eastern African nations. It also comes up with a number of suggestions on China’s in-depth oil and gas cooperation with East Africa, such as active involvement in natural gas investment and trade in the emerging natural gas countries like Mozambique and Tanzania, investment in infrastructural construction projects in Eastern African nations, consolidation of oil cooperation with South Sudan and Sudan, and establishment of bases for China’s oil and gas cooperation with East Africa.

Key words: East Africa, oil and gas industry, development pattern, international oil and gas cooperation

摘要： 文章介绍了东非油气资源及产业化现状，并对其未来的油气产业发展模式进行了分析和预测。总体看来， 非洲油气资源及产业分布具有明显的“西重东轻”之特点，但是随着近年来东非地区接连不断地获得油气重大发现， 非洲地区的油气版图正在发生改变：东非油气产业发展将呈现出苏丹、南苏丹领跑，莫桑比克、坦桑尼亚、肯尼亚、 乌干达、马达加斯加等新兴油气生产国快速跟进的特点。并据此分析了我国与东非有关国家的油气合作现状、前景、 机遇与风险，提出了我国与东非开展深层次油气合作的若干设想与建议，具体包括积极争取与新兴天然气国莫桑比克、 坦桑尼亚的天然气投资及贸易合作机会，投资东非国家基础设施建设项目，巩固与南苏丹和苏丹的石油合作，创建我 国与东非油气合作的基地等方式。

关键词: 东非　油气产业　发展模式　国际油气合作