Petroleum Revenue Monitoring System — West African National Petroleum Agency

A national petroleum agency in a resource-rich West African country was relying on manual processes to monitor production volumes and verify royalty payments from upstream operators. Production data was submitted by operators on paper forms, reconciliation was done manually in spreadsheets, and the agency had no independent means of verifying operator-reported figures. The result was significant uncertainty about whether the government was receiving its full fiscal entitlement under production sharing agreements — and limited ability to detect or challenge discrepancies. With petroleum revenues accounting for over 40% of national budget receipts, the stakes of inaccurate monitoring were substantial.

Gloseg Technologies deployed its Petroleum Revenue Monitoring System (PRMS) for the agency over a 12-month implementation programme. The engagement began with a comprehensive diagnostic of existing data flows and fiscal calculation processes, followed by the design of an integration architecture connecting operator production systems to the agency's central monitoring platform. Key workstreams included: automated data ingestion from operator metering systems; an independent validation layer cross-checking operator-reported figures against independently sourced metering data; a royalty calculation engine configured for the country's specific production sharing agreement structures; and an executive analytics dashboard providing real-time visibility into production volumes and fiscal flows. Operator onboarding and staff training were delivered as part of the implementation.

The petroleum agency achieved real-time visibility into production volumes and fiscal flows for the first time in its history. Automated reconciliation identified discrepancies between operator-reported and independently verified production data within 24 hours of submission. The royalty calculation engine eliminated manual calculation errors and produced a defensible audit trail for every fiscal calculation — a capability that proved critical during a subsequent operator dispute. The executive dashboard enabled agency leadership and the energy minister to monitor sector performance in real time, replacing a monthly reporting cycle with continuous visibility.