$20Bn Mozambique LNG Project set to resume

works are set to resume after approximately two years since the implementation of the Cabo Delgado liquefied natural gas (LNG) project came to a halt. The project was paused owing to attacks made on civilians by rebels affiliated with ISIL (ISIS) in the northern Mozambican province.

Development

The Mozambique LNG project comprises two developments. The first one is the Golfinho-Atum gas field development in the offshore Area 1 Block of the deep-water Rovuma Basin.

The second one is the construction of a 12.88 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on the Cabo Delgado coast of Mozambique. This will be the first onshore LNG facility in Mozambique.

Area 1 Mozambique LNG facility

The Golfinho and Atum gas fields are located in 1,600m-deep waters within the Rovuma Basin Area 1, approximately 40km off the coast of Cabo Delgado.

The Offshore Area-1 is estimated to contain 75 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable natural gas resources. The LNG processing and export facility will be developed in the Afungi peninsula in Cabo Delgado, the northernmost province of Mozambique.

The Area 1 Mozambique LNG facility will consist of two liquefaction trains with a combined nameplate capacity of 12.88Mtpa in the initial phase. It will also house gas pre-treatment facilities and full-containment LNG storage tanks. The LNG production capacity of the facility is proposed to be further expanded up to 50Mtpa in the future.

The plant will receive feed gas supply from the Golfinho-Atum gas field through the pipeline and produce LNG for export to the Asian and European markets, as well as for domestic consumption in Mozambique.

Other support facilities for the LNG plant will include materials offloading facility and an LNG marine terminal capable of accommodating large LNG carriers, which will also be shared with upcoming Area 4 LNG projects.