Africa Oil & Gas: Mozambique gas projects among key growth drivers on Sasol new strategy

In future, the group’s growth would be targeted towards opportunities in the areas of specialty chemicals, Southern African fuel retailing and gas and oil exploration and production in Mozambique and West Africa. 

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Mozambique Oil & Gas: Sasol reports successful results after light oil and natural gas wells tests

The South African company Sasol has announced that it has successfully drilled and tested four light oil and two natural gas wells in Inhambane province, southern Mozambique, according to Lusa agency reports. A statement from Sasol distributed in Maputo today states that the situation regarding the company’s research in Mozambique was made by Bongani Nqwababa and Stephen Cornell, co-chairs and CEO of Sasol, respectively, during a press conference held in Johannesburg.

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Mozambique Oil & Gas: Sasol to invest US$1.4bn to grow gas platform

During a media tour of the first drilling site in Temane, Sasol Exploration and Production International senior VP John Sichinga said $1.4 billion had been approved for the campaign, as well as the further development of the central processing facility (CPF), near Temane, which began operating in 2004.

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Mozambique Oil & Gas: “Country may become world’s 3rd largest gas producer”, says PWC

Mozambique has the potential to be the world’s third largest producer of natural gas, after Qatar and Australia, but needs to secure between US$20 billion and US$25 billion dollars in foreign investment, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers consultancy.

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Mozambique Energy Industry: CESUL Project Feasibility studies to be concluded soon

The feasibility studies for the Project for Regional Development of Energy Transport between the Centre and the South (CESUL) in Mozambique are almost complete and are due for submission in the first few months of 2015, said a source from the Norwegian Embassy in Maputo, quoted by Macauhub.

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Mozambique Oil & Gas: ENH considers building north-south gas pipeline

Mozambique is studying the economic feasibility of building a gas pipeline linking the north and south of the country, the chairman of state oil and gas company Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), Nelson Ocuane, said recently according to daily newspaper Notícias.

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Mozambique Energy Industry: France loans Mozambique US$52 million to build power plant

France has provided Mozambican state power company Electricidade de Moçambique (EdM) with a loan of US$52 million for construction of a gas-fired power plant, in Ressano Garcia, Maputo province, under the terms of an agreement signed Friday in Maputo.

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