U.S.-led joint ventures have won multiple front-end engineering and design, or FEED, contracts to build or install Mozambique's first liquefied-natural-gas facilities, both on- and offshore, as the scramble intensifies for additional sources of energy in Africa.
As part of a strategy to consolidate its gains in natural-gas exploration and production, Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp., a key player in Mozambique’s natural-gas sector, has selcted three contractors for offshore installation FEED contracts: Technip USA Inc.; a joint venture of Subsea 7 (U.S.) LLC and Saipem SA; and a joint venture of McDermott Inc. and Allseas Inc.