Mozambique's council of ministers has granted approval to a planned liquefied natural gas project off the northern coast of the country near the border with Tanzania. Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp. is behind the $20-billion operation.
The project, which would be the first to supply Mozambique's proposed onshore LNG processing plants, consists of two initial trains with total capacity of 12 million tons per annum (MTPA). Feedstock for the plant will come from natural gas fields in Area 1, operated by Anadarko with a 26.5% working interest. Other partners include Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos E.P., Mitsui E&P Mozambique Area 1 Ltd, ONGC Videsh Ltd, Bharat PetroResources Ltd, PTT Exploration & Production Plc and Oil India Ltd.