News out of Mozambique this morning is that it has succeeded in shipping its first consignment of liquid natural gas from its deep water unit, the Coral Sul floating (FLNG) facility.
Italian multinational Eni, which runs Mozambique’s only FLNG, has confirmed that “the first shipment of LNG produced from the Coral gas field, in the ultra-deep waters of the Rovuma Basin, has just departed from Coral Sul”.
CEO Claudio Descalzi said: “The first shipment of LNG from the Coral South project, and from Mozambique, is a new and significant step forward in Eni’s strategy to leverage gas as a source that can contribute in a significant way to Europe’s energy security, also through the increasing diversification of supplies, while also supporting a just and sustainable transition.”
In a statement issued after news of the shipment, Eni said Coral South was a landmark project for the industry “and firmly places Mozambique onto the global LNG stage.
“The project, sanctioned in 2017, comes on stream after just five years, in line with the initial budget and schedule, despite the disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic.”
Coral Sul FLNG has a gas liquefaction capacity of 3.4 million tons per year and will produce LNG from the 450 billion cubic metres of gas of the Coral reservoir.
