Mozambique Expects Eni Decision On LNG Investment This Year

Reuters

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

MAPUTO - Italy's Eni should make a final investment decision on its first offshore deep-water Liquefied Natural Gas project in Mozambique by the end of this year, Energy Minister Lleticia da Silva Klemens said on Wednesday.

U.S. company Anadarko is expected to make its own investment decision on a separate LNG project next year, da Silva Klemens said.

Mozambique has some 85 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves -- enough to supply Germany, Britain, France and Italy for nearly two decades. It is likely to take at least five years after final investment decisions before gas production begins.

李峻 编译如下：

据路透社11月2日马普托报道，莫桑比克能源部长席尔瓦?克莱门斯周三在马普托表示，意大利埃尼公司应该在今年年底前对其在莫桑比克的首个深水LNG项目作出一个最终投资决定。

克莱门斯说，美国阿纳达科石油公司预计将在明年对另外一个LNG项目作出其自己的投资决定。

莫桑比克拥有大约85万亿立方英尺的天然气储量，这个储量数足以供应德国、英国、法国和意大利近20年。

在作出最终投资决定以后很可能至少需要5年的时间才能开始天然气生产。