Total – Mozambique

Following the discovery of important quantities of natural gas in the Rovuma Basin off the coast of Northern Mozambique in 2010 and a $20 billion final investment decision in June 2019, the Total-led Mozambique LNG project is moving forward at pace.

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Land in Mozambique
Land – Palma in Mozambique

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Reported on 5 April 2021 that the Mozambique government said the army has secured the town of Palma. It was attacked by extremist militants in March sending tens of thousands fleeing from their homes.  And communities in Namibia’s Okavango Delta are worried that their livelihoods and wildlife are at risk because of huge oil drilling plans.  Video

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20210405-mozambique-army-says-attacked-town-of-palma-is-safe-from-jihadists-eye-on-africa

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The project has a goal of awarding $2.5 billion in contracts to Mozambican owned or registered companies. This represents more than one third of our total onshore contract, with the bulk of the rest being spent on highly specialized, technical goods and services that cannot currently be sourced in Mozambique. 

A project of this scale also presents a significant opportunity for the training and development of the local workforce. The 5,500-strong Mozambican construction workforce has already delivered the new Quitunda Village, the Afungi airstrip, the Palma-Afungi highway and a raft of other projects essential for the construction of the LNG facility.

https://www.ep.total.com/en/areas/liquefied-natural-gas/mozambique-lng-major-gas-project-future-lng-africa

Approximately 65 trillion cubic feet (the equivalent of 12 billion barrel oil field) of recoverable natural gas were discovered in Offshore Area 1. The results of the drill stem testing (DST) program in the Prosperidade and Golfinho/Atum complexes demonstrate the outstanding flow characteristics of the reservoirs. Each flow test successfully flowed at facility-constrained rates of 90 to 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d), which supports well designs of 100 to 200 MMcf/d. initial plans are for a two-train project with scope to expand up to 43 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa).

Mozambique’s geographic location means the country is well-positioned to meet the needs of customers in the Atlantic and Asia-Pacific markets, and to tap into the growing demand for energy in the Middle East and Indian sub-continent. As the world’s second largest LNG player and the leading energy player in Africa, Total is uniquely positioned to deliver a project which represents an extraordinary opportunity to meet increasing world demand for a sustainable, reliable and cleaner source of energy.

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At end-2019, four FLNG facilities were operating worldwide: two in the Indian Ocean, one in the Gulf of Guinea and one offshore Argentina. The last two are moored to a jetty in calm seas. An external turret mooring system enables the Indian Ocean FLNG to weathervane through 360 degrees, to adapt to ocean conditions and face the best direction for LNG transfer.

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To avoid building such complex installations and costly infrastructure, the Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility was invented and developed to combine an extraction unit with a natural gas liquefaction plant. The pay-off is steep savings and the protection of coastal areas that can be environmentally sensitive.