ESI-Africa: Mozambique would benefit from regional gas master plan

Sub-Saharan Africa’s oil and gas map will need to be redrawn over the coming decade as the region's current heavyweight crude producer nations, Nigeria and Angola, are being joined by a lengthening list of African nations where crude and gas fields have recently been discovered and are on the brink of production.

Uganda, Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria are among those that could see new fields producing over 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil by the end of the decade.

However, it is world-class gas finds over the past three years off the northern coast of Mozambique and South Africa that are garnering the most interest. Mozambique in particular has arrived on the world energy map and will be a major player in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets going forward. MORE

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