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ENH and ROMPCO advance floating gas unit project

By , based on Club of Mozambique

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Mozambique’s national hydrocarbons company ENH and ROMPCO have signed a memorandum of understanding to create the conditions needed to develop a floating storage and regasification unit for liquefied gas. The agreement was signed on 12 November in Maputo, according to Club of Mozambique.

The National Hydrocarbons Company of Mozambique (ENH) and the Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Company (ROMPCO), operator of the gas pipeline network linking Mozambique to South Africa, signed a memorandum of understanding in Maputo on Thursday 12 November to prepare the development of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for liquefied natural gas, Club of Mozambique reports.

The signing took place on the second day of the Africa Gas & LNG Summit, as part of efforts to create the conditions needed to develop the floating unit, according to Club of Mozambique. The project is part of the development of gas infrastructure intended to supply the region.

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