Maputo, November 13 (QNA) – Mozambique has started exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to international markets, the country’s President Filipe Nyusi said on Sunday.
“Today, Mozambique enters the annals of world history as one of the exporting countries of LNG,” said Nyusi in remarks as the first export shipment of gas produced at the off-shore Coral Sul plant, managed by Italian company ENI, has left Mozambique’s territorial waters.
He said the shipment was the first under a deal with British giant BP, without providing further details.
Mozambique has set high hopes on vast natural gas deposits, said to be the largest ever found south of the Sahara, that were discovered in the northern Cabo Delgado province in 2010.
Mozambique could become one of the world’s 10 biggest LNG exporters, However the region suffers from ongoing insurgence, that raises doubts about possibility of exploiting the LNG exploration sites. (QNA)