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Anadarko, Exxon LNG race heats up in Mozambique

Exxon has submitted a revised LNG development plan to the Mozambique government, while Anadarko has secured 9.5 mtpa of LNG offtake Exxon has submitted a revised LNG development plan to the Mozambique government, while Anadarko has secured 9.5 mtpa of LNG offtake.
By Leigh Elston 20 December 2018 0 33761
Maputo skyline, Mozambique. (John Hogg, World Bank)

ExxonMobil is throwing its full might behind the Rovuma Basin LNG project in Mozambique, flying hundreds of workers into Maputo to condense three years of project planning into 18 months. It submitted a revised plan of development (POD) for the project to the Mozambique government last week, which clarifies several details that were missing in the initial POD it submitted last July. Exxon now plans to take FID within seven months.

Mozambique’s petroleum regulator the INP has until April to approve the POD although Interfax Natural...