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  • Will Mozambique offer new exploration blocks for oil and gas?
  • Mozambique will offer around 12 new exploration blocks for oil and gas early next year, according to government officials. Although a number of gas fields in Mozambique were discovered in the early 1960's by Gulf Oil, they remained unexploited owing to continuing civil war and a lack of major gas consumers.
  • Who controls Mozambique's upstream oil industry?
  • Control of the country's upstream oil industry rests with the parastatal upstream oil company, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos de Mocambique (ENH) which has exclusive rights to explore for and develop petroleum in Mozambique, and is permitted to exercise these rights in association with foreign investors.
  • When did the Mozambique gas pipeline start?
  • In 2001, The Petroleum Law was enacted and in 2004, The Mozambique South Africa Gas Pipeline opened. Mozambique launched its First Offshore Licensing Round on 31 March 2000, offering 14 blocks mainly in the Mozambique Basin covering the shallow and deep Zambezi delta area.
  • Who owns the oil industry in Mozambique?
  • Petromoc is the state owned oil company and controls the major market share. Other companies involved in the industry include BP, ExxonMobil and Caltex. There are three ports in Mozambique - Maputo, Beira and Nacala. There is an existing pipeline between Beira and Harare.
  • Does InP have a contract for exploration in the Mozambique Basin?
  • In 2018, INP has signed concession contracts for petroleum exploration and production in offshore blocks in the Angoche and Zambezi Basins and onshore blocks in the Mozambique Basin to four consortiums led by ExxonMobil, Sasol, ENI, and Buzi. As of July 2023, only Eni has started exploration activities in these blocks.
  • Where is natural gas produced in Mozambique?
  • Mozambique has other gas production operated by Sasol (South Africa) in Inhambane Province, which holds proven reserves of 2.6 TCF. The natural gas is produced and processed at a central facility in Temane and then exported via an 865 km pipeline to South Africa, with a link to southern Mozambique for domestic use.