Mozambique starts to export liquefied natural gas through FLNG project in north

MAPUTO, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced Sunday the start of the export of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in Mozambique, as the oil tanker British Sponsor has already left Mozambican territorial waters carrying the first cargo of LNG produced by the Coral South Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project in the north of the country.

Being Africa's largest and the second largest FLNG project in the world, Coral South FLNG is the pioneering part of Mozambique's Area 4 mega gas project, which was a joint venture bringing together the Italian ENI, ExxonMobil of the U.S., China's CNPC, Mozambican ENH, the Galp from Portugal and the Korean KOGAS.