Anadarko, Pertamina sign LNG agreement for Mozambique plant

Feb. 19, 2019
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. reported that Mozambique LNG1 Co. Pte. Ltd.—the jointly owned sales entity of the Mozambique Area 1 coventurers—has entered into a 20-year, 1 million-tonne/year LNG supply agreement with Indonesia’s state-owned Pertamina.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. reported that Mozambique LNG1 Co. Pte. Ltd.—the jointly owned sales entity of the Mozambique Area 1 coventurers—has entered into a 20-year, 1 million-tonne/year LNG supply agreement with Indonesia’s state-owned Pertamina.

Anadarko is developing Mozambique’s first onshore LNG plant comprising two initial LNG trains with a total capacity of 12.88 million tpy to support Golfinho-Atum field located entirely within Offshore Area 1, where the company and its partners have discovered 75 tcf of recoverable natural gas resources (OGJ Online, Feb. 5, 2019).

Anadarko operates Offshore Area 1 with 26.5% working interest. Partners are ENH Rovuma Area Um SA with 15%, Mitsui E&P Mozambique Area1 Ltd. 20%, ONGC Videsh Ltd. 10%, Beas Rovuma Energy Mozambique Ltd. 10%, BPRL Ventures Mozambique BV 10%, and PTTEP Mozambique Area 1 Ltd. 8.5%.

The Mozambique LNG project is expected to make a sanctioning decision in this year’s first half and has currently executed supply agreements of more than 9.5 million tpy, Anadarko said.