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Russia’s Rosneft is in talks to build a $700m oil products pipeline from Mozambique to Zimbabwe in an effort to expand its international reach

Power and automation technology giant ABB has been awarded a $50m contract by Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa to rehabilitate the Songo HVDC converter station.

As Mozambique chalks up ever greater gas reserves, hopes are rising that the southern Rovuma Basin may also contain oil. Total has taken 40% in Petronas’ Areas 3 and 6, after Tullow Oil took 25% in Statoil’s Areas 2 and 5, specifically to look for oil.

While the global liquefied natural gas industry is expected to experience flat supply growth in the next decade, with most of the gas needed in Asia and Europe already contracted out, IOC and independent analysts agree that by 2022-25 there will be a natural gas supply gap to fill – and that East Africa is well placed to supply it, with Japan, China and other Asian buyers in the market for imports from new suppliers.

Operator Eni has discovered another 10tcf of gas in its offshore Area 4 with the Mamba North East 2 exploration well, bringing the total potential of the block to 70tcf of gas in place.

Shell has pulled out of the protracted bidding for Cove Energy, but is expected to seek a share of Mozambique’s gas riches by another route

The 107MW Aggreko-Shanduka project was inaugurated by President Armando Emilio Guebuza on 18 July. Construction was completed in 14 weeks and will supply 92MW to Eskom and 15MW to Electricidade de Moçambique (EdM, AE 233/8).

With domestic and regional power demand set to soar, Mozambique has set up its first public-private partnership to develop the giant Mphanda Nkuwa dam. Power planners are also looking to coal and gas reserves, but big ticket hydro and transmission projects still take centre stage, write David Slater and Dan Marks

Ncondezi Coal Company says definitive feasibility studies for its coal project and related power plant in Tete Province are close to completion and it is seeking a partnership with a power developer.

London Stock Exchange-listed Aggreko Plc has announced that with big South African empowerment player Shanduka Group (its partner since 2006) it is to build a gas-fired power plant on the Gigawatt Mozambique site to supply 92MW to Eskom and 15MW to Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM).

While Eni has announced increased reserves estimates, Anadarko has made another gas discovery in Offshore Area 1, increasing the likelihood that Shell will come back with a higher bid for Cove Energy

Eni has discovered 50tcf of gas reserves in Mozambique and plans to make the final investment decision on the development “over the next 18 months”, the Italian giant’s chief executive Paolo Scaroni said in Vienna on 13 June (AE 229/13, 228/17).  

Royal Dutch Shell’s bid for Cove Energy, which looked like a done deal when it was announced, has attracted a counter-bid from Thailand’s PTT, suggesting the price could go still higher

The presidents of Mozambique and Malawi have agreed to revive a plan for Malawi to receive electricity from the Cahora Bassa dam. The two leaders signed a memorandum of understanding on power supply during a visit by new Malawian President Joyce Banda to Maputo on 12 May.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Eni have made two huge natural gas discoveries in quick succession in the burgeoning Rovuma Basin play, adding possibly as much as 55tcf to total reserves of gas in place across Area 1 and Area 4.