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Indian partners in the Anadarko -led consortium which plans to develop the Windjammer, Barquentine and Lagosta complex have said they will soon unveil plans to import LNG into their domestic market

ABB has won an order from JSPL Mozambique Minerais LDA, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power

A new hydropower plant is planned in Manica province, governor Ana Comoane told Radio Moçambique in early December.

Fred Olsen Energy subsidiary Dolphin Drilling has signed contracts with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the provision of the drillship

It has drilled only one well, but the extent of Eni’s ambitions for its gas find in Mozambique’s Offshore Area 4 are becoming apparent, with the Italian major’s chief executive, Paolo Scaroni, telling one interviewer it could invest $50bn in developing the discovery and building infrastructure to export the gas to Asia

The SAPP is putting on a brave face about prospects for the region’s electricity supply industry and its own performance, looking to inflows of investment to install more generation capacity across southern Africa and for the pool’s trading mechanisms to gain momentum

Recent geological revelations offshore East Africa have sparked interest in French territory Juan de Nova and the Seychelles, where a number of farm-in opportunities beckon. But political risk remains an obstacle to progress in the region’s historical focus for exploration, Madagascar. While Tanzania and Mozambique hold out the prospect for major gas developments, the islands may have longer to

The scale of the Mamba South discovery announced by Italian major Eni wasn’t such a shock after Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s upbeat reporting of its Barquentine-2 appraisal well, which has shown that northern Mozambique could become a major gas producer, just as northern neighbour Tanzania is shaping up to be

Eni has made a major gas discovery with the first exploration well in Offshore Area 4 – and the Italian major is already planning a large-scale gas development (see AE view, below). The Mamba South-1 well encountered 212 metres of continuous gas

Mozambique is preparing a bidding round for licences on its side of Lake Niassa, and is bringing in geophysical survey

Nigeria's South Atlantic Petroleum (Sapetro) has agreed a farm-in deal for Madagascar's Belo Profond Block, and is predicting "megastructures" in this deep-water acreage. Sapetro will purchase a 90% interest and operatorship from

The governments of Mozambique and South Korea have signed an agreement for a $35m soft loan to finance the construction of three solar power stations in the Muembe, Mecula and Mavago districts in the northern province of Niassa.

Following the success of the Camarao exploration well, Anadarko now believes the Windjammer, Barquentine, Lagosta and Camarao complex holds at least 10tcf of recoverable gas and has expanded its base case development plan to a minimum of two 5m t/yr liquefaction trains (AE 215/1).

The government has given its approval for India’s Jindal Steel & Power to launch studies for construction of a 2,640MW coal-fired power plant in Tete province.

The scale of gas finds offshore Mozambique and Tanzania suggests there are reserves to support two LNG plants, if Anadarko and BG can capture Asian markets in the face of competition from Australia, writes Adrian J Browne