Mozambique announces first LNG export shipment

AFP | Mozambique has officially started exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced in the country’s restive north, President Filipe Nyusi said on Sunday.

Nyusi said Mozambique was entering “the annals of world history” as the first shipment of gas produced at the off-shore Coral Sul plant, was leaving territorial waters.

“It is with great honor that I announce the start of the first export of liquefied natural gas,” Nyusi said in a video statement.

A tanker, was leaving Mozambican waters for the international market, the president said.

“Today, Mozambique enters the annals of world history as one of the exporting countries of LNG,” said Nyusi.

Mozambique has set high hopes on vast natural gas deposits – the largest ever found south of the Sahara – that were discovered in the northern Cabo Delgado province in 2010.

Once tapped, Mozambique could become one of the world’s 10 biggest exporters.