The Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Company (Rompco) signed a memorandum on 12 November with Mozambique’s state-owned Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) to assess a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal off Inhassoro, linked to its pipeline to South Africa. The terminal would cost about $450 million, Bloomberg reported; Rompco’s chief executive, Mlandzeni Boyce, expects a joint development agreement by January and gas from 2030. Sasol, which owns 20% of Rompco, signed a separate memorandum with ENH the same week; the government approved 30-year concessions for terminals at Inhassoro and Beira in November 2025. Output from the onshore fields feeding the 865-kilometre pipeline is falling, and imported LNG would keep gas flowing to Sasol and South African industry.
Sources
- Bloomberg via Energy Connects: https://www.energyconnects.com/news/gas-lng/2026/november/mozambique-south-africa-lng-terminal-deal-seen-by-january/
- Club of Mozambique (ENH release): https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-enh-and-rompco-sign-mou-to-advance-fsru-project-development/
- Green Building Africa: https://www.greenbuildingafrica.co.za/rompco-and-enh-sign-mou-to-assess-inhassoro-to-beira-lng-import-project-in-mozambique/
- AIM via allAfrica: https://allafrica.com/stories/202611130221.html
- LNG Prime: https://lngprime.com/africa/mozambique-oks-two-fsru-terminals/169934/