The liquefaction plant of Angola is still developing according to projected plans. The first LNG shipment is projected to come through in the first quarter of 2012. The exportation capacity is 5.2 million Mt/year.
The latest discoveries in Mozambique have increased the trust that an LNG exportation plant will be built. The possibility by the promoters of constructing up to six liquefaction trains with a plant production capacity of 30 million Mt/year is being considered. The final investment decision of the initial phase will be made in 2013. The current estimate of the total resources of the Rovuma Platform (offshore, in deep waters) would be between 850 and 1420 bcm.
On March 1, 2011, the Medgaz pipeline was put into operation. With this milestone, Spain, along with the rest of Europe will count on another supply source that strengthens the security of their supply.
Algeria and Morocco signed an agreement for the first gas supply to Morocco for 10 years, the use being for electricity generation. The gas will come from the Pedro Duran Farrel pipeline, or the Magreb pipeline.
At the end of August, the Italian government approved construction of the Galsi pipeline. Its capacity is 8 bcm/year. It will carry Algerian gas to Italy without passing through a third country, through Sardinia.
The Greenstream pipeline which connects Libya with Italy through Sicily will be inoperative from February 21 because of a lack of gas from Libyan wells. The wells that ENI manages could not keep producing due to the confrontations coming from this country.
The decision related to whether or not a second train (the EGLNG 2) would be constructed in Ecuatorial Guinea is expected to be made in 2012. The key question is whether there are enough resources or not. The agreement signed by Nigeria and Cameroon by which these countries would supply gas to the second train was broken (signed in 2006).
The Kenyan government has the option of constructing an LNG regasification terminal in the port city of Mombasa on the table. The cost would be similar to that of a pipeline to bring gas from Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania.
