Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has announced that is subsidiary Mozambique LNG1, has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the Japanese company JERA and Taiwan state-run company CPC Corporation. The SPA includes supply of 1.6 Mt/y (2.15 bcm/y) of LNG over 17 years from the commercial start date. With this new SPA, Anadarko totals long-term agreements of 11.1 Mt/y (15 bcm/y) for its Mozambique liquefaction project.
Mozambique LNG (MLNG) is being developed by Anadarko (26.5%) in partnership with Mitsui E&P Mozambique (20%), Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH, 15%), ONGC-OIL (10%), Beas Rovuma Energy (10%), Bharat PetroResources (10%), PTTEP (8.5%). It will exploit gas reserves from the Offshore Area 1 in the Rovuma basin (estimated to hold more than 2 100 bcm or 12 Gboe). The project will consist of two liquefaction trains with a total nameplate capacity of 12.9 Mt/year. The final investment decision (FID) on the project is slated for June 2019 and the project could start production in 2022-2023.