The Republic of Congo has begun LNG exports from Phase 2 of its Congo LNG project, boosting the country's liquefaction capacity and solidifying its role as an emerging LNG exporter, according to a statement from Italian company Eni.
With Phase 2 and its second FLNG unit, Nguya (2.4 Mt/year), the Congo LNG project now achieves a total liquefaction capacity of 3 Mt/year of LNG (equivalent to 4.5 bcm/year) drawing on gas resources from the Nené and Litchendjili fields in the offshore Marine XII license.
- Phase 1 of Congo LNG, launched with the Tango FLNG liquefaction unit (0.6 Mt/year), reached start-up in December 2023.
- Eni has a target of expanding its LNG portfolio to 20 Mt/year by 2030.
Until 2023, all gas produced in the country was consumed domestically, mostly for power generation. However, gas production increased rapidly from 103 mcm in 2010 to 525 mcm in 2015 and 1.05 bcm in 2020 (+15%/year from 2015 to 2020), with strong growth continuing in 2024 (+7%/year) (Enerdata Global Energy Research).
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