Italian Energy Company ENI, which is already exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, is getting ready to drill four more hydrocarbon wells.
The company is currently in the preliminary stages of contracting integrated well-testing services to support the gas production development activity in Mozambique.
According to Maputo’s daily newspaper, Notícias, ENI will supply equipment for testing wells and installation on the drilling vessel.
According to a report by Mozambique’s new agency, AIM, the installation of the testing equipment should make it possible to support operations both on land and at sea with qualified personnel for each service requested, not limited to the logistics base on the outskirts of the city of Pemba, the Cabo Delgado provincial capital.
A second floating platform is seen by the Italian company as the most efficient way to maximise the recovery and profitability of the gas resources discovered in the reserve.
If the schedule is met, the second floating platform will begin production in the second half of 2027, but this will depend on the consolidation of security conditions in the face of threats from Islamist terrorists in Cabo Delgado.
Source: AIM
