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Mozambique issues decree clarifying

laws on oil and gas infrastructure

MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE’S government has issued a of construction, demobilisation, installation,
decree designed to supplement existing laws on modification, operation and replacement of
oil and gas infrastructure in advance of the con- petroleum infrastructure.
struction and completion of new LNG plants It covers permits and authorisations and
and associated production, transportation and also applies to the storage and transportation of
processing facilities. petroleum products by rail, river, road or sea, as
The new edict, Decree No. 84/2020, will not well as operations related to development wells,
replace the existing laws, which are collectively drilling rigs, production, storage and transpor-
known as the Regulations on Licensing of Petro- tation by vehicle.
leum Installations and Activities (Ministerial The decree makes INP responsible for licens-
Order No. 272/2009). ing and permits for the installation of infrastruc-
Instead, they will incorporate those laws ture and activities related to such installation
while clarifying the government’s position on activities. It also states that INP licensing is man-
petroleum infrastructure projects. datory for all such activities, whether carried out
Unlike Ministerial Order No. 272/2009, onshore or offshore. Additionally, it specifies the
Decree No. 84/2020 states explicitly that both type of authorisation the companies involved
onshore and offshore oil and gas operations and must obtain if they intend to install or operate oil
infrastructure are permissible. Additionally, it and gas infrastructure for a period of less than
goes into more detail about the responsibilities 180 days. ™
of the National Petroleum Institute (INP), the
state oil and gas regulator, and gives the institute
stronger powers of inspection and sanction over
infrastructure and operations in the petroleum
sector.
The decree also includes a more comprehen-
sive and up-to-date list of the types of infrastruc-
ture that may be used in the oil and gas sector.
Additionally, it provides for the operators of
such infrastructure to pay a yearly fee to the
government and specifies the fees to be paid for
each type.
The edict outlines all of the rules and pro-
cedures pertaining to licensing for petroleum
concessionaires and operators, along with
contractors and sub-contractors, in the areas IOCs are building new facilities to support LNG projects (Image: Anadarko)

PROJECTS & COMPANIES
Total discovers more condensate

at Luiperd section of Block 11B/12B

SOUTH AFRICA FRANCE’S Total has discovered sizeable gas Brulpadda, another section of Block 11B/12B
condensate reserves at Luiperd, a field within where the joint venture discovered condensate
Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin offshore reserves in 2019, thereby opening up a new
South Africa. hydrocarbon province in the region.
The company and one of its partners – Africa Neither Total nor Africa Oil divulged the
Oil Corp., a indirect investor in the joint ven- size of the find, though they did note that the
ture – announced the find last week. In its state- Luiperd-1x exploration well had encountered 73
ment, Total noted that Luiperd was adjacent to metres of net pay.

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