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The PASA CEO also stated that TotalEnergies both sets of talks soon, Masangane claimed.
was discussing another deal with Eskom, the “They are finalising negotiations for gas and
national power provider. condensate supply to both PetroSA and Eskom,
This proposed agreement would bring gas from and we expect these negotiations to be finalized
Luiperd to Eskom’s 740-MW Gourikwa ther- by June of 2022,” she stated.
mal power plant (TPP), which is adjacent to the Fast-track development of Luiperd is
Mossel Bay GTL facility, she said. (The TPP cur- expected to cost about $2bn, with the field com-
rently burns petroleum products but could be ing on stream in 2026, she added.
converted to gas.) PetroSA, Eskom and TotalEnergies had not
The French company is on track to wrap up commented on her forecast as of press time. ™

Petrolis completes mooring

procedures for Coral Sul FLNG

MOZAMBIQUE PETROLIS (Switzerland) reported on March 7
that it had wrapped up mooring procedures for
the Coral Sul floating LNG (FLNG) vessel at the
Coral natural gas field offshore Mozambique.
In a statement, Petrolis said it had completed
the mooring portion of its subcontract with TJS,
a joint venture led by Technip Energies (France)
that is serving as the main engineering, procure-
ment, construction, installation and commis-
sioning (EPCIC) contractor for the installation The FLNG has one production train (Image: Petrolis)
of the FLNG. It explained that it had finished
the process of tensioning the vessel’s 20 moor- Petrolis, which is affiliated with Capefront,
ing lines in 2,000-metre-deep water on March 4. specialises in diving, rigging and rope access
The FLNG was built for the Coral South LNG operations related to offshore energy projects.
consortium, which is led by Eni (Italy). The Ital- Its contributions will allow the Coral Sul FLNG
ian major and its partners hold the licence for to start supporting upstream production at
Area 4, the offshore block that includes the Coral the Coral field in the second half of this year.
field, and hope to bring it on stream in the sec- The vessel will eventually process gas from six
ond half of this year after mooring, hook-up and ultra-deepwater production wells at the site.
commissioning activities are finished. Coral is the first development target at Area
According to the statement, Petrolis used a 4, a block in the Rovuma basin offshore Mozam-
crew of 44 rope access and rigging specialists bique. Eni discovered the field at Area 4 in 2012
from its sister company Naurex to work on and made an FID to go forward with the $10bn
the Coral Sul during mooring and installation Coral South LNG project in 2017. The share-
works. Now that this part of the contract has holders in the project are Mozambique Rovuma
been completed, the company can turn its focus Venture (MRV), a joint venture owned by Eni
to hook-up procedures. It will provide assistance (the operator), ExxonMobil (US) and China
with subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC); Galp
(SURF) systems and pre-commissioning activi- (Portugal); KOGAS (South Korea) and ENH,
ties until June 2022. Mozambique’s national oil company (NOC). ™

EcoAtlantic contracts rig for Gazania-1 well

SOUTH AFRICA CANADA’S Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas and its said that the Block 2B joint venture had entered
partners in the Block 2B licence area offshore into a contract with Island Drilling Co. (Nor-
South Africa have secured a rig for the drilling way) for the use of the Island Innovator, a
of the Gazania-1 exploration well in the Orange semi-submersible drilling rig.
basin. The company did not reveal the financial
In a statement dated March 3, Eco Atlantic terms of the contract.

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