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Mozambique issues decree clarifying

laws on oil and gas infrastructure

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

AMERICAS

ConocoPhillips advances liquefaction tech

PROJECTS & US-BASED ConocoPhillips reported this week configuration, known as OCP Compass, in
COMPANIES that it had introduced a series of innovations that response to evolving customer needs. This con-
the firm said would further enhance the func- figuration is aimed at lowering total installed cost
tionality of its proprietary Optimized Cascade by reducing the liquefaction train’s equipment
process (OCP) gas liquefaction technology. The count and footprint, and “greatly” simplifying
technology is licensed in 27 LNG processing modularisation, the company said. It anticipates
trains globally, the company said in a November that OCP Compass will be more suited to mid-
3 statement. scale LNG applications in the 1-3mn tpy capacity
ConocoPhillips said it had introduced the range.
innovations in response to LNG market growth “Multiple OCP Compass trains can be com-
and changes in industry contracting practices bined to address capacity requirements of larger
in an effort to help improve overall efficiency, baseload facilities … while capturing lower
enhance flexibility and reduce process costs. costs through replication of smaller liquefaction
The company went on to say that its tradi- trains,” the company said, noting that this meant
tional OCP turbomachinery configuration – facilities larger than 3mn tpy.
which it now calls OCP Pro – matches one gas ConocoPhillips went on to say it had also
turbine driver to one refrigerant compression developed two OCP “sub-units”, aimed at
system. Existing OCP Pro LNG facilities are recovering heavy hydrocarbons and removing
designed with two 50% refrigeration compressor components that would otherwise freeze in the
trains in parallel serving one refrigeration pro- liquefaction unit or lead to excessive British ther-
cess train. ConocoPhillips expects this to remain mal unit (Btu) content in one case and remov-
the configuration of choice for many developers ing nitrogen from the LNG process in the other.
of larger trains, with a baseload of 3-8mn tonnes In addition, it had developed new software for
per year (tpy). OCP-licensed facilities on an Aspen Technology
However, it has developed a new software platform.™

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