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Sub-Saharan Africa could yield extra

74mn tpy of LNG supply: ACTING

AFRICA SUB-SAHARAN Africa could provide an extra “By 2025, sub-Saharan Africa will house four
74mn tonnes per year (tpy) of LNG export onshore LNG terminals and three FLNG units,
The outlook is very capacity by 2030 if the market conditions are able to export 60mn tpy of LNG,” ACTING said.
uncertain, however. right, the African Coalition for Trade and Invest- Final investment decisions (FIDs) could
ment in Natural Gas (ACTING) estimated in a be taken on a further 74mn tpy of capacity by
report on February 9. 2030, ACTING said, estimating that the gas
This supply would be in addition to the 60mn offshore Mauritania, Senegal and Mozambique
tpy of export capacity that the region is expected could justify 90mn tpy. An approval at the Exx-
to have up and running by 2035, ACTING said. onMobil-led 15.2mn tpy Rovuma LNG project
The organisation was established only on Febru- could come “in the near future,” ACTING said,
ary 3 by the African Energy Chamber and invest- but it cautioned against expectations of further
ment research firm Hawilti. growth.
Sub-Saharan Africa can also expand its gas “Anything beyond that is very uncertain, at
consumption, primarily through gas-to-power best,” it said. “Simply put, the outlook for future
projects, ACTING said. sub-Saharan African LNG export projects is
“Natural gas has the potential to be a true unclear.”
enabler of economic recovery post-COVID and In the medium and long term, though, mar-
to support Africa’s energy transition,” African ket conditions could clear the way for further
Energy Chamber chairman Nj Ayuk said. FIDs, including on further development of BP’s
The region currently yields only limited Mauritania/Senegal project, bringing its capacity
amounts of gas, despite its abundant resources. to 10mn tpy.
It has 33.8mn tpy of operational LNG export Other potential projects are Senegal’s 10mn
capacity spread across Angola, Cameroon, Equa- tpy Yakaar-Teranga and Mauritania’s 10mn tpy
torial Guinea and Nigeria, while a further 26mn Bir Allah-Orca LNG facilities, and an expansion
tpy has been sanctioned and is under develop- at Mozambique LNG to 42mn tpy.
ment. This includes Nigeria LNG’s seventh train, “Such projects now depend on their devel-
BP’s floating LNG scheme in Mauritania/Sene- opers’ ability to optimise cost and find new syn-
gal, and the Total-operated Mozambique LNG ergies, especially when it comes to brownfield
and Eni-led Coral FLNG in Mozambique. expansion plans,” ACTING said. ™

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