The Rovuma Basin is now a focus of interest
and 120,000 employees. Gas was originally
with five concessions let. ENH has a share of 10%
discovered in Uzbekistan in 1953; and today
to 15% in each and the foreign partners are
the country is producing 60 bcm a year with a
Anadarko, Artumas, BPRL, Cove Energy, Eni, Galp
network of 13,000km of gas pipelines, 250
Energia, Kogas, Maurel & Prom, Mitsui, Petronas,
compressors, underground storage facilities and
Statoil and Videocon.
gas processing plants.
To date, there have been six gas discoveries
Uzbekneftegaz works with a range of foreign
in the Rovuma Basin totalling 910 bcm (32.5 tcf)
partners upstream and downstream and has a
which could supply new domestic and export
major investment programme. Projects totalling
markets. This represents an enormous boost to
$19.3 billion have been approved and a further
Mozambique’s gas industry and ENH sees IGU
$7.1 billion-worth are in the pipeline. The focus is
membership as a way of helping it derive the
on increasing reserves, producing value-added
maximum benefit from these discoveries for the
products, improving energy efficiency and support
people of Mozambique. A number of projects are
ing projects under the Clean Development
being evaluated including an LNG plant with
Mechanism (CDM).
between three and five trains, additional gas-fired
Two major investment projects are a petro
power plants and fertiliser, petrochemical,
chemical plant in partnership with Kogas, Honam
methanol and DME plants.
Petrochemical Corporation and STX Energy and
ENH’s target is to make Mozambique a net exporter of hydrocarbons by 2021.
a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in partnership with Petronas and Sasol. An engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract has been
Nelson Ocuane is the Chairman of ENH
signed for the petrochemical plant in Surgil,
(www.enh.co.mz).
which will produce up to 400,000 tons of poly ethylene and 100,000 tons of polypropylene a
l Uzbekistan
year using 4.5 bcm of feedstock gas. The GTL
Uzbekneftegaz was set up in 1992 as Uzbekistan’s
plant in Shurtan is currently at the front end
national holding company for the oil and gas
engineering and design (FEED) stage with a
industry. It has six main joint stock subsidiaries
planned capacity of 1.4 million tonnes a year of diesel, kerosene and naphtha using 3.4 bcm of feedstock gas. Uzbekneftegaz aims to provide an efficient, balanced and secure long-term gas supply to internal consumers and foreign partners. To this end, it seeks to develop longterm relationships with IGU members to share their knowledge and experience. For more information, visit
Uzbekneftegaz is Uzbekistan’s national holding company for the oil and gas industry.
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