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Export terminal · Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

Mozambique LNG Terminal

Mozambique LNG Terminal is a shelved LNG export terminal in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The tracker lists 4 tracked units; capacity is not reported. Owners include Mitsui & Co., Bharat PetroResources, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos EP and 4 others.

Operating

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no units operating

Under construction

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no units under construction

Proposed

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no units proposed

At a glance

Country
Mozambique
State / province
Cabo Delgado
Region
Africa
Import / export
Export
Onshore / floating
Not reported
Status (rolled up)
Shelved
Trains / phases tracked
4
Earliest start year
Not reported
Latest start year
Not reported
Coordinates
10.8071° S, 40.5553° E
GEM terminal ID
T100000130257
GEM wiki page
gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

UnitStatusCapacity (Mtpa)Capacity (bcm/y)StartProposedFIDOwner (as reported)
T1Shelved6.458.78—2010FIDMitsui Group [20%]; Bharat PetroResources [10%]; Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos EP [15%]; Oil India [10%]; TotalEnergies SE [26%]; PTTEP [8%]; ONGC [10%]
T2Shelved6.458.78—2010FIDMitsui Group [20%]; Bharat PetroResources [10%]; Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos EP [15%]; Oil India [10%]; TotalEnergies SE [26%]; PTTEP [8%]; ONGC [10%]
T3Shelved56.8—2019Not reportedMitsui Group [20%]; Bharat PetroResources [10%]; Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos EP [15%]; Oil India [10%]; TotalEnergies SE [26%]; PTTEP [8%]; ONGC [10%]
T4Shelved56.8—2019Not reportedMitsui Group [20%]; Bharat PetroResources [10%]; Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos EP [15%]; Oil India [10%]; TotalEnergies SE [26%]; PTTEP [8%]; ONGC [10%]

Capacity by status

StatusUnitsMtpabcm/y
Shelved422.931.1

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Reported cost

Global Energy Monitor's estimated cost for each unit that reports one, converted to US dollars. Estimates at the date GEM last updated the unit, not adjusted for inflation.

UnitStatusCapacityEstimated costPer tonne a year
T1Shelved6.45 Mtpa$5 billion$775
T2Shelved6.45 Mtpa$5 billion$775
T3Shelved5 Mtpa$5 billion$1,000
T4Shelved5 Mtpa$5 billion$1,000

Financing as GEM records it: US$14.9 billion in loans from the African Development Bank, eight export credit agencies and 19 commercial banks,

A unit with no cost reported is not shown, and the figures are never added across statuses. How the estimates compare is on project costs.

Location

Mozambique LNG Terminal at 10.8071° S, 40.5553° E, with 4 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates
10.8071° S, 40.5553° E
Coordinate accuracy (GEM)
approximate
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Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

PipelineStatusLengthCapacityDistanceMatched by
African Renaissance Gas PipelineProposed614 km22.48 bcm/y9.6 kmroute proximity
GasNosu North–South Gas PipelineShelved2,600 km—9.7 kmroute proximity
Mozambique LNG Gas PipelineProposed45 km——name match
Mozambique-South Africa Gas PipelineOperating865 km5.52 bcm/y—name match

Vessels owned by the same companies

Ships in the tracker held by a company that also owns, operates or parents this terminal. A shared owner is not the same as a dedicated trade.

VesselViaStatusCapacityDelivered
Al AamriyaMitsui & Co.Operating216,200 m³2008
Al OraiqMitsui & Co.Operating210,200 m³2008
Al SahlaMitsui & Co.Operating216,200 m³2008
Al ThumamaMitsui & Co.Operating216,200 m³2008
Al UtouriyaMitsui & Co.Operating215,000 m³2008
Arctic DiscovererMitsui & Co.Operating142,600 m³2006
Arctic VoyagerMitsui & Co.Operating142,800 m³2006
BW BostonTotalEnergiesOperating138,000 m³2003
CubalMitsui & Co.Operating160,000 m³2012
EjnanMitsui & Co.Operating145,000 m³2007
FraihaMitsui & Co.Operating210,100 m³2008
LobitoMitsui & Co.Operating160,400 m³2011
MalanjeMitsui & Co.Operating160,400 m³2011
MurwabMitsui & Co.Operating210,100 m³2008
Pacific EnlightenMitsui & Co.Operating145,000 m³2009
Sonangol BenguelaMitsui & Co.Operating160,000 m³2011
Sonangol EtoshaMitsui & Co.Operating160,000 m³2011
Sonangol SambizangaMitsui & Co.Operating160,000 m³2011
SoyoMitsui & Co.Operating160,400 m³2011
Taitar No. 1Mitsui & Co.Operating145,300 m³2009
Taitar No. 4Mitsui & Co.Operating145,300 m³2010
Umm Al AmadMitsui & Co.Operating210,200 m³2008

Exposed to chokepoints

Where cargoes from this terminal would normally pass a maritime chokepoint, by destination market.

DestinationChokepoints on the usual routeAlternative route
EuropeCape of Good HopeBab el-MandebSuez Canal

Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, browse every chokepoint, or take the machine-readable exposure feed.

Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where is Mozambique LNG Terminal?
Mozambique LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. It is made up of 4 tracked trains and phases.
Is Mozambique LNG Terminal operating?
Mozambique LNG Terminal is shelved. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.
How much LNG can Mozambique LNG Terminal handle?
Global Energy Monitor reports no capacity for Mozambique LNG Terminal, so none is shown. That is an absent figure, not a zero.
Who owns Mozambique LNG Terminal?
Mozambique LNG Terminal is owned by TotalEnergies, Mitsui & Co., Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos EP and 4 others. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.
Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Mozambique LNG Terminal pass?
Cargoes from Mozambique LNG Terminal would normally pass Cape of Good Hope, Bab el-Mandeb and Suez Canal. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.
What pipelines connect to Mozambique LNG Terminal?
4 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Mozambique LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

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