BPCL expects Mozambique project to take off next year

With the law and order situation improving considerably, Bharat Petroleum Corporation’s (BPCL’s) 12.88 million tonne per annum (mtpa) Mozambique LNG project should take off in the first half of next year, BPCL said on Monday. BPCL has 10% stake in the project and has a 15-year term contract for 1 million tonne (mt) of LNG.

While construction activities to develop the initial two trains of the LNG project in Mozambique were progressing as per schedule, security incidents during March-end 2021 in the Cabo Delgado province in Northern Mozambique led the operator (Total) to withdraw all project personnel from the site and declare force majeure for the project.