en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 8, French engineering and technology company Technip Energies announced that it, together with Japan's JGC and South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries, has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning contract for the Coral Norte floating liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique. Located offshore Mozambique and developed by Eni and its partners, the project will further expand the country's offshore natural gas liquefaction capacity. The total contract value exceeds 1 billion euros.
The Coral Norte project is designed to produce approximately 3.6 million tons of LNG annually, and upon completion, it will increase the total production capacity of the Coral hub to about 7 million tons per year. The offshore Area 4 gas field in Mozambique, where the project is located, previously developed the Coral Sul floating LNG facility. Coral Norte will adopt an enhanced replication approach, leveraging similar feed gas composition, deepwater operating environment, and prior engineering experience to reduce execution risks during design, construction, integration, and commissioning. The advantage of a floating LNG facility lies in its ability to directly handle natural gas processing, liquefaction, storage, and offloading at sea, reducing reliance on large-scale onshore liquefaction plants, long-distance subsea gas pipelines, and coastal infrastructure. For Mozambique, this project signifies a more continuous expansion phase in offshore natural gas resource development and will drive demand across the industrial chain, including offshore engineering design, module manufacturing, hull integration, cryogenic equipment, compressors, liquefaction processes, offshore installation, commissioning, and long-term operations and maintenance.
Mozambique's offshore natural gas resources are substantial, but project implementation has long been influenced by financing, engineering complexity, security environment, and global LNG market cycles. The floating LNG route can shift part of the development focus to offshore engineering and the international supply chain system, shortening execution timelines through standardized design and replication of mature projects. Technip Energies has deep expertise in LNG, offshore engineering, and large-scale project delivery, while JGC and Samsung Heavy Industries bring experience in LNG engineering and offshore hull construction, respectively. The collaboration among the three parties will directly impact the engineering pace and operational reliability of Coral Norte. As Europe, Asia, and emerging markets continue to seek diversified natural gas supplies, Mozambique's planned expansion of the Coral hub capacity will further enhance its position in Africa's LNG export landscape.
Subsequent project milestones will focus on detailed design, module construction, hull integration, offshore installation, commissioning, and first LNG production. If Coral Norte progresses smoothly, Mozambique will establish an offshore natural gas development system supported by multiple floating liquefaction facilities, providing a new engineering benchmark for replicating FLNG solutions in African deepwater gas fields.
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