据路透社约翰内斯堡报道，法国道达尔及其合作伙伴周三称，明年年中将就莫桑比克首都附近一个价值31.5亿美元的LNG项目做出最终投资决定(FID)。

该项目将在首都马普托附近的马托拉港口修建一个浮动储存和再气化装置，并将与附近一个新的天然气发电厂和南非的天然气网络相连，道达尔将提供天然气。

道达尔与其合作伙伴周三签署了开发该项目的协议，其中包括关注非洲南部的天然气公司Gigajoule，以及莫桑比克马托拉天然气公司(MCG)，MCG在马普托运营着一个长达100公里的天然气管道网络。

联合声明称: “该协议将加快这一进程，从而能够在明年年中之前做出最终投资决定。”并补充说，随后将着手开工建设，预计商业运营将在明年年底之前开始。

“获得急需的天然气和电力的新来源将推动莫桑比克以及南部非洲地区的经济增长。” 随着道达尔和埃克森美孚等石油巨头在天然气资源丰富的莫桑比克北部地区开展大规模项目，莫桑比克正处于天然气繁荣的浪潮之巅。

虽然这个单独的项目位于该国的另一端，但它表明，世界上最贫穷的国家之一正在努力利用空前的外国直接投资流入促进发展。

声明称，天然气管道网络、港口基础设施以及与南非天然气管道网络的连接将耗资约3.5亿美元，而2000兆瓦发电厂的建设成本将约为28亿美元，该发电厂将随着市场的发展分阶段建设。

2017年，道达尔、Gigajoule以及MGC 签署了一份与该项目相关的谅解备忘录协议，今年7月份被授予了开发和建设天然气基础设施以及电站设计、建设和运营的特许权。

詹晓晶 摘自 路透社

原文如下：

Billion-dollar LNG project in southern Mozambique expected in 2020

A final investment decision on a $3.15 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project near Mozambique’s capital will be taken around the middle of 2020, France’s Total and its partners in the project said on Wednesday.

The project will see a floating storage and regasification unit moored in the harbor of Matola, a suburb of the capital Maputo, and it will be connected to a new gas-fired power plant nearby and to South Africa’s gas network. Total will supply the gas.

Total and its partners, including Gigajoule, a gas company focused on southern Africa, and Mozambique’s Matola Gas Company (MCG), which operates a 100 kilometer gas pipeline network in Maputo province, signed an agreement to develop the project on Wednesday.

“[This] will accelerate the process which will enable a final investment decision to be taken by the middle of 2020,” the joint statement said, adding construction would then proceed and commercial operations would commence by the end of that year.

“The availability of a new source of much needed natural gas and power will fuel the economic growth in Mozambique and the southern African region.”

Mozambique is on the cusp of a gas boom as blockbuster projects by the likes of oil majors including Total and Exxon Mobil get underway in its gas-rich north.

While this separate project is situated at the opposite end of the country, it shows how one of the world’s most impoverished nations is working to leverage unprecedented inflows of foreign direct investment in order to develop.

The statement said the gas pipeline network, harbor infrastructure and a connection to South Africa’s network will cost around $350 million, while the cost of the 2,000 megawatt power plant, which will be constructed in phases as the market develops, will be around $2.8 billion.

Total, Gigajoule and MGC signed a memorandum of understanding related to the project in 2017. Concessions for the development and construction of the gas infrastructure and for the design, construction and operation for the power station were awarded in July.