开普敦，10月19日 - 莫桑比克国有石油公司ENH正在与潜在投资者进行谈判，包括南非的Sasol和管道公司ROMPCO，以开展一个新的天然气项目，因为该国旨在成为区域“能源枢纽”，ENH首席执行官表示。
CAPE TOWN, Oct 19 - Mozambique's state-owned oil company ENH is in talks with potential investors, including South Africa's Sasol and pipeline company ROMPCO, for a new natural gas project as the country aims to become a regional "power hub", the chief executive of ENH said.
莫桑比克是南非从Sasol位于Pande和Temane陆上气田的主要天然气供应国，这些气田预计将在几年内枯竭；莫桑比克在其近海罗武马盆地拥有丰富资源，有助于满足南非未来的天然气需求。
Mozambique, the primary supplier of gas to South Africa from Sasol’s onshore Pande and Temane fields that are expected to be depleted within a few years, has massive resources in its offshore Rovuma Basin and could help meet South Africa’s future gas demands.
该新项目以贝伊拉和因哈索罗沿海城镇为中心，预计成本约为2.5亿美元，将涉及在因哈索罗和贝伊拉港口发展浮式储存和再气化装置（FSRU）。
The new project, centred on the coastal towns of Beira and Inhassoro, is expected to cost about $250 million and would involve the development of floating storage and regasification units (FSRU) at Inhassoro and the Port of Beira.
一条长140公里的新管道将把这些设施连接到更大的ROMPCO管道上，该管道是从莫桑比克通往南非塞昆达工业综合体的主要天然气干线。
A new 140 kilometre pipeline would connect the facilities to the larger ROMPCO pipeline, the main gas artery running from Mozambique to South Africa's Secunda industrial complex.
ENH是去年获得独家30年特许权的一批国有公司之一，该特许权授权在该南部非洲国家建设和运营天然气设施；在此国家，石油公司TotalEnergies、ExxonMobil和Eni正在开发大型LNG工厂。
ENH is part of a group of state-owned companies handed an exclusive 30-year concession last year to build and operate natural gas facilities in the Southern African country where oil companies TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Eni are developing large LNG plants.
“我们希望在2030或2031年前建好基础设施，与莫桑比克LNG、罗武马LNG和珊瑚北项目同步推进，” ENH首席执行官兼董事长鲁登西奥·莫赖斯在接受路透社采访时表示。
"We want our infrastructure by 2030 or 2031, in step with Mozambique LNG, Rovuma LNG and Coral North," Rudencio Morais, the CEO and chairman of ENH, told Reuters in an interview.
这些开发项目产出的天然气主要供应国际市场，尽管自6月生效的新石油法律要求至少将25%的天然气和石油产量（现在明确包括LNG）分配给国内市场。
Gas from these developments is mostly destined for international markets, although new petroleum laws in place since June require at least 25% of gas and oil production, now explicitly including LNG, to be allocated to the domestic market.
“莫桑比克将成为我们所说的能源枢纽，” 莫赖斯表示，因为该国希望向一个正遭受电力短缺困扰的地区出口天然气。
"Mozambique is going to become what we call the power hub," Morais said as the country looked to export gas into a region plagued by power shortages.
Sasol表示，在寻求替代天然气供应时，对任何潜在投资的性质或规模进行猜测还为时过早；而ROMPCO则未能立即回应置评请求。
Sasol said it would be premature to speculate on the nature or scale of any potential investments as it sought alternative gas supplies, while ROMPCO did not immediately respond to a request for comment.