Eni introduces feed gas to Coral Sul FLNG offshore Mozambique

Eni SPA, upstream operator of Area 4 offshore Mozambique, has introduced natural gas from the 16-tcf Coral South reservoir to the 3.4-million tonne/year Coral Sul floating LNG (FLNG) plant. Coral Sul will load its first LNG cargo in second-half 2022, Eni said.

The FLNG arrived offshore Mozambique in early January 2022, was moored at 2,000-m water depths over Rovuma basin in March, and connected to six underwater production wells in May.

Eni’s (35.7%) partners in Coral South are ExxonMobil Corp. (35.7%), China National Petroleum Corp. (28.6%), Galp Energia SGPS SA (10%), Korea Gas Corp. (10%), and state-owned Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos de Mozambique EP (10%).