ExxonMobil awarded the contract on behalf of Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV), a joint venture that includes Eni and CNPC.
Technip Energies said on Wednesday the Rovuma LNG project at Palma in the Afungi peninsula will consist of an LNG plant with a total production capacity of 18 Mtpa, comprising 12 fully modularized LNG trains of 1.5 Mtpa each.
The plant design will also feature electric-driven LNG trains instead of gas turbines, reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional LNG projects.
According to Technip Energies, it will also include prefabricated and standardized modules to be assembled at the project site in Mozambique, offering cost competitiveness and certainty in delivery schedule.
Technip Energies did not provide the contract price tag.
Technip Energies CEO Arnaud Pieton recently said that “there is a FEED competition ongoing in Mozambique and we are one of the two contenders.”
Houston-based McDermott, through a consortium with Italy’s Saipem and China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation, also won the FEED contract.
The two joint ventures will compete to win the EPC contract.
FID expected in 2026
Frank Kretschmer, president of ExxonMobil Mozambique, recently confirmed that the company and its partners have launched the FEED phase, but he did not provide any info regarding the contractors.
“This milestone represents a crucial step towards developing what will become the largest LNG project in Africa and one of the continent’s most substantial investments,” he said.
The partners also stated that this FEED phase is expected to take around 16 months and is the last step before a final investment decision (FID).
Last month, Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi announced that ExxonMobil plans to decide on its Rovuma LNG onshore terminal in Mozambique by 2026.
Nyusi met with ExxonMobil’s upstream president Liam Mallon to discuss the onshore LNG project in Cabo Delgado.
MRV is the operator of the deepwater Area 4 block in the Rovuma basin off Mozambique that would feed the planned LNG export plant on the Afungi peninsula from the Mamba reservoirs.
The joint venture holds a 70 percent interest in the Area 4 exploration and production concession contract.
In addition to MRV, Galp, Kogas, and Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos each hold a 10 percent interest in Area 4.
ExxonMobil is leading the construction and operation of the liquefaction and related facilities on behalf of MRV, and Eni is leading the construction and operation of the upstream facilities.
(This article was updated to say that McDermott, Italy’s Saipem, and China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation also won the FEED contract.)
