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Qatar Petroleum ‘interested’ in Eni Mozambique stake

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
September 12, 2016
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Italy’s state-run Eni is looking to reduce a 50% stake in its giant Mozambique gas acreage as part of plans to sell €5 billion ($5.6 billion) of assets over the next two years.

Last month sources told Reuters that ExxonMobil had reached a deal that could give it an operating stake in the onshore liquefied natural gas export plant, while leaving Eni in control of the Area 4 gas fields feeding it.

Qatar Petroleum is in talks with ExxonMobil and Eni on some kind of involvement in Mozambique which could involve a joint investment with the US supermajor, one senior QP source told Reuters, adding the deal was not a classic joint-venture structure.

A second Doha-based source said Qatar Petroleum had been looking at Eni’s Area 4 field as well as adjoining acreage of Anadarko Petroleum but added the focus was on Eni.

“The expectation is that Qatar Petroleum and Exxon will go in on this together,” the source said, adding a Qatar Petroleum delegation planned to visit Mozambique before the year’s end.

The sources cautioned no decision had as yet been taken by the Qatari company.

Saad al-Kaabi, Qatar Petroleum CEO
Saad al-Kaabi, Qatar Petroleum CEO

Qatar Petroleum did not respond to requests for comment and ExxonMobil and Eni declined to comment.

Saad al-Kaabi, Qatar Petroleum chief executive, recently confirmed the group was looking at assets in Africa.

Located in Mozambique’s Rovuma basin, Eni’s Area 4 is one of the biggest discoveries of recent times, holding about 85 trillion cubic feet of gas.

Eni chief executive Claudio Descalzi, who has spoken of selling a stake of up to 25%, said earlier this month a detailed agreement had been reached with a partner.

ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi
ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi

In 2013 Eni sold 20% of Area 4 to China’s CNPC for $4.2 billion but since then oil and gas prices have dropped by more than half.

A banker with knowledge of the matter said a 25% stake in the field could be worth in the region of €2 billion.

ExxonMobil and QP are already close business partners in Qatar, where the US giant’s technical know-how helped the tiny Gulf state to develop its gas resources and become the world’s biggest – as well as lowest-cost – LNG producer.

Since then, both companies have jointly moved to exploit international LNG growth opportunities, including plans to build the Golden Pass liquefaction plant in the US and bidding for exploration acreage in Cyprus.

A moratorium on new Qatari gas production since 2005 has hobbled domestic expansion opportunities at a time of intense competition for global LNG market share as new producers such as Australia challenge Qatar’s dominance.

“The (Mozambique) gas will go east and so having Qatar on board with all its experience makes a lot of sense,” a banker with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Source: Upstream

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Tags: AnadarkoENHENIExxonGasLNGMozambiqueNatural GasQatar PetroleumrovumaSaad al-Kaabiモザンビーク莫桑比克
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