据普氏能源资讯新加坡12月31日消息，石油巨头埃克森美孚表示，其在莫桑比克第4特许区的项目合作伙伴已经为Rovuma LNG项目获得了液化天然气消费担保，为2019年的最终投资决定和2024年的投产铺平了道路。
莫桑比克北部第4区勘探和生产特许权的合作伙伴是莫桑比克Rovuma合资企业，该合资企业由埃克森美孚、意大利埃尼合资，拥有70%的股份，莫桑比克国家石油和天然气公司、韩国Kogas以及葡萄牙Galp各占10%。
埃克森美孚在一份声明中表示：从合作伙伴的附属买方实体获得的LNG承购承诺，将在未来几周内敲定并签署，并获得莫桑比克政府的批准。
埃尼首席天然气和LNG营销及电力官员Massimo Mantovani表示：“这些承诺是Rovuma液化天然气项目向前迈出的重要一步，为确保项目融资提供了坚实的基础。”
莫桑比克Rovuma合资企业于2018年7月向莫桑比克政府提交了Rovuma液化天然气项目第一阶段的开发计划，该项目包括两条生产线，每条年产能为760万公吨。
埃克森美孚将领导液化天然气设施的开发，埃尼将领导上游工作。
Rovuma液化天然气的直接竞争对手是阿纳达尔科在莫桑比克1号区的项目，该项目也旨在2019年达成最终投资决定，因为新LNG项目的竞争正在升温。
根据咨询公司伍德麦肯齐的数据，莫桑比克预计将在21世纪20年代中期成为撒哈拉以南非洲地区第三大LNG生产国，LNG的年产量将超过2500万公吨，其中至少有3个LNG项目在设计阶段。
詹晓晶摘自普氏能源资讯
原文如下：
Mozambique's Area 4 partners secure buyers for Rovuma LNG project: ExxonMobil
Oil major ExxonMobil says its project partners in Mozambique's Area 4 concession have secured LNG offtake commitments for the Rovuma LNG project, paving the way for a final investment decision in 2019 and production to begin in 2024.
Partners in the Area 4 exploration and production concession in northern Mozambique are Mozambique Rovuma Venture, a joint venture between ExxonMobil, Italy's Eni with a 70% interest; and Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos, South Korea's Kogas and Portugal's Galp with 10% each respectively.
LNG offtake commitments, secured from "affiliated buyer entities of the partners", are "subject to the conclusion of fully-termed agreements, which will be finalized and initialed in the next weeks, and the approval of the government of Mozambique," ExxonMobil said in a statement.
"These commitments are an important step forward for the Rovuma LNG project and provide a solid foundation for securing project financing," Massimo Mantovani, Eni's chief gas and LNG marketing and power officer, said.
Mozambique Rovuma Venture submitted the development plan for the first phase of the Rovuma LNG project, which will comprise two processing trains each with a capacity of 7.6 million mt/year, to the government of Mozambique in July 2018.
ExxonMobil will head the development of the LNG facilities, and Eni will lead the upstream work.
An immediate competitor for Rovuma LNG is Anadarko's Area 1 project in Mozambique that also aims to reach a final investment decision in 2019 as the race for greenfield LNG projects heats up.
Mozambique is expected to become the third-largest LNG producer in Sub-Saharan Africa in the mid-2020s, when over 25 million mt/year of LNG starts up with at least three LNG projects
