The next few weeks and months are set to be highly significant for Mozambique’s bankrupt economy as the final pieces of a complex economic jigsaw puzzle are put in place to underpin final investment decisions on tens of billions of dollars worth of liquefied natural gas projects operated by Italy’s Eni and US independent Anadarko Petroleum.
The hype of a few years ago, when plans were in hand to fast-track exploitation of the huge gas resources off northern Mozambique — startup dates of 2018 and 2019 were bandied about — has given way to a much more realistic assessment of schedules.
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