The President of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, inaugurated the Coral-Sul FLNG structure located in the ultra-deep waters of the Rovuma basin. It is the world's third plant of this type, which extracts natural gas from an offshore field and then treats it on site so that it can be easily transported. Unlike traditional onshore fields, this relatively new method of extracting natural gas results in a lower need for long pipelines. In addition, it allows access to previously remote deposits and speeds up the products’ arrival on the market. The event follows the first shipment of liquefied natural gas from Coral-Sul FLNG (Floating Liquefied Natural Gas) on November 13. Coral South is a reference project for the gas industry, which is projecting Mozambique on the global LNG scene, paving the way for a transformative change in the country through the development of gas resources, being an important contribution to the security and diversification of supplies to Europe and among the most effective solutions to ensure a fair energy transition. The infrastructure is the result of an extraordinary collaboration between Eni, the partners, and the government of Mozambique. The new ship, which was built in South Korea in collaboration with Samsung Heavy Industries, is 432 meters long and weighs about 200,000 tons, with a space of eight floors for a housing module, which can accommodate up to 350 people. It is the deepest FLNG plant in the world, whose wells are drilled at almost 2,000 meters deep.
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