Mozambique Rovuma Venture, led by Eni, has launched an international tender for expressions of interest regarding the construction and installation of a third floating liquefied natural gas (Flng) unit.
According to the request for expressions of interest, the consortium led by the Italian oil company is seeking to identify companies interested in entering into an Epcic (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning) contract for a new large-scale Flng unit to be installed in the deep waters of Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of Cabo Delgado, with a capacity of up to six million metric tonnes per year (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (Lng).
The scope of work for this tender, open until July 3, includes the complete supply of the Flng unit, from design and procurement through to construction, transport, mooring, commissioning, operational start-up and performance testing, for use in deep waters approximately 2,000 meters.
Tender participants must demonstrate experience gained in Flng projects or comparable offshore initiatives carried out in the last ten years, present technological solutions for liquefaction, and identify the suppliers of the mooring and storage systems that will be used on the future platform. The tender comes just over a month after Eni confirmed it is engaged in evaluating the progress of a third Flng project in Mozambique, following Coral Sul – in production since 2022 – and Coral Norte, for which the final investment decision was signed in October 2025. According to Eni, in fact, the Rovuma basin “possesses significant natural gas reserves, which allow not only the implementation of ongoing projects but also create opportunities for new developments. In this context, Eni is currently evaluating the possibility of proceeding with a third project based on Flng technology, whose success has been demonstrated by the Coral Sul Flng project (south).”
Coral South, Africa’s first floating natural gas liquefaction platform in ultra-deep waters, currently produces approximately 3.4 million tonnes of Lng per year. The second unit, Coral North, representing an investment of 7.2 billion dollars (6.2 billion euros), is expected to come on stream in 2028 and double Area 4’s Lng production capacity.
On the occasion of the signing of the final investment decision for Coral Norte in Maputo, Eni’s Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Descalzi, stated that the new platform would bring Mozambique to third place among African liquefied natural gas producers, after Nigeria and Algeria. According to Eni, Coral Sul has already made over 120 Lng shipments since the start of production and is expected to generate approximately 16 billion dollars (13.7 billion euros) in tax revenue over the project’s useful life.
Coral Norte is expected to contribute approximately 23 billion dollars (20.1 billion euros) in tax revenue to the Mozambican state over its 30 years of operation. Mrv is the entity representing the concessionaires in Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin, including Eni, the National Hydrocarbons Company (Enh), China’s Cnpc, South Korea’s Kogas, and the United Arab Emirates’ Xrg.
Mozambique has three approved megaprojects for exploiting natural gas reserves in the Rovuma Basin, considered among the largest in the world. These include TotalEnergies’ Mozambique Lng project, resumed after several years of suspension due to insecurity in Cabo Delgado, and the Rovuma Lng project, led by ExxonMobil, for which the final investment decision is expected by the end of the year.
