The infrastructure will be fed by 10 gas wells connected by around 100 kilometres of gas pipeline. At the moment, the construction works of the factory are almost finished and should be ready by September of this year, since all the wells have already been drilled and are ready for exploration, as well as the construction of the gas pipelines. The factory will be able to produce cooking gas to supply 40 percent of the national market and for power generation. This is an investment of 760 million US dollars that aims to transform natural gas and add value in the national territory to contribute to the acceleration of the country’s economic development and industrialisation, and will allow the production of 23 million gigajoules of natural gas per year, which will be used to produce 30 thousand tonnes of cooking gas per year in what will be the first unit of its kind in the country. With the production of 30 thousand tonnes per year of cooking gas (LPG), Mozambique will no longer import around 75 percent of the volume currently imported. Local production of LPG will boost the widespread use of cooking gas, contributing to the reduction of deforestation. From its construction to its entry into operation, the project will create around 3,000 jobs, most of them Mozambicans. During the operation phase, 120 people will be hired, 34 of whom are natives and residents of Inhassoro and trained at the Inhassoro Vocational School. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Petroleum Institute, Nazário Bangalane, visited the infrastructure and highlighted its importance in the country’s energy matrix. It will enable the generation of 450 MW of electricity at the Temane Combined Cycle Power Plant, promoted by the Government, which will be injected into the national grid for the electrification of the country and the provision of clean, low-cost energy for the regional development of SADC. The cooking gas production plant is part of a package of the largest investment in the country’s energy sector, which also includes the construction of the Temane Power Plant, which will generate 400 megawatts, and the Temane Maputo line, and is part of the universal access to energy program. The project also includes three substations, one in Vilankulo, in the province of Inhambane, another in Chibuto, in the province of Gaza, and a final one in Matalane, in the province of Maputo, and will be used to evacuate the electricity to be produced at the future 400 MW Temane Power Plant (CTT).
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