Natural Gas & LNG
Africa's gas story runs through the Rovuma Basin, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria, and is increasingly evaluated on liquefaction capacity rather than reserves.
Key data
- Unit
- mtpa / bcm
- Value
- Pending verification
- As of
- Pending verification
- Value chains
- Gas to LNG
- Leading African producers
- Mozambique, Nigeria, Egypt
Market signals
Related projects
Mozambique LNG (Area 1)
Onshore liquefaction development on the Afungi peninsula processing gas from the Golfinho/Atum fields in Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin.
- Capacity
- 12.88 mtpa initial (two trains)
- Status
- Onshore construction; project restarted after suspension
Coral South FLNG
Africa's first deepwater floating LNG facility, producing from the Coral reservoir in Offshore Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin.
- Capacity
- 3.4 mtpa
- Status
- Producing — first LNG cargo exported in November 2022
NLNG Train 7
Expansion of the Bonny Island liquefaction plant, adding a seventh train to Nigeria's flagship LNG export facility.
- Capacity
- Expansion of Bonny plant capacity by approx. 35%
- Status
- Under construction
Leading African producers
Mozambique
Mozambique combines world-scale offshore gas in the Rovuma Basin with graphite, heavy sands, coal and the Mozal aluminium smelter, making it one of Africa's most connected energy-to-industry economies.
Nigeria
Nigeria pairs long-established upstream oil and gas with the continent's largest single-train refinery and the NLNG expansion, under a post-Petroleum Industry Act regulatory framework.
Egypt
Egypt combines large offshore gas production, LNG re-export infrastructure and one of the world's largest solar parks at Benban.
Related companies
oil gasTotalEnergies
Courbevoie, France
Operator of the Mozambique LNG onshore project in Area 1 and a large upstream portfolio across Africa, alongside renewables investments.
oil gasEni
Rome, Italy
Delivered Coral South, Africa's first deepwater floating LNG facility, and operates major gas assets including Zohr in Egypt.
lngNigeria LNG Limited
Bonny Island, Nigeria
Operator of the Bonny Island LNG plant, with Train 7 adding liquefaction capacity to the existing six trains.
oil gasSonangol
Luanda, Angola
Angola's national oil company, with upstream interests, refining assets and downstream distribution.
Business opportunities
Mozambique petroleum licensing round (INP)
Competitive award of exploration and production concession contracts for offshore and onshore blocks. Terms, blocks and deadlines must be confirmed directly on the INP portal.
Nigeria upstream licensing round (NUPRC)
Award of petroleum prospecting and mining leases under the Petroleum Industry Act framework, including deep offshore and gas-focused acreage.
Mozambique LNG contractor and supplier registration
Local content and supplier registration channels for construction, logistics, catering, civil works and specialist services around the Afungi site.
Value chains
Related industries
Oil & Gas
Exploration, development, production, processing and refining of crude oil and natural gas.
LNG
Liquefaction, floating LNG, shipping and regasification of natural gas for export markets.
Power
Generation, transmission and distribution, including hydro, gas, coal and nuclear capacity.
Related infrastructure
Nacala Logistics Corridor
Rail and port corridor serving coal, graphite and general cargo from northern Mozambique and Malawi.
Port of Maputo
Southern Mozambique deep-water port serving regional mineral, metal and agricultural exports.
Afungi LNG Park
Onshore industrial site hosting liquefaction trains, marine facilities and support infrastructure in Palma District.
Port of Pemba
Logistics base for offshore and onshore activity in the Rovuma Basin.
Lekki Deep Sea Port
Deep-water port adjacent to the Lekki Free Zone industrial cluster and the Dangote refinery.
Related commodities
Coal
South African thermal coal and Mozambican coking coal remain significant export earners and power-sector inputs.
Aluminium
Smelting is a power business. Africa's largest smelters — Mozal in Mozambique and Hillside in South Africa — depend on long-term electricity supply.
Graphite
Anode feedstock. Mozambique and Tanzania hold some of the largest natural flake graphite resources outside China.
Crude Oil
Nigeria, Angola, Libya and Algeria remain the largest African producers, with Namibia the most-watched frontier.
Related news
Government reaffirms sovereign guarantee to Mozambique LNG creditors
Mozambique's government has reaffirmed its sovereign guarantee to the lenders financing the Mozambique LNG project, as reported by Club of Mozambique.
Eni to drill up to six wells offshore Mozambique for Coral North; third FLNG pursued
Reuters, via CNBC Africa, reports Eni plans to drill up to six wells for the Coral North project and is pursuing a third floating LNG unit in Mozambique.
Mozambique LNG works advance at Afungi as contractors remobilise
Operator communications point to renewed onshore activity on the Afungi site. Confirm scope, schedule and workforce figures directly with the operator.
TotalEnergies completes entry as operator of Namibia's PEL83, holding Mopane
TotalEnergies now holds a 40% operated interest in PEL83 alongside Galp (40%), Namcor (10%) and Custos (10%), after completing its December 2025 transaction with Galp.
Dangote refinery ramp-up reshapes West African product flows
As output climbs toward design capacity, regional gasoline and diesel import patterns are being reassessed.
Benban remains the template for multi-investor solar at scale
Egypt's Aswan solar complex is still referenced as the structuring precedent for large African renewable clusters.
Related intelligence
African liquefaction capacity: what is actually under construction
Separating announced capacity from sanctioned, financed and physically progressing capacity across Nigeria, Mozambique and Egypt.
From molecules to metal: can Mozambique convert gas into industry?
Mozambique's strategic question is not whether it can export LNG, but whether any of those molecules become domestic industrial capacity.
Country intelligence: Mozambique resource economy
Gas, graphite, coal, heavy sands and aluminium in one economy — and the infrastructure that determines whether they connect.
- International Energy Agency
Africa Energy Outlook
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