Coral South FLNG
Africa's first deepwater floating LNG facility, producing from the Coral reservoir in Offshore Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin.
Key data
- Location
- Offshore Area 4, Rovuma Basin
- Stage
- Operating
- Status
- Producing — first LNG cargo exported in November 2022
- Capacity
- 3.4 mtpa
- CAPEX
- Pending verification
- Timeline
- First cargo: November 2022
- Owner
- Eni
- Partners
- Pending verification
- Commodities
- Natural Gas & LNG
- Value chain
- Gas to LNG
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Coral South FLNG
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