Finance, Southern Africa

“The power hub”: Mozambique’s ENH plans $250m of gas links into ROMPCO

21st October, 2026

Mozambique’s state oil company ENH is courting South African investment for a $250m project to bring regasified gas into the ROMPCO pipeline through floating units at Inhassoro and Beira. Chief executive Rudencio Morais told Reuters he wants the infrastructure ready by 2030 or 2031.

Rudencio Morais, chief executive and chairman of Mozambique’s state oil company ENH, has described the role he wants Mozambique to play for Southern Africa’s gas buyers, telling Reuters that “Mozambique is going to become what we call the power hub.”

ENH is courting South African investment for a project of about $250m built around floating storage and regasification units at Inhassoro and at the Port of Beira. A new 140km pipeline would join them to ROMPCO, the main route for Mozambican gas into South Africa’s Secunda industrial complex.

Morais has tied the timetable to the LNG projects in the north, saying “we want our infrastructure by 2030 or 2031, in step with Mozambique LNG, Rovuma LNG and Coral North.”

Gas from Sasol’s onshore Pande and Temane fields, the source of the gas Mozambique sends to South Africa, is expected to be depleted within a few years, according to Reuters.

Sasol, which is looking for alternative gas supplies, said it would be premature to speculate on the nature or scale of any potential investment. ROMPCO did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

Under new petroleum laws in force since June, at least 25% of Mozambique’s gas and oil production, now explicitly including LNG, must go to the domestic market. ENH is part of a group of state-owned companies granted an exclusive 30-year concession last year to build and operate gas facilities.

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