Mozambique Approves Gas Master Plan

The Mozambican government on Tuesday approved its Natural Gas Master Plan, which aims to maximise the benefits that the country can gain from this natural resource, reports Mozambique News Agency.

“This is a detailed road map for taking strategic, political and institutional decisions, on the basis of which investments in this area can be designed and implemented in this area in a coordinated manner,” Minister of Mineral Resources, Esperanca Bias, told reporters after a meeting of the cabinet.

The plan, she explained, envisages the construction of a gas pipeline from Palma, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, where huge deposits of natural gas have been discovered offshore, to Maputo, reports Mozambique News Agency.

“Through this master plan, the government intends to maximise benefits from the gas, not only through the revenue from sales, but also as a factor for the industrial development of Mozambique,” she said.