First cooking gas (LPG) plant in Mozambique set for November launch – Minister | Watch

Login

Register

http://www.clubofmozambique.com/

First cooking gas (LPG) plant in Mozambique set for November launch – Minister | Watch

11:14 CAT | 24 Sep 2025

Screengrab: TVM

Mozambique will open the country’s first cooking gas processing and production unit in November, in Inhassoro district, Inhambane province, the government announced on Tuesday.

“On November 13, we will inaugurate the new hydrocarbon processing infrastructure located in Inhassoro. This unit will enable the integrated production of LPG gas — commonly known as cooking gas — and of light petroleum, expanding national refining capacity,” stated the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Estevão Pale.

The new unit will allow the country to reduce its dependence on imports of cooking gas, increase the availability of fuels in the domestic market, and generate new business and employment opportunities in the energy sector, according to the government.

At a press conference, Minister Pale indicated that the government also intends to move forward with opening space for private sector participation in this gas project and others related to the fuel and electricity sectors, “while simultaneously ensuring better regulation and oversight by the State.”

On July 14, the Mozambican government estimated that cooking gas production by the South African oil company Sasol would begin in early 2026, following delays caused in particular by the post-election unrest in the country.

“The project is underway, it’s moving forward. There were delays due to the protests and other issues. But we expect that by the end of the year, early next year, the project will begin to move forward,” Minister Estevão Pale said at the time.

The project is owned by the South African oil company Sasol and will produce cooking gas in Mozambique. Sasol already operates gas production in Temane (Inhassoro) and Pande (Govuro), in Inhambane.

The foundation stone for this project was laid on March 27, 2022.

In May 2025, the South African company had indicated it could begin production as early as September, after announcing that the plant being built in southern Mozambique was in the commissioning phase.

This is a $1 billion (€907.6 million) project under the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for gas and electricity in Mozambique, the company’s president announced.

“It’s been a wonderful project,” said Sasol President and CEO Simon Baloy at the time, after meeting with the Mozambican President in Maputo to discuss the project.

“This project will not only allow gas to be used for energy production, but we will also send this gas to Mozambique’s second-largest power plant, the CTT [Central Térmica de Temane], which is also nearing completion. It will also produce LPG [cooking gas cylinders] for use and reduce the amount of gas imported into Mozambique,” Baloy added.

READ: Cooking gas production in Mozambique begins in 2026

The PSA project calls for the production of 53 million megajoules of natural gas per year, which will support the implementation of the Temane Thermal Power Plant, as well as the production of 4,000 barrels of light oil per day, according to data from the Mozambican government.

The Temane Thermal Power Plant will have the capacity to produce 450 megawatts of electricity, and the processing unit will produce 30,000 tons of LPG per year.

The Mozambican government, which had previously estimated that production at the unit would begin in March, expects the country to reduce its imports of bottled cooking gas by 70% with the start of operations at the Inhassoro unit.