BP and Shell are looking to acquire the 20 percent stake
in the giant gas discovery in Mozambique for more than about $4 billion or 2.5 billion British pounds.
Rome, Italy-based Eni is seeking to sell a stake in what is claimed by it to be the biggest gas find in its history. In return, it will seek help in taking over the capital expenditures arising from the drilling operations.
Eni has a 70 percent participating interest in the giant gas discovery Mamba South 1, located in Area 4 in the offshore Rovuma Basin in the east African nation. Eni is the operator of the offshore Area 4, with the co-owners in the area being Portuguese oil and gas company Galp Energia, Korea Gas Corp. or KOGAS, and state-owned ENH, each holding a 10 percent interest.
ENH is the national oil company of Mozambique and is 100 percent owned by the State, while Eni has a one-third stake in Galp Energia.
Eni said the giant discovery in Mozambique has exceeded expectations and opens new growth opportunities in the gas market, with the Rovuma Basin confirmed as a world-class natural gas province. The massive gas find also opens up extraordinary development opportunities and is ideally placed to serve the fast-growing Asian gas markets.
Eni announced the offshore Mozambique gas find in October 2011. The Mamba South 1 discovery well is located in water depths of 1585 meters about 40 km off Cabo Delgado coast, in the Northern offshore of Mozambique. This is the first exploration well in Area 4, with a total of 212 meters of continuous gas pay in high-quality Oligocene sands.
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