Africa-Press – Mozambique. Marica Calabrese, the CEO of ENI-Rovuma Basin, the affiliate in Mozambique of the Italian energy company ENI, which is operating the Coral Sul floating platform off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, believes that Mozambique is a crucial strategic partner for natural gas production and energy transition, at a moment when the world is investing in clean sources of energy generation.
According to Calabrese, who was speaking at the 10th edition of country’s Gas and Energy Summit and Exhibition, which began on Monday, in Maputo, Mozambique “is not only central to our gas projects, which are fundamental to transforming this country, but also occupies a key place in the energy transition”.
“The agribusiness projects led by Eni have already created an immediate impact on job creation. At the end of the first season of these activities alone, in just a few months, we created around 1,500 farming jobs, the same number of jobs that Coral Sul generated in three years. This shows how transformative these projects are for the economy and for Mozambican families”, she said.
Calabrese CEO recalled that ENI launched the first licensed reforestation project in Mozambique in the Limpopo basin, in the southern province of Gaza, with direct benefits for 350,000 people.
“It’s not just about carbon, it’s about communities. We’re impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Mozambicans. Eni is also focusing on the dissemination of clean cooking to reduce emissions and improve public health”, she said.
Calabrese declared that the company’s goal is to impact 10 million people by 2027 and 20 million by 2030, “with about 3.5 million lives already benefiting.”
With these initiatives, she said, the company aims to consolidate its position as a gas investor and a catalyst for sustainable development in the country, viewing the energy transition not only as an environmental agenda, but also as a concrete opportunity to create jobs, boost agriculture, improve health, and transform the lives of communities.
The Coral Sul platform has become crucial to the Mozambican economy. In 2023, according to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Coral Sul was responsible for 50 per cent of the growth in the country’s GDP that year. In the first half of 2024, 63 shipments of LNG, totaling 4.48 million tonnes, were exported from Coral Sul.
Eni’s participation in the Summit reinforces Mozambique’s role as one of Africa’s most important energy hubs, as the future of gas and the global energy transition are discussed. With parallel energy transition projects, the hope is that the country will consolidate its value chain, diversify its economy, and ensure community benefits, both economic and environmental.
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