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Friday, July 25, 2014
ENH, Mozambique’s state-run oil and gas firm, is building a port city in the Cabo Delgado province to facilitate the country’s monetization of its natural gas discoveries. The 44,500-acre Palma development will be located near the LNG facilities planned by Anadarko Petroleum and ENI.
ENH said in a statement that the development will feature residences, industry, stores, schools, hospitals, parks, farming and tourist attractions built through an ENH unit.
Public hearings on the proposal were held today in Maputo, the capital, after sessions in Pemba and Palma, the statement said.
There are about 8,000 inhabitants in eight villages in the Palma area, and they “are satisfied with the project,” ENH said. “The proposed urban development plan was designed in a manner that will avoid the resettlement of these people.”
Tracus, a Maputo-based architectural company, will start creating the urban development plan in August and the public consultation will help advance the strategy and draft proposal, ENH said. The state-firm went on to reveal that the construction of access roads and power lines have already started. The construction of infrastructure in the industrial area will start in 2017.
“It won’t be possible to execute this plan in 15 years,” Amad Valy, head of operations at ENHLogistics, said in the statement. “That’s the timeline indicated by the client, but the plan is very big. We believe that if we manage to achieve 25 percent of the plan in 15 years it would have been a success.”
A company known as Cabo Delgado Ports will invest $150 million initially and hold 30-year leases on ports in Pemba and Palma. The company is a joint venture between Cia Mocambicana de Hidrocarbonetos and Portos & Caminhos de Ferro de Mocambique, which are both state-owned.
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