{"id":12462,"date":"2025-10-01T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/eni-to-sign-fid-for-coral-north-project-in-mozambique\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:25:49","slug":"eni-to-sign-fid-for-coral-north-project-in-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/eni-to-sign-fid-for-coral-north-project-in-mozambique\/","title":{"rendered":"Eni to sign FID for Coral North project in Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mozambique&#8217;s government in April approved the development plan for the Coral North floating platform, which will produce 3.5 million metric tons of LNG a year once operational.<\/p>\n<p>Eni&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi is expected to attend Thursday&#8217;s signing ceremony along with Mozambique President Daniel Chapo, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Coral North will double existing LNG production from the southern African country&#8217;s offshore Rovuma Basin.<\/p>\n<p>Eni&#8217;s first floating LNG platform, Coral South, started exports from Mozambique in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Eni&#8217;s projects, far out into the ocean, have not been affected by the security delays that have blighted onshore LNG terminals being developed by other global energy companies TotalEnergies and Exxon Mobil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12463,"template":"default||default||default||default||default||default||default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-12462","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Italian energy group Eni is expected to agree a final investment decision (FID) for Mozambique's second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform at an event in the capital Maputo on Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.||Italian energy group Eni is expected to agree a final investment decision (FID) for Mozambique's second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform at an event in the capital Maputo on Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.||Italian energy group Eni is expected to agree a final investment decision (FID) for Mozambique's second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform at an event in the capital Maputo on Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.||Italian energy group Eni is expected to agree a final investment decision (FID) for Mozambique's second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform at an event in the capital Maputo on Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.||Italian energy group Eni is expected to agree a final investment decision (FID) for Mozambique's second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform at an event in the capital Maputo on Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.||Italian energy group Eni is expected to agree a final investment decision (FID) for Mozambique's second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform at an event in the capital Maputo on Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.||Italian energy group Eni is expected to agree a final investment decision (FID) for Mozambique's second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform at an event in the capital Maputo on Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.||Italian energy group Eni is expected to agree a final investment decision (FID) for Mozambique's second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform at an event in the capital Maputo on Thursday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.","published_date":"2025-10-01 00:00:00||2025-10-01 00:00:00||2025-10-01 00:00:00||2025-10-01 00:00:00||2025-10-01 00:00:00||2025-10-01 00:00:00||2025-10-01 00:00:00||2025-10-01 00:00:00","news_description":"Italian energy group Eni 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