Mamba South gas field is a giant offshore
natural gas field in the
Cabo Delgado Province, off the coast of
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
.
Discovered in October 2011 by Italian company
Eni
Eni S.p.A. () is an Italian multinational energy company headquartered in Rome. Considered one of the seven "supermajor" oil companies in the world, it has operations in 69 countries with a market capitalization of US$54.08 billion, as of 11 Ap ...
, it is one of the largest gas fields in the world, with up to 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in place, equivalent to 2
bboe.
References
Natural gas fields in Mozambique
Galp Energia
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