Collaboration key to developing gas projects in Southern Africa

The successful execution and implementation of energy projects in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, such as the Mozambique–South Africa gas pipeline project, depends on adequate collaboration between SADC member states and the owner-operators of the project, according to petrochemicals company Sasol group regulatory services VP Johan Thyse. Speaking at the SADC Industrialisation Week in Johannesburg, Gauteng, on Tuesday, Thyse pointed out that the Mozambique and South African governments, together with Sasol, have, to date, invested R24-billion in the ongoing pipeline project, or Loop Line 2, which involves expanding the capacity of the existing 865 km gas pipeline from the central processing facility (CPF) at Temane, in Mozambique, to Secunda, in South Africa.