Mozambique taking part in Ministerial conference of gas Exporting Countries being held in Cairo.

Mozambique is taking part in the ministerial conference of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries beginning this Tuesday.

This is the first time the country has taken part in the event since becoming an observer in February.

The meeting will cover topics such as the worldwide assessment of the gas market, the Executive Committee's management report for 2022, and a review of the long term plan.

Prior to the event, Carlos Zacarias, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, met yesterday with the Secretary General of the organisation, with whom he provided info pertaining Mozambique's gas projects.

GECF Gas Summits

A GECF Summit is a meeting of Heads of State and Government of Member Countries of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, which provides an opportunity for leaders to interact and exchange their views amongst each other. The Summit offers GECF Member Countries a chance to discuss recent developments, trends, and policies on energy in general and on gas in particular, and also to reaffirm their continued support to the objectives of the Forum at the highest level.

On 18 February 2010, Anadarko Moçambique — a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum (bought by Occidental Petroleum in 2019) — discovered a massive natural gas field in the Rovuma Basin off the coast of northern Mozambique. 

(RM