Emerson and Fores Engineering has signed a $32 million modernization contract with Algerian state-owned Sonatrach for its gas processing plant in Alrar.

Eni has estimated that it will invest $5 billion to construct a gas processing plant for Zohr natural gas field.

South Africa's petrochemical giant Sasol is investing $2.4m in establishing a gas processing plant in Mozambique that will start in 2019.

Tanzania has revealed plans to commission a plant by 2025 to process as much as 11.1 trillion cubic feet of gas.

The Tanzanian government is planning to invest at least $30b in developing a gas processing plant in the Lindi region to boost the country's economic recovery.