ENI, Mozambique's Area 4 operator, will make a final investment decision (FID) still by March and conclude the financial package by the end of the first half of 2017.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) supports the Mozambican government decision to increase fuel prices as the IMF believes the step will help the African country in facing its struggles with foreign debt.
Mozambique will gain $350m in capital taxes from Eni after the Italian oil and gas company agreed to sell a stake in a gas field to ExxonMobil Corporation.
Japan's Sumitomo Corp. is currently planning to sign a contract with a state-run Mozambican power company to construct a gas-fired power plant 700km northeast of Maputo by mid-March.
Eni announced on Wednesday that it was “within weeks” of sealing a multi-billion-dollar deal to sell a stake in its Mozambique operations, with ExxonMobil favorite to buy the asset.
South African Sasol has resumed production of natural gas in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane after cyclone Dineo, which battered 12 districts of the territory in mid-February.
Mozambique's National Petroleum Institute (NPI) announced that the government has awarded three contracts for gas development projects across the region.