Good afternoon. Mozambicans are about to get their first deliveries of locally produced bottled cooking gas. The first batch of liquefied petroleum gas has emerged from the production plant run by South African petrochemical firm Sasol in Inhambane province (see below). According to state-owned oil and gas company ENH, the new gas should be cheaper to buy than existing supplies of imported cooking gas.
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In theory, the 30,000-tonne-a-year LPG plant could transform domestic energy use in the country. It has the potential to provide 60% of the country’s cooking gas demand. Already, cooking gas is favoured by households able to buy gas cookers, since it is cheaper than the alternative of charcoal. An 11kg bottle of cooking gas costs MZN942 ($14.70) in Maputo and can last for around a month. A bag of charcoal costs about MZN700 but lasts for more like two weeks.
