Volpi project still marking time in Pemba

摘要

Africa Energy Intelligence understandsrnthat the local boss of Orlean Invest inrnMozambique, Giorgio Pregel, is in talksrnwith the new chief of Empresa Nacionalrnde Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), Omar Mitha,rnto determine whether his company canrnstart working on the port of Pemba or not.rnOrlean Invest is due to build a logistic oilrnplatform at Pemba in conjunction withrnSociedade Portos de Cabo Delgado, arnjoint venture between ENH Logistics andrnCFM). But since Mozambique’s new president,rnFilipe Nyusi, came to office inrnJanuary the government’s backing for thernscheme seems to have wavered underrnpressure from Anadarko which fears thatrnOrlean Invest (headed by Italian businessmanrnGabriele Volpi) could perform inrnPemba as it has in its operations in Nigeria,rnwhere its services are highly expensive. Asrnwe indicated ( AEI 752), China HarbourrnEngineering Co., which is due to work onrnOrlean Invest’s behalf, still hasn’t sent anyrnof its equipment to Mozambique.