In its August 23, 2017 edition, the newspaper 'O País' indicates, on the cover, that “Sasol announces new discoveries of oil and gas in Inhambane”. These are discoveries made under the Production Sharing Contract (PSA) signed in October 2000 between the Government, ENH and Sasol Petroleum Mozambique Lda (SPM), whose objective was to research, assess, develop and produce the areas adjacent to the PPA area.
The PPA is the natural gas exploration project in Pande and Temane, located in the province of Inhambane, in the south of the country, by the South African multinational Sasol, which results from an agreement signed with the Mozambican government in 2000, in the form of a Production Agreement of Petroleum (PPA), under Law 3/81 of 3 October1.