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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
MAY
2016
Although these findings coincide with
the recent drop in global oil and gas
prices, some projects are still underway;
local company Kwikspace Modular Buildings
(Kwikspace), Africa’s leading manufacturer of
modular buildings, has been central to supplying
site accommodation and workforce housing on
the ROMPCO Loop Line 2 Project, connected to
gas discoveries.
The Republic of Mozambique Pipeline
Company (ROMPCO) recently announced that
South African petrochemical group Sasol and
the governments of South Africa and Mozam-
bique will invest millions of US dollars to build
a new pipeline that will be operational in 2017,
expanding on Mozambique’s natural gas assets
to the South African market. The addition of
this second new pipeline, called the Loop Line
2 project, will enable South Africa to receive
212 million gigajoules of gas, compared to the
original 188 million gigajoules.
This line is in fact a major source of energy
for SA’s industrial, commercial and domestic use,
carrying natural gas from the Temane and Pande
gas fields, crossing the Inhambane and Gaza
provinces of Mozambique, down to Secunda
in South Africa.
Gauteng, South Africa’s major commer-
cial hub is, not surprisingly, heavily reliant on
natural resources of gas from neighbouring
Mozambique from an existing pipeline called
the Mozambique-Secunda pipeline (MSP). The
large scale logistics of this new project have seen
Kwikspace involved in supporting a number of
contractors with remote site pioneer camps and
accommodation villages.
On the recently completed ROMPCO accom-
modation camp, Kwikspace supplied buildings
from its Tete and Pemba facilities as well as from
its Johannesburg factory to meet the very short
deadline. The convenient mobile buildings were
used to accommodate a large staff contingent
and once off-loaded on-site, allowed for imme-
diate occupation. Finer details such as furniture,
fittings and equipment were also installed.
The ROMPCO campsite was based near
Funhalouro, Mozambique, in the Inhambane
province and presented some of the usual
challenges with cross border logistics and an
approximate daily temperature of 36 degrees
and 90% humidity. Accustomed to this terrain,
Kwikspace has forged ahead undeterred, to
complete the project timeously.
Comments Kwikspace African business
development director Nick Alexander: “Proj-
ects on the continent are seldom completed
GAS RESERVES CREATE A PROJECT BOON
Mozambique has moved into the world’s spotlight with the rumblings
of change in recent years as multinational companies have
discovered substantial reserves of gas on land and offshore.
without difficulties. Relevant experience, thor-
ough planning and current knowledge of
the business conditions in each country are
crucial to managing the risks and completing
projects successfully.”
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