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Oil & Gas Exploration is Evolving
on a Global Scale

From the end of 2014 M2E Projects is developing, in a completely unexplored
and high-potential geological basin located in Mozambico, offshore and onshore
activities

W ith traditional locations like years, creating a relevant skills gap with an accelerated
the North Sea, Russia and loss of experience that could deeply affect the market.
West Africa still firmly on the We believe that in order to meet the challenges, is
radar, countries such as important to bring local knowledge with a global
South America, Congo and perspective, working within the political, geographical,
Mozambique are now social and cultural reality, not against it. Our consultants
are experts in their sector and our global hubs ensure
catching the attention of the major oil companies we have access to the world’s best talent across the oil
& gas industry.
especially regarding the nearshore and offshore
Focus on Mozambico
activities.
Due to the significant natural gas discoveries in 2013,
The recent big injection into the Mozambique has become the focus of attention for
numerous international oil companies and the
extraction and processing of Mozambican legislative regime is changing accordingly.
Mozambique has the potential to be the world’s fourth
shale and LNG (Liquified Natural largest source of natural gas and, as a result, the sector
has experienced a flurry of activity in recent years.
Gas) has put on the scene other From the end of 2014 M2E Projects is working closely
to mayor Oil and Gas companies in performing
main actors such as Asia, the deepwater, nearshore, onshore investigation and pre-
FEED activities for:
Middle East and of course, the • deepwater subsea structures;
• floating production facilities (FLNG);
US. Also considering that ultra- • deepwater pipelines to the cost of Mozambique;
• onshore LNG plant.
Fig. 1 - Shore approach in Cabo Delgado, deep water, tar sands and
North of Mozambique FPSOs (Floating Production Such a demanding and complicated project, also
considering the challenging environmental and
Storage and Offloading), as the geological conditions encountered, definitely requires
significant preparation and sophisticated equipment,
future energy frontiers, are but also trained and skilled personnel able to coordinate
activities with a wide range of stakeholders, to oversee
currently driving the industry the different aspects of the work and to high HSQE
standards. Despite the geopolitical and geological
into these innovative new criticality, Mozambico will be the one of the future oil &
gas global challenge.
territories.
Marco Ungari
Fig. 2 - Near shore Geotechnical site investigation Challenges Managing Director, M2E Projects
- Jack up rig performing Boreholes and and opportunities
Piezocone Penetration Tests (PCPT)
Considering that oil & gas
Fig. 3 - Mozambique areas of activities exploration is evolving on a
global scale, the need for
specialist talents is becoming
more and more a priority. This
complicated market is evolving
fast and the need of energy is
increasing, as a result there is a
strong need of a workforce able
to play such a demanding game.
Many high-level specialists will
leave the industry in the next ten

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