Seeks new cooking gas supplier

The Mozambican Petroleum Importer (IMOPETRO) has just launched an international tender for a company to supply Mozambique with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG – cooking gas) next year. According to João Macandja, director of IMOPETRO, which operates as a procurement agent for LPG distribution companies in Mozambique, the new company will supply the country with approximately 75,000 tons of LPG over a period of one year starting in December, via the ports of Maputo and Beira. IMOPETRO says that the tender will be governed by procedures related to public international tenders similar to those specified in the World Bank guidelines under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants, and is open to all competitors from eligible countries

Swiss firm GEOGAS Trading SA is the current bulk cooking gas supplier to the country. It was awarded the role by IMPETRO in March of this year for a period of six months.

According to a press release from the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME), GEOGAS Trading was responsible for supplying and transporting around 28,000 tonnes of cooking gas to the Maputo and Beira terminals. The Swiss firm beat IPG, the former supplier of cooking gas to the country, in an international tender launched last December.