Could eSwatini exploit its proximity to the 865 (eight hundred and sixty five) kilometers Rompco gas pipeline from the northern fields of Pande & Temane in Mozambique to Sasolburg in Secunda South Africa, to augment its energy capability? Does eSwatini have a suitable regulatory framework for this purpose, notwithstanding the eSwatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA) asserting its readiness to process license applications for liquefied natural gas? Practical considerations appear to militate against the country having full capability and being equiped with the infrastructure to deliver natural gas and liquefied natural gas to power projects and industrial off-takers. Liquefied natural gas would definitely allegviate the strain on the grid, and probably serve consumers, but at what cost?
