NMP Advogados provides a comprehensive overview of the steps and phases necessary for licensing, environmental impact assessments, and approval processes for energy projects in Mozambique, up to the ready-to-build phase.

Mozambique's mining sector is poised for a major regulatory update designed to boost transparency, efficiency, governance, and sustainable growth.

Mozambique has enacted a comprehensive revision of its Petroleum Law through Law No. 8/2026, fundamentally restructuring the country's oil and gas regulatory framework with expanded state participation, new contractual regimes, and strengthened environmental and community protections. The new statute introduces significant changes including increased minimum state participation through ENH to 15%, mandatory associations between foreign and local service providers, and enhanced domestic market supply obligat

The aim is to foster national and foreign investment by promoting a stable and inclusive regulatory environment.