Rosetta Energy

What Rosetta Energy does

Rosetta Energy is a private energy development company founded in 2021 and headquartered in New Cairo, Egypt, with engineering offices in Delft, the Netherlands, and an East Africa operations hub in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The company is the dedicated investment, development and operating arm of TAQA Arabia — itself a Qalaa Holdings-controlled energy distributor serving more than 1.7 million customers in Egypt — for LNG and Energy Transition opportunities across Africa, structured through the Rosetta Energy Solutions joint venture formed in May 2022. Rosetta's core offering is the LNG Virtual Pipeline: a modular, mobile infrastructure stack comprising small-scale liquefaction plants, cryogenic ISO container transport (by road and sea), and modular regasification facilities that deliver natural gas to off-grid industrial, mining, and power customers in markets lacking traditional pipeline infrastructure. Beyond LNG Virtual Pipelines, the company also develops LNG bunkering infrastructure (notably a Suez-area hub), future fuels (green hydrogen, ammonia, biofuels), and provides technical and strategic consultancy services across the project lifecycle from feasibility through operations.

The business model blends infrastructure investment, project development, and fee-based consulting. Rosetta typically takes proactive equity participation in its projects and guides debt financing, targeting individual project investments in excess of $100 million (e.g., the Tanzania LNG Virtual Pipeline). Revenue is generated through long-term gas supply contracts with industrial and mining offtakers, equity returns on completed projects, JV management fees within the TAQA partnership structure, and discrete consultancy engagements such as the Netherlands Enterprise Agency-commissioned Green Hydrogen studies. Active project engagements span Tanzania (JV with TPDC and Africa50, plus MoU with Elsewedy Industrial Development), Mauritania (MoU with the Ministry of Petroleum alongside TAQA and GoGas), Equatorial Guinea (LNG Heads of Terms with the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons), Somaliland (planned LNG receiving and regasification terminal), and Egypt (small-scale LNG distribution feasibility). The company is led by CEO and co-founder Karim Shaaban (former Shell executive) and Chairman Khaled Abubakr (co-founder of TAQA Arabia, now IGU Vice President), with a senior bench drawn from Shell, Novatek, Total, Vopak, and Rolls-Royce.

Name

Rosetta Energy

Legal name

Rosetta Energy

Website

https://rosetta-energy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rosetta Energy is a Cairo-headquartered private LNG developer and TAQA Arabia's dedicated investment arm in Africa, building modular LNG Virtual Pipelines (small-scale liquefaction, cryogenic transport, and regasification) to deliver natural gas to off-grid industrial, mining, power, and maritime customers across the continent.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

LNG Infrastructure & Virtual Pipeline Services

NAICS

Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas (48621), Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction (23712), Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas (486210), Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction (237120)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389), Natural Gas Transmission (4922), Natural Gas Transmisison & Distribution (4923)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial CNG/LNG Supply & Distribution (Virtual Pipelines, Trucking, Satellite Storage) (EUALALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

LNG Midstream Services & Logistics (Reloading, Transshipment, Breakbulk) (EUALAFAG), LNG Import/Export Terminals & Storage (Regas, Peak Shaving, Small-Scale LNG) (EUALAEAD), LNG Storage, Hub & Regas Capacity Optimization (Terminal Slots, Send-out) (EUAGAHAD), LNG Regasification Terminals (Onshore & FSRU) (EUALAFAB)

Keywords

• LNG virtual pipelines
• Small-scale LNG infrastructure
• LNG bunkering services
• Future fuels distribution
• Energy infrastructure consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Cairo

HQ country

Egypt

HQ region

Africa

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. LNG Infrastructure Development and Operation: Investment in, development, and operation of LNG virtual pipeline infrastructure including small-scale liquefaction plants, transportation systems, and regasification facilities. Revenue generated through long-term contracts with industrial, mining, and power sector customers for reliable gas supply.
2. Project Investment and Equity Participation: Rosetta takes proactive equity investment role and guides debt financing process for developed opportunities. Projects progress from pre-feasibility through financial closure to execution and operations.
3. Technical and Strategic Consulting Services: Comprehensive consulting services spanning market analysis, opportunity framing, technical concept development, front-end engineering, project services, deal negotiation, owner's engineering, and operations setup and support. Focus on LNG developments, gas-to-power, Green Hydrogen, and alternative fuels in Middle East and Africa.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Rosetta Energy develops, invests in, and operates LNG Virtual Pipeline infrastructure and related LNG distribution services for industrial, mining, power generation, and maritime customers across Africa and the Middle East. Its offerings include LNG Virtual Pipelines, future fuels solutions, LNG bunkering, and technical/strategic consultancy aimed at markets lacking pipeline gas access.

Product overview

Rosetta Energy operates as an energy development company focused on LNG Virtual Pipelines as its core product, providing flexible mobile solutions for transporting Liquefied Natural Gas to areas lacking traditional gas infrastructure. The company offers a portfolio of services including LNG Virtual Pipelines, Future Fuels (Green Hydrogen, ammonia, biofuels), LNG Bunkering at Suez, and Technical/Strategic Consultancy. Active projects span multiple African markets including Tanzania (Small Scale LNG), Mauritania (Domestic Gas Utilization), Somaliland (LNG Import Terminal), Equatorial Guinea (Small Scale LNG), and Egypt (Small-Scale LNG Distribution). The company operates as TAQA Arabia's investment, development and operating arm for LNG and Energy Transition opportunities in Africa, with consultancy services covering market analysis, technical concept development, FEED studies, project services, deal negotiation, owner's engineering, and operations support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LNG Virtual Pipelines Modular LNG virtual pipeline solutions — covering small-scale liquefaction, cryogenic transport, and regasification — delivered to industrial, mining, and power generation customers in markets without pipeline gas access across Africa and the Middle East.
• Future Fuels Forward-looking fuels infrastructure offerings positioning Rosetta Energy for the transition to lower-carbon and alternative fuels in emerging markets, leveraging its LNG platform capabilities.
• LNG Bunkering LNG bunkering services for maritime operators and shipping companies in African and Middle Eastern ports, supporting compliance with marine emissions regulations.
• Technical and Strategic Consultancy Advisory and consultancy services covering LNG market entry, fuel-switching feasibility, infrastructure planning, and strategic decision support for industrial, governmental, and energy-sector clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Tanzania project will generate multiple jobs throughout value chain, significantly contributing to domestic GDP and local content development
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered key, core and supporting.

• Elsewedy Industrial DevelopmentkeyChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 30 May 2024MoU for LNG supply to Elsewedy Industrial City in Tanzania via first-of-its-kind innovative LNG Virtual Pipeline. Elsewedy Industrial City is the first and fully integrated industrial hub in Africa, aiming to attract investments surpassing USD 400 million and generate more than 50,000 employment opportunities. Rosetta to supply natural gas via Virtual Pipeline trucked 100KM to the facility.
• Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 May 2024Joint venture agreement for Tanzania's first Small Scale LNG project. TPDC is the government entity responsible for petroleum development in Tanzania. Project includes developing and operating small-scale liquefaction facility in Dar es Salaam, cryogenic container fleet, and regasification plants near customer locations to form Tanzania's first LNG Virtual Pipeline.
• Mauritania Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and MineskeyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 November 2023MoU signed for developing comprehensive upstream and downstream gas and power value chain in Mauritania. Focus on development of domestic gas market from Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) and Banda developments through Gas to Power projects, LNG, CNG, and upstream development prospects. Technical and commercial study around LNG virtual pipeline feasibility.
• Royal HaskoningDHVsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 October 2023Partnership for Green Hydrogen consultancy project commissioned by Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). Study focused on advancement of Green Hydrogen industry in Egypt and explored potential areas of collaboration between Netherlands and Egypt. Report provided in-depth overview of challenges facing hydrogen and ammonia industry.
• TAQA ArabiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2022JV partnership through Rosetta Energy Solutions - a subsidiary arrangement where Rosetta acts as TAQA Arabia's investment, development and operating arm for LNG and Energy Transition opportunities in Africa. Partnership combines TAQA's strong gas distribution capabilities, market access, and established track-record with Rosetta's hands-on LNG expertise and agile approach. Focused on small-scale LNG projects in Egypt, Tanzania, and Mauritania.
• GoGassupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with GoGas and TAQA Arabia for developing Mauritania's domestic gas infrastructure. Project supports local economy by providing competitively priced gas from Banda fuel to large-scale industrial and mining enterprises through ssLNG technologies for liquefaction, transport and regasification.
• Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Mines and HydrocarbonskeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerLNG Heads of Terms signed with Minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima for Joint Venture Agreement covering LNG supply to mainland Equatorial Guinea and neighboring countries. Builds on existing infrastructure leveraging Punta Europa Liquefaction Plant (EGLNG) and LNG receiving facilities in Akoga. First step in transforming Equatorial Guinea to LNG Hub for West and Central Africa.
• Tier-1 International Oil Company and Shipping PartnerskeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partnership for LNG Bunkering Hub development in Suez area. Tier-1 IOC and shipping partners collaborating on full technical and commercial feasibility study to position Egypt as competitive bunkering location for LNG-powered vessels, taking into account growth in LNG vessels on order and Mediterranean emissions regulations.
• Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)supportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRVO, part of Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, commissioned Green Hydrogen consultancy projects in Egypt. Rosetta, in partnership with Royal HaskoningDHV, conducted Force-Field Analysis of Green Hydrogen Egypt and delivered Green Hydrogen Knowledge Study identifying knowledge strengths, gaps, and collaboration opportunities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Galileo Technologies: Argentina-based small-scale LNG and CNG technology company that pioneered modular liquefaction, virtual pipelines and cryogenic container transport for off-grid industrial and mining customers. Closest functional peer to Rosetta in technology stack and use cases (displacing diesel/HFO in remote industrial sites).
• Hexagon Agility (a Hexagon Composites business): Global supplier of composite cylinders, cryogenic tanks and LNG distribution containers used for truck-based LNG transport and virtual pipeline solutions. Supplies the type of cryogenic container hardware Rosetta integrates into its Virtual Pipeline projects.
• Chart Industries: US-listed supplier of cryogenic equipment, small-scale liquefaction systems, LNG storage tanks and trailer/container solutions used across the LNG virtual pipeline value chain. Overlaps with Rosetta's equipment layer (liquefaction, ISO containers, regasification skids) and competes for LNG infrastructure project EPC scope.
• Stabilis Solutions: North American small-scale LNG producer and distributor focused on virtual pipeline delivery of LNG to off-grid industrial, oil & gas and mining customers using cryogenic trailers and mobile regasification. Direct competitor in the small-scale LNG/virtual pipeline business model Rosetta pursues in Africa.

Broad incumbents

• Eni: Integrated energy major with significant LNG and African gas operations (e.g., Coral South FLNG, Mozambique Area 4 interests). Operates as a broad incumbent in the same emerging-market LNG gas-to-power space Rosetta serves with smaller-scale virtual pipeline solutions.
• Black & Veatch: Global engineering, procurement and construction firm with a large LNG practice covering small-scale liquefaction, LNG import terminals and gas-to-power projects. Provides consulting/FEED/EPC services for the same customer base Rosetta targets, but as a broad incumbent rather than a specialist LNG virtual pipeline developer.
• ENGIE: Global utility and LNG major with active small-scale LNG, biomethane and emerging-market gas-to-power projects across Africa and the Middle East. Overlaps with Rosetta's gas-to-power, LNG bunkering and energy transition themes but as a much larger incumbent.
• SHV Energy: Global LPG and increasingly LNG/CNG distributor operating in emerging markets with cryogenic distribution and virtual pipeline solutions for off-grid customers. Adjacent business model to Rosetta's industrial LNG virtual pipeline approach.
• Shell: Global LNG major with deep portfolio across liquefaction, regasification and bunkering; many Rosetta senior leaders (CEO, CTO, VP Projects, Engineering Manager) are ex-Shell, and Shell is an indirect competitor/incumbent for LNG offtake to African power and industrial customers.
• TotalEnergies: Integrated oil & gas major with significant LNG production, marketing and bunkering activities including in Africa and the Suez/Mediterranean region. Competes with Rosetta at the upstream/regasification level (e.g., Mozambique LNG) and in bunkering consortium dynamics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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