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Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

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“Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare”

Mozambique

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The development of Cabo Delgado province's vast gas resources has brought with it the emergence of an armed insurgency, one that is yet to be clearly defined but is already impinging on Total and ExxonMobil's operations there. As the conflict worsens, President Filipe Nyusi has been prompted to seek foreign help. [...]

Faced with the inefficiency of the Mozambican defence forces, Total wants fresh guarantees, otherwise the Afungi LNG plant project could be put on hold. [...]

Published on 11/01/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Nicolas Terraz
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Spotlight | Mozambique Total's Cabo Delgado LNG project on indefinite hold

Mozambique Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné turns up the heat on Filipe Nyusi

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Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

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Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné turns up the heat on Filipe Nyusi

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Nyusi's private soldiers fly on Total's airline

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Total calls on army to secure Afungi facility site in Cabo Delgado

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