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

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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. [...]

Total chief executive Patrick Pouyanné. © IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Armed violence in the region has brought work on the French major's liquefaction trains to a complete stop. When it will resume is anybody's guess. [...]

Published on 14/04/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Filipe Nyusi
Patrick Pouyanne
Total

Spotlight | Mozambique, Rwanda
Pouyanné and Kagame's diplomatic dance to restart Cabo Delgado LNG

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné is preparing a trip to Mozambique and Rwanda to oversee his group's return to the troubled province of Cabo Delgado to restart the giant Mozambique LNG project.

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TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné (left) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

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Spotlight | Africa
Total execs jockey for firm's number two job

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Ivory Coast
Total said to be backing out of Abidjan LNG import terminal

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Mozambique
Logistics provider Christophe Peschaud hopes to consolidate his business with Total

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Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.04.2021

Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI push back their LNG plans, but Total sticks to its schedule

The Covid-19 pandemic and the uprising in Cabo Delgado have prompted most operators to revise their medium-term plans. Their main financial partner, Standard Bank, reckons the delays will last between several months and several years.

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2021

Mozambique
Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

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

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Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved.

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Spotlight | Mozambique
Local content: fragmented bombshell heading Frelimo and Total/Exxon's way

After being bottom on the list of the Frelimo government's concerns since the development of the giant Rovuma Basin gas reserves began in 2010, local content is creeping back up in the pecking order. The question now is whether it [.

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Africa Emmanuelle Garinet takes charge of TotalEnergies' African exploration business

Spotlight | Africa Total execs jockey for firm's number two job

Ivory Coast Total said to be backing out of Abidjan LNG import terminal

Mozambique Logistics provider Christophe Peschaud hopes to consolidate his business with Total

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Mozambique Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

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

Spotlight | Mozambique, Rwanda
Pouyanné and Kagame's diplomatic dance to restart Cabo Delgado LNG

Africa
Emmanuelle Garinet takes charge of TotalEnergies' African exploration business

Spotlight | Africa
Total execs jockey for firm's number two job

Ivory Coast
Total said to be backing out of Abidjan LNG import terminal

Mozambique
Logistics provider Christophe Peschaud hopes to consolidate his business with Total

Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI push back their LNG plans, but Total sticks to its schedule

Mozambique
Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Spotlight | Mozambique
Local content: fragmented bombshell heading Frelimo and Total/Exxon's way