Conditions for Restart of TotalEnergies in Place: Mozambique Government Reaffirms

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At the government level, all conditions are being created to allow investors to restart activities as quickly as possible, said Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Estêvão Pale. Importantly, as reported by www.trendsnafrica.com, there was a meeting between the Mozambican head of state, Daniel Chapo, and the head of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné.

The Mozambican government asserted that the conditions are in place for the resumption of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) megaproject in Cabo Delgado, following a meeting between President Daniel Chapo and the head of TotalEnergies.

At the government level, all conditions are being created to allow investors to restart activities as quickly as possible, said Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Estêvão Pale. Importantly, as reported by www.trendsnafrica.com, there was a meeting between the Mozambican head of state, Daniel Chapo, and the head of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné.

Patrick Pouyanné had previously acknowledged the possibility of resuming the US$20 billion (€17.3 billion) megaprojects by August, and several subcontractors are receiving instructions to prepare to return to work on the Afungi Peninsula in Cabo Delgado, in the far north of Mozambique, suspended four years ago due to the terrorist attacks.

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Without providing a date for the project’s resumption, he reiterated that the removal of the force majeure clause, triggered in 2021 due to the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado, depends on TotalEnergies and its partners: “It was not the Mozambicans who introduced the force majeure clause.” TotalEnergies, the leader of the Area 1 consortium, is currently developing a plant in Afungi, near Palma, for the production and export of LNG.