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TotalEnergies to restart its delayed Mozambique LNG project in early 2024

TotalEnergies to restart its delayed Mozambique LNG project in early 2024

FRENCH energy firm TotalEnergies plans to restart its long-delayed $20 billion Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the first quarter of next year, two sources told Reuters. Work on the project has been halted since 2021 when a violent insurgency led by Islamic State-linked militants threatened the Cabo Delgado site, leading to TotalEnergies declaring force majeure and halting construction. In September, chief executive officer at TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanne, said the company planned to restart before the end of this year, as the security situation improved with the support of a regional military force including Rwanda. "TotalEnergies have indicated that they…
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Exclusive: SA’s military solution for Mozambique

Exclusive: SA’s military solution for Mozambique

WENDELL ROELF SOUTH Africa will press for urgent military action by regional body SADC to quell an Islamist insurgency in Mozambique threatening to destabilize neighbouring countries, the foreign minister has said. It will make this call at a summit of the Southern African Development Community's 16 member states next week, Naledi Pandor told Reuters in a telephone interview. SADC leaders have been discussing how to tackle the insurgency by Islamic State-linked militants, with an option for force, but this is the first time South Africa has explicitly thrown its weight behind the idea of military intervention. View Post Since 2008,…
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