Mozambique needs a new solution for its domestic gas allocation, after Shell and Yara abandoned their plans for gas-to-liquids and fertilizer projects

TotalEnergies will assess “safety conditions” to determine whether to resume work on its LNG project on Afungi by the end of 2022, and has denied that it demanded a 25km safe area around the project site

TotalEnergies' CEO told investors and analysts last week that he does not foresee a return to Afungi in 2022

Up to now, the large and impressive Rwandan force had been confined to liberating and securing the districts of Palma and Mocimboa da Praia, of direct importance to Mozambique’s LNG projects

Market conditions are creating additional pressure for TotalEnergies to resume work on its Mozambique LNG project, but Afungi is still not as safe as it needs to be

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 16 March 2022 Mar 16 Agenda: Today: Defence…...

The commercialization of natural gas reserves in Mozambique and Tanzania will remain central to public safety, national security, and political power in both countries in coming years

The new plant will eventually be supplied from TotalEnergies’ Rovuma Basin gas fields, but will need to find an alternative gas supply initially

The global transition away from fossil fuels, coupled with ongoing insecurity in Cabo Delgado province, mean Mozambique’s enormous gas reserves risk becoming stranded assets

If global warming is to be kept to below 1.5ºC, then LNG supply from projects which have already been given the go-ahead could exceed demand by around 25%, according to a report released on Thursday by financial think tank Carbon Tracker. If TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project moves ahead, it could be among the projects that are forced to close early