Mozambique: Gas Companies Demand a Foreign-Controlled Fortress

A meeting in Maputo Thursday 10 July between TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne and President Daniel Chapo did not lead to agreement on restarting the giant gas project in Cabo Delgado. Chapo keeps saying that TotalEnergies should simply lift the force majeure declaration and resume work.

Pouyanne says TotalEnergies will only start if it can convert the Afungi peninsula into a fortress, with no gates and no access by land. People and cargoes would have to arrive and leave only by air or sea; Afungi…