{"id":24204,"date":"2022-08-05T15:28:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/president-rules-out-the-possibility-of-totalenergies-abandoning-cabo-delgado-gas-project"},"modified":"2022-08-05T15:44:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T15:44:10","slug":"president-rules-out-the-possibility-of-totalenergies-abandoning-cabo-delgado-gas-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/president-rules-out-the-possibility-of-totalenergies-abandoning-cabo-delgado-gas-project","title":{"rendered":"President rules out the possibility of TotalEnergies abandoning Cabo Delgado gas project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Mozambican president on Thursday ruled out the possibility of TotalEnergies abandoning natural gas extraction in Cabo Delgado, adding that the company was putting pressure on the government to create conditions for the resumption of activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never thought that Total might not come back, and the conversation I\u2019ve had with the company\u2019s president [Patrick Pouyann\u00e9] never raised that possibility,\u201d Filipe Nyusi declared during the CEO Community African Chapter Business Meeting in Maputo yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Mozambican head of state, the French major has been pressuring the government to create the conditions for the restart of the company\u2019s activities, and has meanwhile been supporting the authorities\u2019 efforts to resolve the problem of the insurgency in the region through its community engagement programmes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTotal is putting pressure on the government to do its part, which is to restore tranquillity and security. The company itself has been making its contribution to stabilising the situation, supporting youth,\u201d the head of state noted.<\/p>\n<p>Although he rules out the possibility of Total abandoning the project, Filipe Nyusi noted that the gas would not disappear if the French multinational decides to permanently suspend operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t consider [the possibility of] Total not returning, but, well, if that happens, the gas is [still] there [\u2026] there are those who can exploit it too \u2013 it\u2019s not a product that disappears. But we don\u2019t think negatively,\u201d President Nyusi said, adding that, with the support of foreign forces, the situation in the district of Palma was now stable and the business community could return.<\/p>\n<p>TotalEnergies, whose consortium will invest more than US$20 billion in natural gas exploitation in northern Mozambique, suspended development of the project in the region following a rebel attack in 2021 near project infrastructure in Palma district, Cabo Delgado province.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media in Gaza province, southern Mozambique, yesterday, Mozambique\u2019s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos Zacarias, promised that all conditions for the resumption of Total\u2019s natural gas project activities would be in place by the end of the year [2022].<\/p>\n<p>Palma was the target of one of the most publicised attacks carried out by the rebels who have been terrorizing Cabo Delgado province since 2017, when on March 24, 2021, insurgents invaded the district headquarters, killing and wounding dozens of residents and putting to flight thousands more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. 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