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Ivory Coast
Total said to be backing out of Abidjan LNG import terminal

For a time, Total was the leader of the CI-GNL consortium in charge of the construction and operation of the future gas import terminal in Vridi, south of Abidjan, but it seems to have thrown in the towel. [...]

Published on 05.05.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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After numerous false starts, the two majors hope the new administration in Dar es Salaam is finally ready to reach a compromise on the LNG train project.

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Patrick Achi's government calls on Aggreko, Total and Sahara Energy to help fix blackouts

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Total plans exploratory drilling on Ivorian offshore blocks

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Mozambique
Total tells its subcontractors to pack up and leave Cabo Delgado

The Afungi gas site is likely to remain dormant for at least a year. Total has no faith in the Mozambican army's capacity to restore order there any time soon.

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Mozambique
Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

The French president has invited his Mozambican counterpart to join an African summit on 18 May. The meeting follows a military fiasco in Cabo Delgado province.

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Total's Cabo Delgado LNG project on indefinite hold

Armed violence in the region has brought work on the French major's liquefaction trains to a complete stop. When it will resume is anybody's guess.

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Mozambique
Total's Cabo Delgado security problems may force subcontractors to Mtwara port

Ports on Africa's southeastern shoreline are competing to capture a share of the huge traffic generated by the construction of liquefaction trains by French oil major Total.

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Mozambique
TechnipFMC still weighing up Mayotte as option to better serve Total in Cabo Delgado

A delegation from Technip FMC, the French-American oil company in charge of the subsea installations of Total's LNG project off the coast of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, should be in Mayotte in mid-March for one last survey of the local port infrastructure and services.

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Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI push back their LNG plans, but Total sticks to its schedule

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Niger
Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

Ivory Coast
Total said to be backing out of Abidjan LNG import terminal

Spotlight | West Africa
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Tanzania
Last-ditch negotiations today with Equinor and Shell

Ivory Coast
Karpowership pips Aggreko to power station contract

Ivory Coast
Patrick Achi's government calls on Aggreko, Total and Sahara Energy to help fix blackouts

Ivory Coast
Government back against the wall as energy woes continue

Ivory Coast
Total plans exploratory drilling on Ivorian offshore blocks

Mozambique
Total tells its subcontractors to pack up and leave Cabo Delgado

Mozambique
Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total's Cabo Delgado LNG project on indefinite hold

Mozambique
Total's Cabo Delgado security problems may force subcontractors to Mtwara port

Mozambique
TechnipFMC still weighing up Mayotte as option to better serve Total in Cabo Delgado

Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI push back their LNG plans, but Total sticks to its schedule