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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. [...] (275 words)

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