Total, Exxon and others have projects in Mozambique Mozambique was hoping to rival Qatar and Australian LNG
PARIS, April 26 (Reuters) - French energy group Total
declared force majeure on its $20 billion liquefied
natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique and confirmed it had
withdrawn all staff from the construction site following
insurgent attacks last month.
Dozens of civilians were killed in the Islamic State-linked
attacks in the coastal Mozambique town of Palma, near gas
projects that are worth $60 billion and are aimed at
transforming the East African nation s economy.
The violence in March has dealt a blow to plans by Total and
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PARIS (Reuters) - Myanmar s parallel civilian government and rights groups on Tuesday called on Total and other oil firms operating in the country to suspend payments to the military-controlled state following last month s coup.
The calls come a day after Total said it was worried about the situation in Myanmar, where scores have been killed in demonstrations against the Feb. 1 coup, while also stressing the importance of its gas projects in the energy-starved country. The coup has left international oil companies with operations in Myanmar with no option other than to suspend their relationships with the military junta, the parallel civilian government said in a letter addressed to Total and posted on its official Facebook page.
By Giulia Petroni Total SE said Wednesday that it has signed a 20-year agreement through its subsidiary Total Quadran to supply 100 gigawatt hours of renewable energy a year to telecommunications company Orange. The French oil and gas company said the corporate power purchase agreement will allow it to develop a dozen new solar plants with a cumulative capacity of 80 megawatts throughout metropolitan France by 2024. Write to Giulia Petroni at giulia.petroni@wsj.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires
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