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It will then summarise its conclusions in a report Mozambique LNG project site require, in par-
due to be delivered to project shareholders at the ticular, the restoration of security in the region,
end of February, Pouyanné said. the resumption of public services and the return
The information contained in this report will to normal life for the people of the region,” he
allow members of the consortium Mozambique commented.
LNG to decide whether the conditions have TotalEnergies is serving as operator of the
been met to resume work on their onshore com- Mozambique LNG consortium through its sub-
plex on the Afungi Peninsula, he stated. sidiary Total E&P Mozambique Area 1, which
Pouyanné acknowledged that security risks holds a 26.5% stake in the project. The remain-
had lessened since March 2021, when TotalEn- ing equity in the group is split between two Jap-
ergies halted work on the project in response anese companies, Mitsui and Japan Oil, Gas and
in response to attacks on nearby communities Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC), which have a
by Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jamo (ASWJ), an Islamist combined stake of 20%; Mozambique’s national
militant group with ties to Islamic State (Daesh). oil company (NOC) ENH, with 15%; Bharat
At that time, the French major withdrew all of its Petroleum (India), with 10%; ONGC Videsh Ltd
employees, along with its partners and contrac- (OVL, India), with 10%; Beas Rovuma Energy
tors, and issued a declaration of force majeure. Mozambique (a 60:40 joint venture between
“Since 2021, the situation in Cabo Delgado OVL and Oil India Ltd (OIL), with 10%; and
Province has improved significantly, thanks in PTTEP (Thailand), with 8.5%.
particular to the support provided by the Afri- The French major and its partners aim to
can countries that committed themselves to extract gas from Area 1, which lies offshore
restore peace and security,” he said, referring to Mozambique in the Rovuma basin. They will
the peacekeeping missions carried out by the process the gas at an LNG plant and onshore
Southern African Development Community complex on the Afungi Peninsula. This facility
(SADC) and the government of Rwanda. will eventually have two liquefaction trains, each
He cautioned, though, that there was still with a capacity of 6.44mn tonnes per year (tpy),
work to be done. “The lifting of the force and will use a dedicated fleet of LNG carriers to
majeure and the resumption of activities at the export its production. ™

Kenya puts pressure on Tullow Oil

to submit production timelines

KENYA KENYA’S government has told London-listed Kamau, the Programs Manager at the non-profit
Tullow Oil Plc to submit realistic investment Kenya Oil and Gas Working Group.
timelines for production from its oilfields in the The African- and South American-focused
north of the country, the Ministry of Energy and oil and gas explorer, which took in an estimated
Petroleum said in a statement on February 8. $1.7bn in revenue last year, has earmarked
“Davis Chirchir, Kenya’s Energy & Petro- $10mn towards investments into Kenyan devel-
leum Cabinet Secretary at the sidelines of India opment projects this year, as it continues to look
Energy Week had discussions with Rahul Dhir, for a strategic partner on the ground.
Tullow Oil Plc Group CEO and Madhan Srin- This sum amounts to just 2.7% of its planned
ivasan Tullow Kenya CEO. He tasked them to $370mn investment in four African countries,
come up with realistic timelines for the invest- the others being Ghana ($300mn), Gabon
ment in Kenya,” the statement said. ($40mn) and Ivory Coast ($20mn). ™
Delayed oil production has disrupted invest-
ments in an oil refinery that was planned for
Lamu port and the 825-km Lokichar-Lamu
pipeline. Tullow’s CEO Rahul Dhir has
explained the change in schedule by citing the
lack of a strategic partner and a pending review
by the Kenyan government of its Field Develop-
ment Plan (FDP), which it submitted in Decem-
ber 2021, according to a report from Kenya’s
private CapitalFM Radio.
The delay has stirred community protests
against Tullow, leading to vandalism of its oil
fields infrastructure and waste disposal sites
leading to environmental pollution, said Muturi Etuko-1 well at Block 10BB in Kenya (Photo: Tullow Oil)

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