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The Mozambique LNG plant will process gas from Area 1 (Image: TotalEnergies)

The construction phase alone will lift Mozam- Mozambique LNG consortium, and its subsidi-
bique’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up ary Total E&P Mozambique Area 1 has a 26.5%
to 10% by 2022, says the pressure group, which stake in the project. The remaining equity is
estimates the total emissions from the end-use divided between two Japanese companies,
of the gas as equivalent to the combined annual Mitsui and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National
emissions of all 27 EU member states. Corp. (JOGMEC), which have a combined
In its judicial review hearing, FoE will argue stake of 20%; Mozambique’s national oil com-
that UKEF’s failure to quantify the emissions pany (NOC) ENH, with 15%; Bharat Petroleum
produced from use of the LNG means its con- (India), with 10%; ONGC-Videsh (India), with
clusion, that financing the project was compati- 10%; Beas Rovuma Energy Mozambique (a
ble with the Paris Agreement, was unlawful. 60:40 joint venture between ONGC-Videsh and
The UK’s obligations both globally, in terms Oil India Ltd, or OIL), with 10%; and PTTEP
of making all finance flows consistent with (Thailand), with 8.5%.
the low emissions pathway required in Article The partners aim to extract gas from Area 1,
2(1)(c) of the Paris Agreement, and at a coun- which lies offshore within the Rovuma basin,
try level, in terms of assisting Mozambique to and use it as feedstock for the LNG plant they
meet its Nationally Determined Contribution are building on the Afungi Peninsula in Mozam-
(NDC), will not be adhered to as a result of the bique’s Cabo Delgado province. This facility will
financing, according to FoE. eventually have two production trains, each with
TotalEnergies is the operator of the a capacity of 6.44mn tpy. ™

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Fire breaks out at Skikda refinery

ALGERIA A fire broke out during maintenance at Algeria’s Meanwhile, in a statement published on
largest refinery last week, injuring eight workers, its website, Sonatrach said: “This incident was
one of whom later died from his injuries. caused by the occurrence of an incandescent
The fire started at an idled reforming unit flame at an exchanger flange during a sched-
which had already been shut down for repairs uled routine maintenance operation, while the
and was quickly extinguished, according to Reforming I unit was stopped and inert. This fire
a statement from the Ministry of Energy and was immediately brought under control by the
Mines. intervention agents.”
State media outlet APS quoted the ministry’s Both Arkab and Sonatrach said that the fire
head, Mohamed Arkab, as saying that the fire had not affected production from other units.
was a “painful incident.” The latter noted that the rest of the plant was still
Arkab also stated that the national oil com- operating normally, as the blaze had “no impact
pany (NOC) Sonatrach had taken “all preventive on the programme to supply the national mar-
measures in order to quickly control and contain ket with petroleum products, which remains
the fire.” guaranteed.”

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