Mozambique Leader Chapo Says Total Should Restart LNG Project

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo urged TotalEnergies SE to resume its $20 billion LNG project despite an ongoing audit of the company’s additional cost claims, increasing pressure on the French major to restart one of Africa’s biggest energy developments.

“The project’s progress doesn’t depend on the audit,” Chapo said in an interview with Bloomberg News in Porto, northern Portugal, on Monday. “We have already authorized TotalEnergies to resume. When they begin is up to Total.”