The company had previously suspended work at its LNG plant in Cabo Delgado because of security concerns in the area.
Cabo Delgado
Deal to benefit education, water, sanitation, energy efficiency, digitalisation, entrepreneurship and culture, specifically in strife-torn north of country.
Highly lucrative project temporarily abandoned after Islamic State-linked violence left thousands dead; France’s TotalEnergies may return now situation has stabilised.
First exports come just as world prices are at historic high following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
First ever 2,000-metre-plus deepwater platform expected to produce 3.4 million tons annually; terrorist threat delays other projects in East African republic.
Two more plants expected to be put out to tender in the near future, as well as a wind power plant as republic embraces renewable energy.
More than a dozen companies vie for access in latest round of tenders for some of world’s largest gas reserves.
Project, first of its kind in deep waters off Africa, expected to produce 3.4 million tonnes of natural gas annually, which will be sold to BP.
African republic is one of the world’s major emerging sources of graphite concentrate, much of which is exported to China.
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