Name of the Project
Mozambique Area 1 liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.

Location
The project proposes to develop an LNG facility on the Afungi peninsula in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique.

Project Owner/s
Total E&P Mozambique Area 1 Limitada, a wholly owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies, operates Mozambique LNG with a 26.5% participating interest, alongside ENH Rovuma Área Um (15%), Mitsui E&P Mozambique Area1 Limited (20%), ONGC Videsh Rovuma Limited (10%), Beas Rovuma Energy Mozambique Limited (10%), BPRL Ventures Mozambique (10%) and PTTEP Mozambique Area 1 Limited (8.5%).

Project Description
Offshore Area 1 contains about 65-trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable natural gas.

The project involves the development of Mozambique’s first onshore LNG facility comprising two initial LNG trains with a total nameplate capacity of 13.1-million tonnes a year to support the development of the Golfinho/Atum field, located entirely within Offshore Area 1.

A total of 18 tcf will be developed in the first two phases.

The project has scope to increase production to 50-million tons.

Gas from the Anadarko-operated offshore field will be sent to an onshore processing plant, where it will be liquefied and then exported.

Potential Job Creation
About 5 000 workers remain engaged in resettlement, infrastructure and site development.

Capital Expenditure
About $25-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
First production is expected in 2029, compared with the original July 2024 target.

Latest Developments
News agency Reuters has reported that Mozambique's government might have counter-arguments to the updated budget and schedule proposed by TotalEnergies in October 2025.

The French oil major has told Mozambique President Daniel Chapo that the Mozambique LNG consortium has estimated that the project's costs have increased by $4.5-billion in the four years the project has been on hold because of an Islamist militant attack in 2021.

TotalEnergies and its partners want the development and production period extended by ten years as partial compensation.

On the proposal to extend the period of the contract, Chapo has said: "We will have to sit down and perceive in detail the foundations for this extension . . . there may also be counter-arguments from the government."

He has added that Mozambique will conduct a similar exercise on the higher costs proposed by TotalEnergies wherein there will also be, “without any doubt, counter-arguments".

TotalEnergies was not immediately available for comment.

CEO Patrick Pouyanne has indicated that the Mozambique LNG consortium would be able to restart the project quickly with a budget at $20.5-billion.

The LNG project is 40% complete, although insurgent attacks have shown little sign of abating, despite Mozambique's signing a new security pact with Rwanda, whose military has helped secure the area where the plant is being developed.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
TechnipFMC, through its subsidiary FMC Technologies (subsea trees, completion workover riser and installation workover control system, subsea controls system, subsea connectors and production manifolds); TechnipFMC, through its subsidiary Technip Mozambique and Oceaneering International (aftermarket services in Mozambique); Oceaneering International (subsea umbilicals and distribution hardware); Advanced Technology (pipeline subsea ball and subsea gate valves); Cameron Italy (subsea chemical injection metering valves engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) for the offshore subsea system); TechnipFMC and VanOord (EPCI of the offshore subsea system, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for the LNG facility and support facilities); and McDermott, Chiyoda and Saipem (EPC contracts for the Mozambique LNG liquefaction facility and support facilities).

Contact Details for Project Information
Total E&P Mozambique Area 1 Limitada, tel +258 21 500 000 or email tepma1.communication@total.com.