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
Britain and the Netherlands are withdrawing a combined $2.2-billion in support for the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project, after they hired firms to probe human rights concerns surrounding the development.

Human rights nonprofit ECCHR filed a criminal complaint against TotalEnergies in November 2025, alleging it was complicit in torture and enforced disappearances allegedly conducted by government soldiers in Mozambique.

In April 2025, UK Export Finance (UKEF) hired law firm Beyond Human Rights Compliance LLP to investigate risks regarding the Mozambique LNG project following initial media reports of the alleged torture.

TotalEnergies has said those claims lack evidence.

The Dutch government has, in turn, said that the two firms it hired to investigate — Clingendael and Pangea Risk — found the torture allegations credible, though they could not ascertain Total's knowledge or role, if any.

TotalEnergies said on December 2 that both external advisors did not travel to Mozambique and did not conduct on-the-ground investigations, but produced a report relying mainly on information collected through third parties.

A London court in 2023 dismissed a court challenge by environmental group Friends of the Earth against the British government's funding for the project. The British government has said it is rescinding its support of $1.15-billion for the project after promising a $300-million loan and insurance worth about $700-million for the project through UKEF in 2020.

The Dutch government has also withdrawn a $1.1-billion export insurance request for the project. Atradius Dutch State Business authorised $1.3-billion in export insurance through two policies, the larger of which has been rescinded at the company's request, the Dutch finance ministry has said.

Prior to both announcements, TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne told investors that project partners could move ahead without UK and Dutch financing using equity. 

More than 70% of the project's financing is secured, and about 90% of the future gas production is commercialised through contracts with buyers.

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.