{"id":106231,"date":"2025-03-14T16:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-trump-administration-supports-the-controversial-totalnergies-controversial-megaproject-in-mozambique\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:19:12","slug":"the-trump-administration-supports-the-controversial-totalnergies-controversial-megaproject-in-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-trump-administration-supports-the-controversial-totalnergies-controversial-megaproject-in-mozambique\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trump administration supports the controversial Totalnergies controversial megaproject in Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/1800\/1200\/556\/0\/75\/0\/f1cecb5_sirius-fs-upload-1-i4mwwcg4hi3y-1741963684456-gettyimages-2045308663.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/1800\/1200\/600\/0\/75\/0\/f1cecb5_sirius-fs-upload-1-i4mwwcg4hi3y-1741963684456-gettyimages-2045308663.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/1800\/1200\/664\/0\/75\/0\/f1cecb5_sirius-fs-upload-1-i4mwwcg4hi3y-1741963684456-gettyimages-2045308663.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/1800\/1200\/700\/0\/75\/0\/f1cecb5_sirius-fs-upload-1-i4mwwcg4hi3y-1741963684456-gettyimages-2045308663.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/1800\/1200\/800\/0\/75\/0\/f1cecb5_sirius-fs-upload-1-i4mwwcg4hi3y-1741963684456-gettyimages-2045308663.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Vue satellite du projet Mozambique LNG en cours de construction sur le site d\u2019Afungi, dans la province de Cabo Delgado, au Mozambique, en\u00a0f\u00e9vrier 2024.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/14\/0\/0\/1800\/1200\/664\/0\/75\/0\/f1cecb5_sirius-fs-upload-1-i4mwwcg4hi3y-1741963684456-gettyimages-2045308663.jpg\" alt=\"Satellite view of the Mozambique LNG project under construction on the Afungi site, in the province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, in February 2024.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Satellite view of the Mozambique LNG project under construction on the Afungi site, in the province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, in February 2024.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Gallo Images via Getty Images<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">This is a significant support that the Trump administration provides to the Totalnergies French giant. The American Export Credit Agency (The US Export-Import Bank, Exim) again approved on Thursday March 13, a loan of $ 4.7 billion (4.3 billion euros) to the multinational petro-gazi\u00e8re within the framework of the Mozambic LNG project, according to<em> <\/em><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b4404ab3-40dd-41b4-b1c4-16cf8a5dfa93\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Nouvelle fen\u00eatre\">information from <em>Financial Times<\/em><\/a><em>,,<\/em> Then<em> <\/em>de Bloomberg. Contacted, Totalnergies has not denied the information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Such funding would facilitate the restart of this very controversial project which aims to exploit reserves of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the north of Mozambique, in East Africa. The American administration had already approved this loan for the first time in 2020, at the end of Donald Trump&#8217;s first term to the President of the United States. But he had been frozen in 2021, after a jihadist attack that occurred a few kilometers from the industrial site.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3406943\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/economie\/article\/2025\/01\/22\/mozambique-totalenergies-attend-encore-la-paix-et-la-securite-pour-redemarrer-son-megaprojet-gazier_6510587_3234.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Despite the continued violence in the region and political instability linked to the suspicions of manipulation of the results of the presidential election of October 2024, the French group, operator and main shareholder of Mozambique LNG (26.5 %, alongside Mozambican and Asian shareholders), still hopes to mobilize loans and other financial guarantees to revive operations. In 2020, 31 public or private financial institutions had signed loan agreements for an amount close to $ 15 billion. Totalnergies does not specify what part of this amount would today be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reading-mode-only \"><strong>You have 71.86% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite view of the Mozambique LNG project under construction on the Afungi site, in the province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, in February 2024. Gallo Images via Getty Images This is a significant support that the Trump administration provides to the Totalnergies French giant. 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