TotalEnergies restarts $20bn LNG project in Mozambique
The restart reinstitutes large-scale, capital-intensive LNG construction in Cabo Delgado, imposing a security-sensitive operational environment and human-rights accountability obligations for operations at Afungi.
Change
TotalEnergies restarted construction of a $20 billion liquefied natural gas project at the Afungi site in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, on 29 January 2026.
Why it matters
The project is a $20 billion liquefied natural gas development located at the Afungi construction site in Cabo Delgado province. Company executive Patrick Pouyanne and Mozambique President Daniel Chapo announced the relaunch at a ceremony on 29 January 2026. Construction at the site had been suspended in 2021 amid ISIL-linked violence in the region. Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project records over 6,400 deaths in the area across the past eight years, and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights has alleged company financing and material support for a Joint Task Force accused of detaining, torturing, and killing civilians between July and September 2021.
Implications
- — On-site construction activity will occur in a security-sensitive region affected by ISIL-linked violence that previously halted work.
- — The project concentrates $20 billion of capital and construction activity at the Afungi site in Cabo Delgado.
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