TotalEnergies Hopeful to Restart Mozambique Rovuma LNG Project by End 2025
As a consequence of militant insurgency, TotalEnergies halted the Rovuma #LNG project in Mozambique by declaring a force majeure. As conditions have improved with good prospect for peace and stability, TotalEnergies is now hopeful to be in a position to restart its operation by the end of 2025.
The announcement came after TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne met with Mozambican President Daniel Chapo in Maputo on 10 July 2025. President Chapo reiterated the Government’s full support to stabilized the situation. Mozambique has even called upon military support from Rwanda to bring back peace in its northern region.
During October 2024, Mozambique went through another phase of unrest following the presidential elections. Now, all this seemed to be behind and Mozambique is ready to turn a new chapter. Following his inauguration on 15 January, President Chapo had an initial meeting with TotalEnergies on 27 January 2025. President Chapo underlined the strategic signifiance of the USD 20 billion LNG project in northern Mozambique and expressed the wish for a prompt restart.
One of the main financiers, the US EXIM Bank re-approved nearly USD 5 billion of financing in March 2025. Other credit and guarantee agencies also need to reconfirm their financial support after the lifting of the force majeure.
The LNG project is located in Rovuma Basin off the shore of the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, near the Tanzanian border. The Rovuma Basin is further divided into several blocks and TotalEnergies has been allocated the Glfinho and Atum fields in Area 1. ExxonMobil is leading another consortium to develop adjoining Area 4.
The Rovuma Area 1 LNG project is structure as an international consortium led by TotalEnergies. France’s TotalEnergies is the major shareholder (26.5%), while Japan’s Mitsui holds 20% and Thailand’s PTEP has 8.5%. An Indian sub-consortium holds a combined 30%, split among ONGC Videsh (16%), Bharat Petro Resources (10%), and Oil India (4%). The remaining 15% is held by the Government of Mozambique via ENH.
With the restart of the project by end of 2025, first gas is now expected in 2030. Japan has already expressed interest to be the major offtaker. During his participation in #TICAD2025 in August 2025 , Chapo expects to hold discussions with the Japanese about the LNG project.