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Mozambique’s military ensures safety of Total’s LNG facility – Oil coy
She told Sputnik on Monday that Mozambique’s military is ensuring the safety of its facility.
Earlier in the day, Total declared force majeure and the evacuation of all personnel from the project on the Afungi peninsula.
“We do not report the number of people … evacuated, but in December 2020, there were about 1,200 people at the facility.
“The security of the facility, as before, is ensured by the armed forces of Mozambique,” the spokeswoman said.
Mozambique LNG is projected to be the first onshore project in Mozambique.
The cost of the project is estimated at $20 billion, the investment decision regarding it was made in 2019.
In late March, the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) took over the Palma town in Mozambique after several days of hostilities, killing an unknown number of people and displacing some 14,000 others.