The host communities of the gas exploration project in the district of Búzi, in Sofala province, are denouncing the lack of transparency in the publication of job opportunities. According to the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), the government received 2.75 million dollars between 2009 and 2023 to train staff in these communities. The aim is to integrate...
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Discover the 10 largest oil rigs in the world
Oil exploration is today one of the industry sectors with the greatest impact on the global economy. And in this scenario, offshore platforms stand out, with their truly challenging structure, allowing the exploration of oil and natural gas from deep waters and adverse marine environments. 1. Berkut (Russia) We began this text with the largest...
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"TotalEnergies can't be trusted," say NGOs and demand suspension of gas projects in Mozambique
A group of 124 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are demanding that the French oil company TotalEnergies abandon its operations in northern Mozambique. They say that the multinational is not an oil company that can be trusted. The group released a letter, quoted by DW, in which they say that the current 'force majeure' decreed by the oil company constitutes...
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Investment in the gas sector less than halved by 2022
In Mozambique, investment in the gas sector has more than halved in 2022, standing at just over two billion dollars, compared to the previous year when it registered more than 4.6 billion dollars. According to Notícias, which cites a document from the National Statistics Institute, these investments are...
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Gasoline company spills around 90,000 liters of fuel in Porto da Beira
The Lake Oil company spilled around 90,000 liters of fuel after overflowing its tanks at the Port of Beira, and the incident was confirmed by the National Agency for Environmental Quality Control. According to Notícias, the incident occurred during the pumping of an oil ship moored at one of the quays at the port....
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Hydrocarbons: Eni to drill four more wells
ENI Rovuma Basin, the delegated operator of offshore operations in Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin in Cabo Delgado, is preparing to drill four more hydrocarbon exploration wells, reports Notícias online. At the moment, the company is in the preliminary phase of contracting integrated well-testing services, to...
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Domestic gas imports to be reduced by 70% with the new Temane plant operational
The commissioning of the Temane Thermal Power Plant (CCT), located in the Inhassoro district of Inhambane province, will reduce cooking gas imports by 70% from 2024, according to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos Zacarias. "Everything is being done so that this project is also...
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Max Tonela considers funding "fundamental" for the resumption of the TotalEnergies project
The Minister of Economy and Finance considers it essential to reaffirm the commitment to financing so that TotalEnergies can resume its gas production project in the Rovuma basin, in the north of the country, later this year. Max Tonela was speaking at a meeting with funding agencies involved in supporting TotalEnergies' project in the basin...
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Cabo Delgado: TotalEnergies wants to expand airport to receive large Boeing planes
French oil company TotalEnergies plans to expand the airport in the area where it is going to build a gas plant in northern Mozambique, into an infrastructure capable of receiving Boeing and other large aircraft. According to the director of TotalEnergies' facilities in Afungi, Cabo Delgado province, the aim of increasing the capacity of this infrastructure is to extend...
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Natural gas export revenues earned Mozambique 336 million dollars in three months
The volume of natural gas exports from Mozambique soared by 80.9% in the second quarter of this year, compared to 2022, bringing in 336 million dollars, according to data from the Bank of Mozambique. According to a report by the Bank of Mozambique on the country's balance of payments in the second quarter, this is a...