Total Energies, owner of a mega liquefied natural gas project in Cabo Delgado province, is preparing to reopen the Afungi Site, where two natural gas liquefaction "trains" will be built.

According to the sources cited by Carta, the South African employees of WBHO are already on their way back to Cabo Delgado province, from where they left in December 2020 when Total Energies stopped work due to the security situation.

WBHO is the first subcontractor of Total Energies to be remobilized to the area after an 18-month hiatus. It has been tasked with building control towers where the two liquefaction "trains" will be, as well as facilities for military and police stations.

The portal writes that the infrastructure works, for which bidding was relaunched a few weeks ago, will probably not be awarded until the "force majeure" is formally lifted, which could happen within the next three months.

Africa Intelligence revealed that four companies are bidding for the contract: WBHO, the Italian company CMC di Ravenna, the Portuguese Gabriel Couto, and the Rwandan NDP, which is owned by an investment fund controlled by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), President Paul Kagame's party.

It should be noted that as early as July 2021, Rwanda sent soldiers to the area to help protect the province, and managed to establish a security cordon around the Palma region.