The country is doing everything possible to restart gas projects despite ongoing concerns about jihadist attacks in the northern region.

Maputo has also recently signed an agreement with the Italian company ENI, and the President of Mozambique is expected to visit the headquarters of the U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil to advance a third gas project.

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TotalEnergies’ CEO, Patrick Pouyanné, had hinted at this development in late June, but it has now been made official. The company told Agence France Presse (AFP) that it will restart its major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.

The project, involving liquefied natural gas (LNG), had been halted under a “force majeure” declaration following a major jihadist attack in the city of Palma in 2021, which killed more than 800 people and forced operations to stop.

The gas project is valued at around $20 billion. TotalEnergies is now awaiting formal authorization from Mozambican authorities, which is expected soon since President Daniel Chapo himself called for the resumption of the project.

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This progress has been made possible thanks to the involvement of Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF), who were deployed to Mozambique in July 2021 to assist Mozambique’s army in driving out jihadist insurgents who had taken control of parts of Cabo Delgado, where these major gas projects are located.

However, in September 2025, jihadist fighters carried out another attack in the city of Macomia, also in Cabo Delgado, killing four civilians  an incident that has once again raised concerns about security in the region.