Further to the communications made by the UK and Dutch authorities regarding the involvement of their Export Credit Agencies, UK Export Finance (UKEF) and Atradius, in the financing of Mozambique LNG project, TotalEnergies wishes to clarify the following:
- In 2020, Mozambique LNG concluded a project financing for a total amount of USD 15.4 billion with a group of approximately 30 lenders including Export Credit Agencies and commercial banks.
- Due to the prolonged Force Majeure period, Mozambique LNG has negotiated with the lenders an amended financing agreement in order to align the documentation with the updated project schedule. After the lifting of force majeure by Mozambique LNG, and the will of the consortium to resume the project, Mozambique LNG partners decided to proceed without the participation of UKEF and Atradius since these two Export Credit Agencies had not yet reconfirmed their commitment.
- The Mozambique LNG partners have unanimously agreed to provide additional equity to replace the UKEF and Atradius contributions, representing in aggregate approximately 10% of the external financing.
- TotalEnergies and its partners would like to thank the lenders representing around 90% of the external financing who have confirmed their commitment to the financing of the project, acknowledging its positive contribution to the development of Mozambique.
Furthermore, TotalEnergies has taken note of the reports commissioned by the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands from external advisors Clingendael and Pangea Risk regarding the human rights and security situation in Cabo Delgado, which were published on 1st December despite the fact that Atradius is no longer part of the financing.
TotalEnergies regrets that both external advisors did not travel to Mozambique and conduct on-the-ground investigations by themselves, but produced a report relying mainly on information collected through third parties.
