• TotalEnergies seeks logistics suppliers for Mozambique LNG project
• Tenders cover helicopter transport and port services operations
• Move signals progress toward LNG project restart after security halt

TotalEnergies issued two expressions of interest in February to identify suppliers capable of providing logistics services for Mozambique LNG, its gas project at Afungi in Cabo Delgado province.

The first concerns helicopter services for personnel transport and operational logistics at the project site. These include rotations between project facilities and offshore infrastructure, as well as medical evacuation and operational support missions.

The second expression of interest seeks port service providers to support the project’s maritime activities, including vessels involved in development operations.

Both consultations are part of a prequalification process to identify companies eligible for future project tenders. Construction work had been suspended for several years because of security concerns around the Afungi site in northern Mozambique.

A Step Toward Restarting Mozambique LNG

Although submission deadlines for both expressions of interest have now closed, the consultations mark a new step in the restart of Mozambique LNG. The project aims to develop offshore gas resources in the Rovuma Basin and convert them into liquefied natural gas for export to international markets.

The project was officially relaunched in late January 2026 during a ceremony attended by TotalEnergies Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanné and Mozambican President Daniel Chapo. The relaunch followed the lifting of force majeure by TotalEnergies and its partners in early November 2025. More than 4,000 people are now working on site, including over 3,000 Mozambican workers.

The Mozambican government has also introduced new oversight mechanisms. Agence Ecofin reported in early March 2026 that authorities had strengthened supervision of LNG projects planned in the Rovuma Basin. An interministerial committee has been created to oversee amendments to the field development plans for the Golfinho and Atum gas fields associated with Mozambique LNG (Area 1) and Rovuma LNG (Area 4).

According to TotalEnergies, the project is about 40% complete, with initial production expected around 2029. The first development phase includes two liquefaction trains with a combined capacity of 13.1 million tonnes of LNG per year, according to Natural Gas Intelligence.

Full development of the site could ultimately raise capacity to between 43 million and 50 million tonnes per year if additional liquefaction units are added in later phases.

TotalEnergies also estimates that the Area 1 concession holds more than 60 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas resources, of which 18 trillion cubic feet will be developed during the first phase.

Abdel-Latif Boureima