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The $30 billion question: why is Exxon holding back on LNG?

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American supermajor ExxonMobil is still dragging its heels over the 15 million tonnes train facility project. Here's why.

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In Focus | Mozambique, Russia
Moscow muscles in as protector of oil firms in Cabo Delgado

Building on from its presence in Central African Republic and Libya, Moscow is determined to create a firm footing in Mozambique, a country that for 20 years was a Soviet outpost. Like in Bangui, the main vector for Russian influence here is military support to local forces working to combat an insurrection that has rocked Cabo Delgado province since October 5, 2017.

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The presidents of Mozambique and Russia, Filipe Nyusi and Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, 22 August 2019.

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