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Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

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Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved.

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