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TotalEnergies Bet Big on Africa. Then the Killing Started.

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How CEO Patrick Pouyanné wound up named in a war crimes complaint over a massacre at the French energy giant’s Mozambique gas plant.

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From Eldorado to Bloodbath: How Totalenergies Got Bogged Down in Mozambique

PARIS — When Patrick Pouyanné decided to invest billions in a gigantic natural gas field located in a war zone, he made the decision alone, after a single dinner with the CEO of a rival energy company. It was late April 2019, and Vicki Hollub, CEO of Houston-based Occidental Petroleum, was locked in a David-versus-Goliath battle with the American energy giant Chevron to acquire Anadarko, another Texas-based oil and gas company. Warren Buffett wa…

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TotalEnergies bet big on Africa. Then the killing started.

… devastated the Gulf of Mexico coast. Pouyanné declared … deal with then Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi. Afterward, … protect their premises in Indonesia and Colombia, respectively. Exxon … information requests in Italy and the Netherlands, that show staff …

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Politico Europe broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Friday, November 21, 2025.
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