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TotalEnergies exits South Africa’s Block 11B/12B, raising questions for Mossel Bay GTL project


Issue 510 - 30 Jul 2024 - By Dominic Dudley | 2 minute read

French major TotalEnergies said in late July that it was withdrawing from South Africa’s offshore Block 11B/12B block, after deciding that the two gas discoveries made there were not economically viable. PetroSA had been hoping the gas could be used to supply its shuttered 45,000 b/d Mossel Bay refinery, which it wants to bring back online.

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