The board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a nearly $5 billion loan for a long-delayed LNG project in Mozambique, clearing a key hurdle to restarting the project under development by French oil major TotalEnergies.

US President Donald Trump’s administration has unlocked almost $5bn in funding for a liquefied natural gas project by France’s TotalEnergies in Mozambique, potentially restarting work on one of Africa’s largest energy investments.

The US Export Credit Agency has approved a loan of nearly $5 billion for Mozambique LNG, something which had been refused under the Biden administration.

The Trump administration has released almost $5 billion in funding for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by France's TotalEnergies in Mozambique , the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The U.S.