Total has completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of the Mozambique LNG project from Occidental Petroleum, the French major announced on Monday. It is the first sale to close in Total’s $8.8 billion acquisition of Anadarko’s African assets from Occidental, likely sped along by the Mozambique government’s eagerness to get hold of a capital gains tax (CGT) windfall to service its debt. Occidental, which needs the money from selling Anadarko’s African assets to fund its takeover of the company, has also been keen to push things...
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