Anadarko Petroleum’s personnel at a planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in northern Mozambique have been placed under ‘lock-down’ due to safety reasons, following Islamist militant attacks in the area, a regional security consultant told Reuters on Tuesday. The U.S. oil company Anadarko is developing the Mozambique LNG plant on the coast in the Cabo Delgado province, where a suspected unknown Islamist militant group has been terrorizing civilians in recent months. Anadarko has prevented its employees from going beyond the perimeter of the planned LNG plant, the security consultant told Reuters, adding that “they can’t leave the site.” Last month, Anadarko was said to be looking to raise between US$14 billion and US$15 billion from banks and credit export agencies for the huge LNG project which is still waiting for a final investment decision (FID). Last week, Anadarko signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) for long-term LNG supply with […]