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TotalEnergies’ South Africa Ambitions: Wise or Risky?

Two environmentalist groups have challenged in court French oil major TotalEnergies’ plans to drill five wells offshore South Africa.
TotalEnergies acquired a 33% stake in an exploration block offshore South Africa earlier in March.
Despite the apparent risks, TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy are moving ahead with their exploration effort off the South-African coast.

TotalEnergies Cements Its Position in South Africa’s Offshore Oil Boom

TotalEnergies has received government approval for drilling in South Africa’s Orange Basin, a key part of the company’s plans in the country.
Environmental groups have been resisting TotalEnergies’ efforts due to concerns about the impact on marine life and the risk of oil spills.
TotalEnergies has strategically shifted its focus in the country from downstream activities and is now fully focused on its upstream operations.

COP28 Urges Climate Justice In South Africa

On 9 December, people across the country united in local actions against oil and gas exploration and drilling off South Africa’s coastline. Multinational corporations – including Shell, QatarEnergy, Total Energies and contractors such as CGG and Searcher Seismic – are amongst the focal points of this latest public outrage. According to Liziwe McDaid, Strategic Lead at The Green Connection (one of the civil society organisations that got in on the action), “Recent decisions by government to authorise seismic surveys in the Algoa/Outeniqua Basin off the Southeast Coast of South Africa and also off the West Coast, in addition to decision to reject the environmental appeal against oil and gas exploration, from Gansbaai on the South Coast to Doring Baai on the West Coast, has been the catalyst for these actions.”