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Mozambique targets $880 million in tax from Anadarko takeover: report

Published 09/27/2019, 02:30 PM
Updated 09/27/2019, 02:36 PM
Mozambique targets $880 million in tax from Anadarko takeover: report

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique is targeting $880 million in capital gains tax from the takeover of Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE:APC) by Occidental Petroleum (N:OXY), local newspaper O Pais reported on Friday.

Anadarko led a liquefied natural gas project in the southern African country, but it was replaced by Total (PA:TOTF) after the French oil major agreed to buy Anadarko's African assets as part of the Occidental takeover.

President Filipe Nyusi announced the capital gains tax target after he met Occidental and Total managers in the city of Chimoio, O Pais reported.

Mozambique's economy has been hobbled in recent years by a hidden debts scandal, which prompted donors to cut off funding and deterred investment.

It is banking on its massive natural gas reserves to lift millions out of poverty.

In 2017, Mozambique sought $350 million in capital gains tax from Italian energy company ENI (MI:ENI) for its sale of a stake in the Coral South natural gas field to ExxonMobil (N:XOM).

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