ExxonMobil Provides $300,000 to Support Relief Efforts in Mozambique Following Cyclone Idai
March 19 2019 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
- Funding will be provided to the Red
Cross and other agencies to assist with disaster relief
efforts
- ExxonMobil employees, contractors
reported safe
ExxonMobil said today that it is providing $300,000 to aid
agencies to support disaster relief and recovery efforts in
Mozambique following Cyclone Idai, which made landfall on March
14.
Of this amount, $250,000 will be contributed to the American Red
Cross for ongoing rescue efforts and for food, shelter and comfort
for the storm’s victims. ExxonMobil’s affiliate ExxonMobil
Moçambique Limitada will contribute another $50,000 to
organizations operating in Mozambique that are assisting the
government with disaster relief efforts.
“We are deeply saddened by the impact of Cyclone Idai on
Mozambique and surrounding countries,” said Darren W. Woods,
ExxonMobil chairman and chief executive officer. “The devastation
has been widespread, and this funding will help provide relief
during a difficult time. Our thoughts are with everyone
affected.”
ExxonMobil employees and contractors have been reported safe
following the cyclone.
In Mozambique, ExxonMobil holds an indirect 25 percent interest
in Area 4 and will lead the construction and operation of onshore
natural gas liquefaction plants. The company also holds 60 percent
operating interest in the Angoche (A5-B) and Zambezi Delta (Z5-C
and Z5-D) basins awarded during Mozambique’s fifth licensing
round.
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