TotalEnergies will expand its investment in U.S. liquefied natural gas over the next decade as the French company seeks to cement its position as a major exporter of U.S. LNG, its CEO told Reuters on Wednesday,

TotalEnergies SE Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne said he expects the US Export-Import bank to finish approval of $4.7 billion in financing for its Mozambique liquefied natural gas project in a matter of weeks under President Donald Trump.

TotalEnergies rejected opportunities to become a long-term customer of Venture Global LNG's U.S. terminals because it did not trust the company, CEO Patrick Pouyanné told Reuters on Wednesday. Venture Global has become the most valuable U.