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Total Group

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La Défense 6
Courbevoie
92078
France

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Kashagan oil consortium appeals against $737m fine 19 March 2014

According to a Reuters report, the consortium developing Kazakhstan's huge Kashagan oilfield has lodged an appeal against a 134.2 billion tenge ($737 million) fine by the local regional Kazakh authority for ecological damage at the site in the Caspian Sea. The fine adds to the long list of problems facing the North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) consortium developing the oilfield....

Total becomes first major to invest in UK shale gas exploration 13 January 2014

French oil major Total has announced it is taking a 40% stake in shale gas licences in Lincolnshire. It is thus the first international oil and gas group to throw its weight behind Britain’s nascent shale gas industry, in a move that will be hailed by ministers as a significant vote of confidence....

Belgian refinery blast kills two, shuts petrol unit 20 November 2013

An explosion at Total's Antwerp refinery in Belgium, Europe's second-largest, killed two people, forced the evacuation of the site and caused the shutdown of a gasoline producing unit on November 19. There was no fire, nor any release of hydrocarbons into the atmosphere, the French oil company said....

Cost of Total gas plant at Sullom Voe rises £800m to £3.3bn 23 April 2013

The cost of the new gas plant and associated infrastructure at Sullom Voe in Shetland has risen by about £800m to £3.3bn, French hydrocarbons group Total told the Shetland News. The cost of the onshore gas plant alone has risen from £500 million to £800 million. The increased price tag was primarily due to the rising cost of materials and unexpected geological challenges....

Elgin gas leak caused by “unique” corrosion event 14 March 2013

Total’s Elgin platform in the North Sea has resumed production following last year’s leak, now known to have been caused by a combination of high pressure and corrosion. On March 9, Total said oil production from the Elgin and Franklin fields had restarted in the UK sector of the North Sea, almost a year after a large-scale gas and condensate leak halted all production from the Elgin platform. ...

Total’s Elgin North Sea gas platform resumes production 12 March 2013

Total says oil production from the Elgin and Franklin fields has restarted in the UK sector of the North Sea, almost a year after a large-scale gas and condensate leak halted all production from the Elgin platform. The Health and Safety Executive told Total it could restart production at the platform earlier in March....

French court fines Total unit and jails former manager for 2001 Toulouse blast 25 September 2012

Eleven years after one of France's worst industrial accidents, a court fined a subsidiary of oil giant Total on September 24 over a chemicals plant explosion that killed 31 people and injured 2,500. The appeals court in the southwestern city of Toulouse found the Total subsidiary, owner of the AZF factory, guilty of manslaughter, and jailed the plant's former manager for one year....

Total suggests possibility of Islamist responsibility for 2001 AZF plant explosion 23 July 2012

New evidence was submitted to the courts on July 4 during the criminal negligence trial of oil group Total's Grande Paroisse subsidiary, accused by prosecutors of responsibility for the huge blast at the AZF fertiliser plant in Toulouse on 21 September 2001 which left 31 dead and 30,000 homes damaged....

Kenya and Somalia in dispute over oil exploration blocks 10 July 2012

A new dispute has erupted in East Africa between the governments of Somalia and Kenya over the awarding of offshore oil and gas exploration blocks. According to Reuters, Somalia's government has accused Kenya of awarding the blocks illegally to multinationals Total and Eni, claiming the concessions lie in Somali waters....

Total says French oil tax could affect refining arm 09 July 2012

The cost for Total of a one-off tax on oil inventories included in France’s amended 2012 budget bill will be between €140 million and €160 million, Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie said on the sidelines of a news conference in Aix-en-Provence....