Tag: Total

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  French Total planning to drill for gas off shore Tierra del Fuego

  

  France's Total Vice-president said the company will start drilling at the Fenix field off the southern Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego in March 2024 and expects to start production the following November.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Three companies agree with Argentina to develop offshore Tierra del Fuego gas deposit

  

  Argentina and a consortium of three international oil companies signed an agreement by which the Fenix gas field at the San Sebastián Bay will be developed in two years time with an investment of US$ 700 million. The agreement includes a decree which reinstates benefits for the hydrocarbons industry, particularly new undertakings as contemplated in Law 19,640.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Ecofriendly fuel mixture of waste and cooking oil used in commercial flight from France to Canada

  

  French carrier Air France filled the tanks of an Airbus A-350 bound for Canada with a mixture of kerosene with 16 per cent biomass which should significantly reduce CO2 emissions, the airline announced.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Patagonia indigenous peoples suing oil majors for “environmental contamination”

  

  A major group of indigenous people living in Argentine Patagonia are taking some of the world's biggest oil and gas multinationals to court for “environmental contamination,” Greenpeace said this week. The Mapuche are suing American giant Exxon, French company Total and the Argentina-based Pan American Energy, which is part-owned by BP.

• Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazil environment regulator denies license to drill near mouth of the Amazon

  

  Brazil's environmental regulator on Friday denied French oil giant Total a license to drill for crude in five blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river. Regulatory agency Ibama said the license was denied “due to a set of technical problems” identified during the application process.

• Friday, August 31st 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  BP, Shell, Total to bid in Brazil's pre-salt auction

  

  Brazil’s oil regulator ANP has approved the applications of six companies—including Big Oil’s BP, Shell, and Total—to bid in next month’s oil auction of four blocks in the coveted pre-salt layer, ANP announced on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 07:00 UTC

  Petrobras diversifies to renewables: signs MoU with Total's green arm

  

  Brazilian state-run oil and gas company Petrobras has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with French oil major Total SA and its green arm Total Eren SA for collaboration in renewable projects in Brazil.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Latest member to join OPEC expects to raise oil production by 65%

  

  The Republic of Congo expects to raise oil production by as much 65% this year as two new projects come on stream, Hydrocarbons Minister Jean-Marc Thystere-Tchicaya said.

• Friday, May 18th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Oil hits US$ 80, its highest level since 2014; London's FTSE on new all time-high

  

  Benchmark oil contract Brent North Sea hit its highest level since late 2014 on Thursday, breaching US$ 80 per barrel, with some market players predicting it could rise all the way to US$ 100. Higher oil prices, in turn, pushed the shares of energy firms in European stock markets higher, helping London's FTSE to set a new all-time high, and the Paris CAC to establish a fresh 2018 peak.

• Thursday, April 19th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  Drilling near the mouth of the Amazon banned by Brazil's environmental regulator

  

  The public prosecutor’s office in the northern state of Amapá recommended on Wednesday that Brazil’s environmental regulator Ibama deny French major Total a license to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon.