Total completes Direct Energie acquisition
Total has finalised a deal to buy 73% of European utility firm Direct Energie for £1.2billion.
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Total steps up security against protests
French oil giant Total will step up security at its north-east facilities amid protest concerns after a week of high-profile disputes with staff over pay and hours, which resulted in a vote in favour of strike action.
TechnipFMC handed Zinia phase 2 contract
Oil field service giant TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Total E&P Angola for the Zinia Phase 2 field development, located offshore Angola.
Big oil pushes gas as fossil fuel answer to global warming
To reduce emissions and provide affordable electricity, the world needs to burn more fossil fuels, not less.
Giant module sets sail for North Sea field
A giant module for a North Sea oil field has been shipped to its final destination from Lowestoft Port in Suffolk.
Exclusive: Total workers ‘angered’ by BBQ plans
A group of Total employees are understood to have reacted angrily to the firm’s plans to hold a barbecue while they are locked in a dispute over rotas.
Total platforms ‘face shutdown’ as workers vote to strike
North Sea workers are expected to go on strike next month in a dispute with Total over pay and working hours.
Subsea 7 booked in for Zinia job off Angola
Subsea 7 will has won a contract worth at least $150 million for work on Total's Zinia Phase 2 project off Angola.
New drilling contract to keep 70 people busy at KCA Deutag
Drilling and Engineering contractor KCA Deutag (KCAD) said today that a new North Sea contract would keep 70 of its employees busy.
Union boss attacks Total over proposed rota changes
Oil giant Total’s attempt to justify planned offshore rota changes was “arrogant, cynical and patronising”, a union boss has said.
EXCLUSIVE: Total insists case for changing rotas is strong, says it plans to recruit offshore
Oil firm Total has insisted in an internal memo that its case for changing North Sea workers’ shift patterns is “strong”.
Workers vote for strike action at Shetland Gas Plant
A group of workers at a major gas plant in Shetland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over rotas.
Offshore Europe chair urges North Sea firms to open up to new ideas
North Sea companies must be open to new ideas emerging from oil basins around the world if they truly want to “break through to excellence”, the chair of a major industry conference has said.
Total makes way for Aberdeen One
Demolition work has started on the former UK North Sea headquarters of French energy giant Total in Aberdeen.
No criminal proceedings after gun used to relight flare on North Sea platform
The Crown Office has confirmed that no criminal proceedings are being brought after a gun was used to relight a flare on a North Sea platform.
Total, Sonatrach strike 25-year extension deal on Algerian gas field
A new extension deal has been struck by partners Total, Sonatrach and Repsol to extend the drilling and development of the Tin Fouyé Tabankort (TFT) gas and condensate field in Algeria.
Safety 30: Industry lacks international standards
The oil and gas industry lacks consistent international safety standards according to a leading trade group.
Culzean FSO starts journey to North Sea
The vessel which will be used to develop a huge North Sea gas field has started its journey from Singapore.
Greenpeace gate-crashes Total AGM
Activist group Greenpeace has gate-crashed Total’s annual general meeting in Paris. Members were protesting the French energy giant’s plan to drill in the Amazon basin and French Guyana. It is reported that the event has been temporarily suspended. Police have been called to remove the protesters.
Science to lift the lid on effect of North Sea decommissioning
No one knows what consequences the removal of North Sea infrastructure will have on marine life, a decommissioning project director has said.
Central processing facility for Ichthys LNG ready for action
Japanese firm Inpex said today that it had finished commissioning the central processing facility for the Ichthys LNG project off western Australia.
Total takes FID on £900m Angola project
French oil giant Total has decided to sanction the £900 million Zinia 2 project off Angola.
Drilling starts on Total’s Glendronach well west of Shetland
Total E&P UK said today that drilling had started on the Glendronach exploration well, west of Shetland.
‘Still a lag’ between North Sea licence awards and drilling, warns report
There is "still a lag" between awarding licences and "tangible drilling" in the North Sea, an energy research group warned in a report today.
Total snaps up 10% stake in Russian LNG project
Total has struck a deal to buy a 10% stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project in northern Siberia.