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Total SA is a French oil company. Total merged with the Belgian Petrofina, after Total's takeover of Petrofina in 1999, it became known as Total Fina. Afterwards it also acquired the French Elf Aquitaine. First named TotalFinaElf after the merger in 2000. It was later renamed back to Total in 2003. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.


Chemical branch

The chemical part of Total S.A. is Atofina S.A. covering base chemicals, polymers as well as specialties like rubber products, resins or adhesives.


Oil for Food

Total won contracts with Saddam Hussein's regime to develop the Majnoon and Nahr Umar oil fields in southern Iraq, consisting of 25% of Iraq's oil reserves.


External link

  • Total (http://www.total.com)

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Total S.A. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (537 words)
Total SA NYSE: TOT is a French oil company headquartered in Paris, France, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil).
Total merged with the Belgian Petrofina, and after Total's takeover of Petrofina in 1999, it became known as Total Fina.
Total has been taken to court by six Burmese people who were used as forced labour in the preparation of Total's pipeline in Burma.
Washingtonpost.com: Total Fina, Elf Agree to Merge (198 words)
Total Fina SA and Elf Aquitaine agreed to merge today in a $54 billion deal that creates the world's fourth-largest private sector oil power.
Total Fina launched the takeover battle last July when it made an unsolicited 4-for-3 offer valued at $44 billion.
Total Fina was created last December when Total acquired the Belgian refiner Petrofina.
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