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Total

France’s Total is one of the world’s top seven oil and oil products companies and is involved in every aspect of the oil chain from extraction to sales. In the early 2000s, it merged with Elf Aquitaine and was called TotalFinaElf before changing its name back to Total.

Chinese giant CEFC's woes expose Russian partners

CEFC, the Chinese partner of Oleg Deripaska's EN+, is under scrutiny in the US. Intelligence Online investigates.

SpotlightFRANCE RUSSIA Government Intelligence 14/03/2018

Macron heads for Kremlin while Russians fight for influence in Paris

Emmanuel Macron is looking to beef up the agenda of his visit to Russia at a time when French CAC40 companies, such as Total and Safran, with operations in Russia are feeling the squeeze.

After their meeting in Versailles, Macron and Putin have established the Trianon Dialogue

FRANCE Government Intelligence 14/03/2018

French commandos played key role in Ouagadougou

The terror attack on the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the headquarters of the national army earlier this month saw rapid deployment of the French special forces.

FRANCE Government Intelligence 14/02/2018

Special treatment for special forces upsets other military branches

France's military appropriations bill, presented to the council of ministers on February 8, does nothing to resolve the tensions over means the special forces receive compared with the rest of the French armed forces.

FRANCE Government Intelligence 31/01/2018

Parly talks Rafale, palm oil in Malaysia

On a visit to Malaysia at the beginning of the [...]

SpotlightCHINA Government Intelligence 17/01/2018

Beijing pursues plan to dominate GEOINT sector

China intends to profit from the shake-up in the satellite imagery sector in Western countries to get its hands on American know-how and develop its own capacities.

UNITED KINGDOM Government Intelligence 27/12/2017

Agencies want fewer staff on short-term contracts

The British parliament's Intelligence & Security Committee (ISC), which submitted [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 27/12/2017

Total starts hiring new suppliers

According to our sources, Total has begun to choose new [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 13/12/2017

Ex-GIGN chief, link between Thales and Qatar's cyber body Somod

Thierry Orosco, the former commander of France's GIGN elite intervention unit, is an advisor to Somod, the Qatari cybersecurity organisation that recently signed a partnership with Thales, one of whose subsidiaries Orosco also advises.

RUSSIA UNITED KINGDOM International Dealmaking 13/12/2017

Former MI6 chief helps Chernukhin fight Deripaska

John Scarlett, the former head of MI6, is at the heart of a legal battle in London between rival Russian oligarchs Vladimir Chernukhin and Oleg Deripaska.

KAZAKHSTAN International Dealmaking 29/11/2017

Aktau, another winner against Astana in front of ICSID

On November 13, the International Court for Settlement of Investor Disputes (ICSID), the World Bank's dedicated arbitration court, ordered the [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 15/11/2017

Military intelligence secures human intelligence budget

The Direction du Renseignement Militaire (DRM), the French military intelligence agency, appears to have done fairly well in the ongoing [...]

SpotlightFRANCE Corporate Intelligence 18/10/2017

Airbus: Enders plays ball with investigators, Elysee Palace frets

Airbus Group has so far refused to invoke the French "blocking statute", which prohibits the disclosure of information to foreign public authorities.

Headed by Tom Enders, Airbus Group is in turmoil

KAZAKHSTAN International Dealmaking 18/10/2017

Airbus' helicopter sales channels in Astana under scrutiny

The Kazakh-gate legal investigation underway in Paris has lifted the lid on the consultants Airbus used to get in with the government in Astana in 2009.

GERMANY Government Intelligence 18/10/2017

Intelligence services play down differences in parliamentary hearing

The chiefs of Germany's three main intelligence services addressed the Bundestag earlier this month.

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 20/09/2017

Ichikowitz gets hands on last Mirage F1

The last four Mirage F1 left French soil at the beginning of September after their acquisition in June by the [...]

FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 20/09/2017

Favier hamstrung at Total

Denis Favier, the former head of the Gendarmerie Nationale, is [...]

IRAQ Corporate Intelligence 06/09/2017

Kilani, Washington and Baghdad's go-between

In a law suit filed in Virginia in early August, Battle Born Munitions (BBM) is suing Mohamed Kilani, a Jordanian [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA Corporate Intelligence 05/07/2017

Cochard, Brussels middleman between National Front and Moscow

According to our sources, the consultant Sebastien Cochard registered his Aix-en-Provence based lobbying firm Medicis International with the European Union [...]

FRANCE Government Intelligence 05/07/2017

Franco-Russian initiative mooted for Near East

According to our sources, Philippe Etienne, President Emmanuel Macron's new [...]

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Total

Chinese giant CEFC's woes expose Russian partners

Macron heads for Kremlin while Russians fight for influence in Paris

French commandos played key role in Ouagadougou

Special treatment for special forces upsets other military branches

Parly talks Rafale, palm oil in Malaysia

Beijing pursues plan to dominate GEOINT sector

Agencies want fewer staff on short-term contracts

Total starts hiring new suppliers

Ex-GIGN chief, link between Thales and Qatar's cyber body Somod

Former MI6 chief helps Chernukhin fight Deripaska

Aktau, another winner against Astana in front of ICSID

Military intelligence secures human intelligence budget

Airbus: Enders plays ball with investigators, Elysee Palace frets

Airbus' helicopter sales channels in Astana under scrutiny

Intelligence services play down differences in parliamentary hearing

Ichikowitz gets hands on last Mirage F1

Favier hamstrung at Total

Kilani, Washington and Baghdad's go-between

Cochard, Brussels middleman between National Front and Moscow

Franco-Russian initiative mooted for Near East

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