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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.

Spotlight FRANCE QATAR 26/06/2013

Soulié, deal broker for French groups 

Qatar, which President François Hollande visited on June 22-23, is not only Paris' ally in the Middle East and a principal foreign investor in France, it is also a key country for French groups such as Thales and Total. [...]

FRANCE 26/06/2013

Internal intelligence hiring 

The fledgling Direction Generale de la Securite Interieure (DGSI) is to benefit from a 13% increase in personnel over the [...]

UNITED STATES 12/06/2013

Ex-CIA chief Petraeus heads KKR strategic unit 

Like Carlyle in the 1990s, the private equity giant KKR has been recruiting former CIA officers. David Petraeus was recently put in charge of its research centre. [...]

FRANCE 29/05/2013

Maori protects Total's Margerie 

A clutch of companies have cornered the market in the close protection of French stock market-listed group CEOs. [...]

Insiders EUROPE MIDDLE EAST 14/05/2013

Dominique de Villepin, businessman poet 

Since 2008, Dominique de Villepin has been reaping the benefits of a network of business contacts built up over 30 years in the corridors of power. His law firm, Villepin international, which opened in April 2008, is devoted to his new profession of business facilitator. [...]

QATAR 24/04/2013

Thales and Soulie settle, say sources 

Thales has reached an out-of-court financial settlement with consultant Jean-Paul [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES EUROPE IRAN 10/04/2013

Iran: US lays down law to French groups 

Fearing that their reputation would be damaged by a US lawsuit over alleged corruption or sanction-busting in Iran, the oil company Total and leading French banks BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and Crédit agricole have agreed to comply with a set [. [...]

LEBANON 10/04/2013

Chagoury scouts for Total in Lebanon 

Total is bidding to play catch-up in the Middle East by getting into Lebanon's sought-after offshore oil industry with the help of its long-standing partner in Africa, businessman Gilbert Chagoury. [...]

FRANCE KURDISTAN 27/03/2013

Ex-ambassador Boillon advises Suez 

According to our sources, French water and waste management group Suez Environnement, a 35% owned subsidiary of GDF Suez, has [...]

UNITED STATES 13/03/2013

Defence groups make beeline for Algeria 

Emboldened by the strengthening military and security links between the [...]

LEBANON SYRIA 27/02/2013

Oil in the Levant attracts intermediaries 

Impending oil exploration in the strategic Golan Heights and off the coast of Lebanon has inspired a number of ex-political figures to hone their advisory skills. [...]

FRANCE NIGERIA 27/02/2013

GDF picks Brits to talk to Boko Haram 

GDF Suez, whose expatriate workers are covered by Hiscox Kidnap & Ransom insurance, has tasked one of the firm's contractors [...]

UNITED STATES 13/02/2013

John Brennan 

John Brennan, the White House's candidate to head the CIA, [...]

FRANCE 13/02/2013

French dither over drone order 

The French military is in serious need of MALE drones but the authorities are hesitating between US and Israeli versions. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 30/01/2013

DGSE undermined by failed Somalia mission 

The DGSE has suffered a serious blow from its failed mission to free the hostage code-named "Denis Allex" in Somalia on January 12. The incident which led to the deaths of three French operatives, including the hostage, is one of [. [...]

FRANCE 30/01/2013

Areva cancels Niger tender  Free

After four months of consultations (IOL 671, 676, 678 and 679), the French nuclear group Areva has cancelled its €5 [...]

CANADA 28/11/2012

The CSIS 

The CSIS, The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, has not had [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA 28/11/2012

Counter investigation into Russian arbitration 

The plot thinkens in Total’s legal battle with the Russian [...]

FRANCE 28/11/2012

Total appoints new compliance chief 

According to our sources Jean-Pierre Audoin will soon be replaced [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE IRAN 14/11/2012

Settlement with Total 

French oil giant Total has managed to settle one of [...]