Total confirms the success of the G4 well intervention May 22, 2012
Following 5 days of close monitoring, Total is now able to confirm the success of the intervention conducted on May 15th on the leaking G4 well on

Start-up of production of offshore Greater Bongkot South field Apr 24, 2012
Total and the partners of the Bongkot Joint Venture report the start of the production from the Greater Bongkot South (GBS) gas and condensate field in

Elgin gas leak could cost oil firms upwards of £8bn Apr 12, 2012
Experts have warned that the Elgin platform gas blowout could have a huge impact on the North Sea oil industry.

Total prepares operations to stop the leak at Elgin platform in the North Sea. Apr 3, 2012
Total is preparing operations to regain control of the leaking well at Elgin platform in the North Sea.

BP, BG, Total and Tullow Oil awarded blocks Offshore Uruguay Apr 2, 2012
ANCAP received 19 offers for offshore oil exploration and production in 8 of the 15 offered blocks, by 9 of the 11 oil companies qualified for the bidding process.

Gas leak on the Elgin field Mar 27, 2012
TOTAL E&P UK confirms that the gas leak at the Elgin Well Head Platform remains ongoing, although the situation is currently stable.

Kuwait Petroleum and Total sign MoU for a refining and petrochemicals project in China Mar 14, 2012
Total has signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) and Petrochemicals Industries

Total acquires stake at Yemen license Mar 6, 2012
Total has acquired from Oil Search a 40 percent interest in the Block 3 exploration license in Yemen, which it will operate. The license covers an area

Total acquires stakes in three new ultra-deepwater exploration licenses Feb 20, 2012
French oil major Total has acquired interests in three new ultra-deep offshore licenses in Côte d’Ivoire, after it signed production sharing

Total sells Cusiana field interest in Colombia Feb 9, 2012
Total has declared the signature of an agreement with Sinochem to sell TEPMA BV. This fully owned affiliate of Total holds a working

Total begins second phase of Ofon development in Nigeria Feb 8, 2012
French oil major Total reported that the second phase of the Ofon field development, offshore Nigeria, has begun. Construction

Total and INPEX launch the Lchthys strategic offshore LNG Project Jan 16, 2012
Total and its joint venture partner INPEX CORPORATION have taken the final investment decision for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas

Tullow Oil reports Zaedyus oil discovery offshore French Guiana Jan 11, 2012
Tullow Oil has reported that the Zaedyus exploration well (GM-ES-1), offshore French Guiana, has made an oil discovery having encountered

Total awarded two exploration licenses in Mauritania Jan 9, 2012
Total has signed two exploration licenses with the Mauritanian government that gives it, as operator, a 90% interest in the following blocks:

Total expands its position in the USA, entering the Utica Shale formation in Ohio Jan 4, 2012
Total reports that its subsidiary, Total E&P USA, Inc. has signed and completed on December 30, 2011 an agreement to enter into a Joint Venture