France is pushing the EU to introduce compulsory environmental reporting standards for European companies and apply a common definition of “green” financial products, according to finance minister Bruno Le Maire. “We Continue Reading
Earlier this month, France’s constitutional court upheld a law cutting palm oil from the country’s list of approved biofuels and eliminating associated tax exemptions. The court rejected an appeal by Continue Reading
Seven months after loading a cargo of Urals crude that was contaminated with excess organic chlorides, Total said Thursday a trading house bought the oil in a tender on Wednesday. Continue Reading
French consumer fraud watchdog DGCCRF has searched the offices of energy companies, including those of giants Eni and Engie, as part of an anti-competition probe into France’s retail electricity and Continue Reading
Energy major Total said its new supercomputer – which has propelled it to a world ranking as the most powerful computer in the sector – will enable its geologists to Continue Reading
Energy major Total said its new supercomputer – which has propelled it to a world ranking as the most powerful computer in the sector – will enable its geologists to Continue Reading
France’s oil and gas major Total is looking to sell a third of its 17-percent interest in the giant Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan, aiming to raise up to US$4 Continue Reading
London — French power prices this summer will be influenced by unprecedented conditions surrounding the availability of the nuclear fleet and low levels of hydro stocks, S&P Global Platts Analytics Continue Reading
France will delay by 10 years the shutdown of part of its nuclear power industry in order to fulfil President Emmanuel Macron’s aim of making the country carbon-neutral by 2 Continue Reading
Climate activists blocked hundreds of employees from entering the headquarters of French bank Societe Generale, state-run utility EDF and oil giant Total on Friday, environmental group Greenpeace said. Greenpeace said Continue Reading
France’s delegation to the International Maritime Organization has proposed mandatory slow steaming as a means of cutting the shipping industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. France is suggesting that speed limits differentiated Continue Reading
A draft energy and climate law due to be presented to French cabinet ministers on Monday has been postponed so that it can be reworked with more ambitious environmental goals, Continue Reading
Moscow — Russian independent gas producer Novatek said late Wednesday that it has closed a deal to sell a 10% stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project to its long-term Continue Reading
A French wind power tender has attracted interest from a slew of international energy heavyweights, signaling that France’s offshore wind industry could finally be taking off after years of missteps. Continue Reading
France’s trade deficit widened last year as higher oil prices inflated the energy import bill, offsetting an increase in exports, the customs data showed on Thursday. The deficit widened to Continue Reading
French nuclear output peaked at 52 GW Monday as an unplanned outage, delays to scheduled returns and planned maintenance kept availability below expectations, data from grid operator RTE and nuclear Continue Reading
A court in Paris fined on Friday France’s oil and gas major Total with US$572,330 (500,000 euro) for having bribed public officials in 1997 in exchange for securing oil and Continue Reading
France’s suspension of a fuel tax increase after violent protests signaled the perils that governments in wealthier countries may face in setting policies to fight climate change. A pastry maker Continue Reading
France’s suspension of a fuel tax increase after violent protests signaled the perils that governments in wealthier countries may face in setting policies to fight climate change. Veronique De Viguerie/Getty Continue Reading
A blockade of 11 fuel depots in France by “yellow vest” protesters has shut down 75 fuel stations and the situation might escalate further if the protests continue, Deutsche Welle Continue Reading
The French government is set to announce on Tuesday that it will suspend fuel tax increases, in response to violent protests against the measures by the so-called gilets jaunes movement, Continue Reading
France or Germany will host the corporation that would handle the payments channel , the diplomats said. If France hosts it, a German official will head the corporation and vice Continue Reading
‘Gilets jaunes’ protesters approaching a police line on Saturday in Paris near the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Élysées. Photo: Emeric Fohlen/NurPhoto/Zuma Press When Mr. Macron began rolling out Continue Reading
French oil and gas major Total said on Monday that deliveries of refined products from three of its French refineries and an oil depot were still blocked due to an Continue Reading
Oil major Total’s output will rise to 3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2019, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said on Friday. The company has said its production Continue Reading
Police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse protesters in Paris who are angry over rising fuel costs and President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies, the second weekend of Continue Reading
Highlights 40% cut targeted for fossil energy instead of 30%: de Rugy Renewables share in power mix to more than double by 2030 Nuclear closures by 2028 key uncertainty in Continue Reading
French nuclear output fell below 41 GW Wednesday morning, with operator EDF listing three unplanned short-term outages with a combined 3 GW capacity, according to grid operator RTE. Receive daily Continue Reading
Highlights 3 million boe/d output expected by 2020 Fabrication yards still massively underutilized Plans North Sea sales to ‘high grade’ portfolio London — Total expects its deepwater oil and gas Continue Reading
Highlights Moves into sector following peers Shell and BP European majors moving into greener fuels Total also forms partnership with Nexans London — French major Total said Thursday it has Continue Reading
For a long time, it seemed that France, Europe’s leading nuclear power producer, will seek to decrease the share of nuclear in its energy matrix. The 2015 Energy Transition for Green Continue Reading
Iran’s oil minister said Monday the process for finding a new company to invest in its South Pars gas field was under way now that French supermajor Total left. Iranian Continue Reading
Total SA TOT 0.98% is having difficulty unloading its stake in a $5 billion natural-gas project in Iran to a Chinese partner, after stopping work on the project earlier this Continue Reading
With France bracing for more hot to very hot weather in the coming week, nuclear power plant operator EDF said Friday it plans to halt production completely at two of Continue Reading
Highlights Nuclear up 2.8% on year at 28.9 TWh Hydro up 28% on year at 4.6 TWh Nuclear, hydro add up to 99% of Jan-Jul demand Singapore — French nuclear Continue Reading
The European Commission said Thursday it supported a French effort to work to demonstrate the potential benefits of producing electricity through tidal energy. A plant operated by British energy company Continue Reading
France’s Total is set to sell a third of its stake in Laggan Tormore gas field along with other oil and gas assets in Britain’s North Sea that could fetch Continue Reading
AFP Protesting French farmers have begun blockading a number of oil refineries and fuel depots around the country. Will it lead to fuel shortages at petrol stations across France as Continue Reading
Times are good for oak tree growers in France. Exports of oak logs have soared and so have prices, largely because of demand from China. Beijing banned commercial timber harvests Continue Reading
The chances of France’s Total obtaining a U.S. waiver from the returning sanctions on Iran are not good, Total’s chief executive Patrick Pouyanné told the shareholders’ meeting on Friday. “The Continue Reading
Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Thursday it had raised a 600 million euro ($708 million) loan from France’s Credit Agricole CIB. The five-year loan is the first financing raised Continue Reading
French energy giant Total joined other European companies in signaling on Wednesday they could exit Iran, casting doubt on whether European leaders meeting to try to salvage the Iran nuclear Continue Reading
French energy company Total said Wednesday it may have to leave an Iranian gas project unless it gets concessions from the U.S. government. U.S. President Donald Trump reinstated sanctions on Continue Reading
The French economy slowed in the first three months of the year, but Spain continued to enjoy a robust expansion, raising questions over the long-term strength of the eurozone’s recovery. Continue Reading
Record output and high oil prices helped French oil and gas major Total ( TOTF.PA ) report a consensus-beating rise in net adjusted profit during the first three months of Continue Reading
The chief executive of Total SA on Tuesday confirmed the French oil major intends to enlarge its refinery joint venture with state oil giant Saudi Aramco. “We are planning to Continue Reading
French oil major Total said it had bought several assets in the Gulf of Mexico for around $300 million, as part of the Cobalt International Energy company’s bankruptcy auction sale. Continue Reading
Total announced on Thursday the closing of the US$7.5-billion acquisition of Denmark’s Maersk Oil that adds 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent reserves and resources to the French oil major’s Continue Reading
France’s oil and gas major Total is interested in bidding for the construction of a 150,000-bpd oil refinery in Nassiriya in Iraq, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing two sources familiar Continue Reading
Mr Macron (right) spoke at a joint press conference with Argentina’s Mauricio Macri France’s President Emmanuel Macron has called for tougher sanctions against Venezuela, accusing it of violating democracy and Continue Reading
