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Total (Big Oil) | |
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Founder | Ernest Mercier |
Headquarters | Tour Total, Courbevoie, France |
Leader | Total/CEO |
Staff | 102,168 |
Member of | Atlantic Council/Corporate Members, Centre for European Policy Studies/Corporate Members |
Subpage | •Total/CEO |
A big oil company. |
Total S.A. is a big oil company.
Acquisitions
After Total's takeover of Petrofina of Belgium in 1999, it became known as Total Fina. Afterwards it also acquired Elf Aquitaine. First named TotalFinaElf after the merger in 2000, it was later renamed back to Total on 6 May 2003. During that rebranding, the current globe logo was unveiled.[1]
Event Participated in
Event | Description |
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Red Line Agreement | Created an oil cartel of immense influence. Except for Gulbenkian, the partners were the supermajor oil companies of today. |
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