" TotalEnergies SE is a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company founded in 1924 and
is one of the seven supermajor oil companies.
the 2023 Forbes Global 2000, TotalEnergies was ranked as
the 21st largest company in the world. "
"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, its name reverted to Total in 2003. During that rebranding, the globe logo was unveiled.
Total's leadership had been aware of the deleterious effects of global warming since at least 1971;
The company nevertheless openly denied the findings of climate science until the 1990s; Total also pursued a number of strategies to
cover up the threat and contribution to climate change."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalEnergies
"As of 11 March 2022, Total was one of the only Western oil companies to continue operating in Russia after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine "
In October 2023, TotalEnergies sold its Canadian operations to Suncor Energy for C$1.47 billion($1.07 billion).
TotalEnergies has agreed to buy liquefied natural gas from Qatar for 27 years, cementing the European nation's commitment to fossil fuels beyond 2050 "
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'Another expansion of Fina's marketing operations came in 1984, when n
American Petrofina purchased several thousand service stations
from Oklahoma-based Champlin Refining Company following that firm's closing of its Enid, Oklahoma refinery.
The Champlin assets were rebranded as Fina stations in several Mid-Continent states including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa among others."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrofina
"Since the Total-Petrofina merger in 1999, all of Fina's former marketing assets and the Big Spring refinery have been owned by Texas-based Alon USA. Alon assets include the former Fina refinery at Big Spring, Texas and the Fina brand name. .
Alon supplies gasoline and other petroleum products to 1,200 Fina stations directly and through distributors in seven Southwestern states including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona and the southern portion of Colorado. Alon also owns Southwest Convenience Stores, which is
the largest franchiser of 7-Eleven convenience stores in the United States."
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"The richest oil company by market capitalization is Saudi Aramco. As of February 2024, it had a market cap of $1.98 trillion. It is the world's largest oil producer, producing over 10 million barrels of oil per day. "
In 2003, Total signed for a 30% stake in the gas exploration venture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) – South Rub' al-Khali joint venture along with Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco.
The stake was later bought out by its partners.
In 2006, Saudi Aramco and Total signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the
Jubail Refinery and Petrochemical project in Saudi Arabia which targeted 400,000 barrels per day (bpd).
Two years later, the two companies officially established a joint venture called Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP)- in which a .
62.5% stake was held by Saudi Aramco and the balance
37.5% held by Total."
"On 21 February 2024, TotalEnergies and Airbus entered a strategic partnership to meet emission-reduction goals through the use of
sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
TotalEnergies will provide more than 50% of Airbus’ European fuel requirements.
Compared to fossil fuels,
SAF can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90%"
2016, Total was ranked as the second-best of 92 oil, gas, and mining companies on indigenous rights in the Arctic.
According to the CDP Carbon Majors Report 2017, the company was one of the top 100 companies producing carbon emissions globally,
responsible for .9% of global emissions from 1998 to 2015.
In 2021, Total was ranked as the 2nd most environmentally responsible company out of 120 oil, gas, and mining companies.
involved in resource extraction north of the Arctic Circle in the Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI)."
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