Strike Suspended at Total's Donges, Feyzin Refineries
French CGT union workers have suspended their strike at Total's Donges and Feyzin refineries, but the strike at the company's Gonfreville refinery in Normandy will continue until Wednesday, two union officials told Reuters. A union official at the 220,000 barrels-per-day…
Three French Oil Refineries Prepare for Restart, Oil Ports Still Shut
Preliminary work got underway on Monday to restart three of Total's French oil refineries stopped as part of nationwide strikes against planned changes to employment laws, but workers were still on strike at the country's two main oil ports. Workers voted to end a strike…
Total: Several Refineries in Restart Phase
French oil group Total said preliminary operations to restart its Normandy and Grandpuits refineries were underway on Monday. Workers voted to end a strike at Grandpuits and preliminary startup operations where underway there and at the Normandy refinery, as well as Feyzin refinery in the southern French Rhone region…
French Strikes Offer Atlantic Refiners Lifeline
Refiners' profits in Europe and the United States are getting yet another lifeline from protracted strikes in France that have cut into the world's excess of diesel, jet fuel and gasoline. A strike in France entering its third week shut four of Total's five refineries…
Total Plans to Restart France's Donges Refinery
French oil and gas firm Total said on Thursday it plans to restart its 220,000 barrels-per-day Donges refinery after 94 percent of the plant's workers voted to resume work. Refinery workers with the hardline CGT trade union last week joined nationwide strikes against plans by the French government to reform labour laws…
Strike Curbs Output at Total's French Refineries
A nationwide strike against a French government labour law reform has cut output at Total's refineries in France, a CGT Union official said on Tuesday. CGT delegate Thierry Defrense told Reuters that some 63 percent of members were participating in the strike, cutting production at Total facilities including its 198…
French CGT Union Oil Sector Workers to Join Strike Next Week
Oil sector workers of French CGT union will join a national strike on May 17-20 against labour law reform, affecting operations at refineries across France and potentially disrupting supplies, a union official said on Friday. The national strike was called after President…
Total's EU Refining Margins Soar to Q2 Record
French oil company Total, Europe's biggest refiner, said refining margins in the region had risen to a record high in the second quarter of the year. French oil company Total, Europe's biggest refiner, said refining margins in the region had risen to a record high in the second quarter of the year.
Shell, Total Align Trading, Refining to Drive Profits
Shell, Total restructure to combat falling oil prices. Top oil firms Royal Dutch Shell and Total are bringing their refining and trading operations closer together, seeking alternative ways to drive profits as oil prices fall and independent trading houses expand into their territory.
Shell, Total Align Trading and Refining Units to Drive Profit Growth
Top oil firms Royal Dutch Shell and Total are bringing their refining and trading operations closer together, seeking alternative ways to drive profits as oil prices fall and independent trading houses expand into their territory. The restructuring will enable the Anglo…
Total to Present French Refining Restructuring Plan
French oil major Total will present its French refining restructuring plan to unions on Thursday, a union source said on Monday. An extraordinary works council is scheduled for the morning of April 16, a document seen by Reuters shows. "Information about the outlook for refining in France" is the only subject on the agenda.
Total Targeting La Mede, Donges Plants
French oil major Total plans to shut all its oil refining activity at its La Mede refinery on the Mediterranean and also eyes investments at its Donges refinery on the Atlantic coast to make it profitable, union sources told Reuters. "The two sites that are targeted are La Mede and Donges.
French Truck Drivers Block Traffic Around Two Total Refineries
Striking truck drivers blocked traffic around Total's Grandpuits and Donges refineries since Wednesday morning, preventing oil product deliveries, the French oil major said. The 101,000 barrel per day Grandpuits refinery is the Total's smallest, but it supplies the Paris region's petrol stations…
