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Totally the S.A. is a French mineral oil enterprise with head office in Paris.
Totally is fourth largest the oil enterprise and the altogether eight-largest industrial enterprise of the world. With a sales volume of " 122.7 billion and a vat gain of " 9.612 billion it is fourth largest the enterprise of Europe and the largest of France (conditions: 2004). Totally about 111,000 employees employ at present in 130 countries (2004).
In order to understand, why and how total developed, one must draw back up to the First World War. Before the First World War there was no national oil politics in France. But fast at the beginning of the war the French government had to recognize the meaning from oil to warfare. Without oil and/or gasoline neither airplanes flew, nor trucks rolled or moved tanks. The transportation was based during the First World War in France, Germany, Austria Hungary and Russia still in very far measure on the railway, but the meaning of oil and gasoline was already substantial.
In order to win the war-important precious liquid, one called after after foreign assistance, more exactly more American. The government understood fast the strategic meaning and looked for a suitable and solid basis for oiling system. After the defeat of Germany in the First World War France took part in place of Germany with 25 per cent in the Turkish petroleum company, which umfirmierte shortly thereafter in Iraq petroleum company.
Since then France received one million tons per year crude oil of this society. 1924 the Compagnie de (CFP) were created, which created a subsidiary with the name Compagnie de Raffinage (CFR), from whom the group of total developed later. These two societies received which is entitled Iraqi crude oil from the French government the management over the France.
The today's totally S.A. developed in several stages. First the French total 1999 took over the Belgian competitor Petrofina. In the year 2000 the developed Totalfina with the old French rival finally fused eleven Aquitaine. The enterprise was called for short time TotalFinaElf. The activities of total cover the crude oil and natural gas extraction, energy production and - transport as well as the production of different chemicals.
The share that totally S.A. belongs to the stock price averages CAC 40 and is noted at the New York stick Exchange and that euroNEXT in Paris.
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