In Venezuela the authorities first raised the royalties on Total's output, and then demanded that the state-owned oil company be granted a majority stake in several fields operated by Total.

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Every year the BLS surveys businesses and releases a copious list of hundreds of occupations, broken down by wages earned, total numbers of workers in various fields and parts of the country that pay the best.

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Oil giant BP is upping its stake in the North Sea by buying Total's share of a platform and two fields.

BBC: BP to invest ?100m in North Sea interests

The US contribution to Equal Futures includes a renewed commitment to opening more doors to high-quality education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for women and girls, who currently hold only one-quarter of all US jobs in these fields despite making up nearly half of the total US workforce.

WHITEHOUSE: Equal Futures: Opening Doors to High-Quality Education and Career Opportunities for Women and Girls in STEM | The White House

His father, Jean, was head of exploration for French oil producer Total and oversaw initial production in some of the biggest Saudi fields.

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In the run-up to the Iraq war, it was reported that, in March 2003, Total SA negotiated a major contract with Saddam Hussein's regime to develop Iraq's southern oil fields.

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On the more parochial domestic front, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico provides (well, it did last year) one-third of total U.S. crude production and nearly all of that (80 percent) comes from deep water fields.

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