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Total is France's largest corporation and the world's fourth largest oil and gas company. It has had a strong presence in Qatar for 70 years.

Today, Total has the most diversified interests in Qatar and is active in all stages of the energy industry, from upstream (oil and gas exploration and production) to downstream (refining and marketing). Total is also a leading player in petrochemicals, as well as intermediate and specialty chemicals.

Total operates the offshore Al-Khaleej oil field, discovered in 1991, where the group uses highly innovative technologies to optimise the recovery rate of a very complex reservoir.

Total was one of the founding partners of Qatargas 1, the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) project developed in Qatar. Qatargas 1 started operations in 1996 and has a current capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum of LNG. Total holds a 20% interest in the upstream part of the project and a 10% interest in the liquefaction plant.

In 2006, Total expanded its involvement in the LNG industry in Qatar with the acquisition of a 16.7% equity interest in Qatargas 2 Train 5. Total also signed Sales and Purchase Agreements for the purchase of up to 5.2 million tonnes per year of LNG from Qatargas 2 for a period of 25 years for four destinations (France, the UK, the US and Mexico).

In addition, Total is one of founding partners of the Dolphin project, the largest natural gas project ever developed between two countries in the Gulf. In 2001, Total, jointly with Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi, entered into a Production Sharing Agreement with Qatar Petroleum (QP) for the sale of 2 billion cubic feet per day of North Field gas to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Total holds a 24.5% interest in the Dolphin Project, which involves the production and processing of natural gas from Qatar's North Field, and transportation of the gas by a 370-km sub-sea pipeline to the UAE for delivery to customers. Gas production from the Dolphin project started in July 2007 and deliveries will reach 2 billion cubic feet per day in 2008 when the facilities are fully operational.

Total is also involved, with a 10% equity share, in the Laffan refinery project, a 146,000 barrels-per-day refinery under construction in Ras Laffan to process condensate produced from North Field gas.

Total Petrochemicals, the group's chemicals branch, holds a 20% stake in Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO), a major producer of ethylene and low density polyethylene (LDPE). In 2007, QAPCO successfully completed an expansion of its ethane cracker in Mesaieed Industrial City, bringing its total ethylene production capacity to 720,000 tonnes per annum. Total is further expanding its petrochemical activities in Qatar through Qatofin, a joint venture between Total Petrochemicals (36%), QAPCO (63%), and Qatar Petroleum (1%), which is currently building a 450,000 tonnes per annum linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant in Mesaieed. Through Qatofin, Total Petrochemicals is also participating in the construction of a new world-scale ethane cracker in Ras Laffan, with a capacity of 1.3 million-tonnes-per-annum. Concurrently, Total is looking to play a leading role in knowledge transfer through its scholarship and training programs for Qatari students and staff, and through the establishment of Total Research Center - Qatar (TRC-Q), which will start its activities in 2008 within Qatar's Science and Technology Park.

Company Address:
Total E&P Qatar
Total Building C Ring Road
P.O. Box 9803, Doha - Qatar
Tel.: +974-4364466
Fax: +974-4306630
Website: www.total.com

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