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“No plans to leave Nigeria”, says Total Oil.

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Total Nigeria has denied rumours that it is planning to leave the country any time soon.

 

Jean Philippe Torres, managing director of the organisation, made this known at the customer service day that held at Onigbagbo Total service station in Ikeja, Lagos.

 

Total recently indicated plans to spin off its downstream asset in Nigeria, feeding rumours that an exit could be in the works.

 

Torres used the programme as an opportunity to assure Nigerians of the continued presence of Total in the country.

 

“This event is to remind our customers of how significant they are to us. We at Total are keen to delivering good and satisfactory customer service,” he said.

 

“We want to make Nigerians understand that we are part of the communities. Once again, the main issue for us in Total is to tie the link with our esteemed customers and tell them that they are king at Total and that is the case.

 

“There were rumours that we wanted to leave the country, that is not the case. Total wants to stay in Nigeria.

 

“At Total, we have very strict control mechanism in order to make sure that our dispensers are really dispensing the right quantity.”

 

Commenting on alleged under-dispensing of petroleum products at the company’s filling stations, he said: “This is the responsibility of the full staff of our stations, dealers to make sure that we deliver to customers the quantity they pay for.

 

“We have system in place to control the stock level, deliveries to ensure that we really deliver the products needed and paid by the customers.”

 

Source: The Cable

NUPENG shuts down Total Plc over sacked workers

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The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Thursday ordered stoppage of loading activities at all Total Nig. Ltd., depots nationwide over termination of workers appointment.

This is according to a statement signed by Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of the union.

According to Mr. Korodo, the management of Total has been resisting the unionisation of workers under its contract programme in Lagos, Kaduna and Koko in Delta blending plants.

The chairman said the management of Total had moved further to terminate those workers who had joined the union in spite of the union efforts to resolve the issue amicably.

“In view of this, the union has directed all workers in Total downstream to stop work until the management allows workers to unionise and slave labour introduced are cancelled.

“This action should commence immediately,” he said.

Meanwhile, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited Total Blending Plant at Kirikiri, Apapa observed that workers blocked the entrance of the gate with two trailers.

The workers were seen with various placards with inscriptions: “Nigerians enslaving Nigerians in Nigeria, “Total and Jomog want to sack us because we joined NUPENG”.

Rotimi Benjamin, the Zonal Vice-Chairman, South West Chapter of NUPENG, said that the management of Total had summoned the union to a meeting to resolve the issue.

Mr. Benjamin, however, said that the union would not go back on his action until all the issues were resolved.

TOTAL concludes plans to boost Nigeria’s power supply with $3bn.

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Pascal Dauboin, Senior Advisor for Digital Technologies, TOTAL, says the company is to spend $3 billion on energy modernisation programme in Nigeria to enhance efficient energy production and usage.

Dauboin made this known on Thursday during a meeting with Nigerian delegation at the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition in Dubai.

According to him, TOTAL aims to expand the electricity supply of Nigeria and create more efficient energy production and usage in the country.

He said: “The $3 billion energy modernisation programme aims to expand the electricity supply, create more efficient energy production and usage, and increase rural and semi-urban power access from 35 per cent to 75 per cent.

“TOTAL is at the forefront of adopting innovations such as drones, robotics, and early event detection systems to monitor and repair infrastructure.

“The new generations of sensors will enable the development of new products for real time, on-line analysis, following the always increasing safety and quality requirements.

“Digitally transformed processes will increase performance, robustness and safety in many industrial domains, while building the job skills of tomorrow.”

Dauboin, therefore, urged other multinational companies to do more in supporting better energy infrastructures in the continent, especially in Nigeria.

He said: “Multinational companies’ experience of working in a multinational and multicultural context can help drive innovation across energy sector, by playing a leading role in supporting high-tech energy infrastructure projects in Nigeria and Africa at large.

“Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer, and the world’s fourth-largest liquefied natural gas exporter, according to the United States Energy Information Administration.

“In today’s interconnected world, the ability to find, share, and integrate knowledge from across the spectrum is essential.”

Dauboin said that TOTAL was rapidly undergoing a digital transformation, with a rapid uptake in innovative technologies that were driving digital oilfields.

Responding to the gesture, Dr. Ibrahim Pantami, the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency, said Africa hosts tremendous investment opportunities for technology-driven energy companies.

Pantami said: “From digital oilfields running on drones and robotics, to smart grids distributing electricity generated from renewable energy, the energy sector in Nigeria and Africa hosts tremendous investment opportunities.

“The meeting provides the opportunity for companies participating in GITEX to find new investment opportunities available in Nigeria under one roof.”

In a related development, Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice-President, Exhibitions and Events Management, Dubai World Trade Centre, said: “The energy, oil and gas sector in Nigeria and Africa is rapidly undergoing digital transformation.

“Key players can discover the latest innovations and business opportunities at GITEX Technology Week.”
DWTC hosted GITEX Technology Week from October 16 to 20, 2016 in Dubai.

Total Is New Sponsor Of CAF Competitions

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Multi-national oil company, Total is the new title sponsor of the Africa’s foremost football event, the Africa Cup of Nations, according the Confederation of African football (CAF) has said.

Total replaces telephone company Orange as the AFCON sponsors.

The sponsorship agreement lasts eight years, africanFootball.com reports.

The sponsorship also covers the women’s Nations Cup, U-17, U-20 and U-23 championships, the African Nations Championship (CHAN), CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup and Super Cup.

 “This partnership is a major milestone in our ongoing search for additional resources to accelerate African football’s development,” africanFootball.com quoted CAF President Issa Hayatou as saying in a statement on Thursday.

“As a leading multinational in its field, with strong ties to Africa, Total will make a significant contribution to CAF’s initiatives to foster personal and professional growth for young Africans.”

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DPR Seals Total’s Depot, Others for Hoarding 46m Litres Of Petrol

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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Thursday closed down the depots of Total Nigeria Plc, Dee Jones Limited and Eterna Oil Plc in Ibafon area of Lagos for hoarding over 46 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol.

The agency has also debunked the claims by marketers that there was scarcity of petrol and blamed the tight supply situation on depot owners, who hoard products, thus causing panic buying.

While Total and Eterna Oil were hoarding 13.6 million litres each, when DPR’s surveillance monitoring team visited the depot of Dee Jones which was hoarding about 19.5 million litres.

However, the General Manager of Dee Jones, Mr. Willy Ikeora, denied that the company was hoarding the product in its depot, stressing that they were loading but not as fast as expected by DPR.

The regulatory authority also queried Ascon Oil and ordered the management of the company to appear at the agency’s head office by 3pm yesterday and explain why the company should not be sanctioned for its slow pace of loading tankers, despite the availability of eight million litres in its depot.

Integrated Oil and Gas Limited was also directed to speed up the loading process as the company had up to 10.2 million litres of petrol when the agency’s surveillance monitoring team paid an unscheduled visit to the facility.

Credit: ThisDay