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50-631: The Qatar Open , currently sponsored by TotalEnergies and called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open , is a women's tennis tournament held in Doha , Qatar . Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I -tournament in 2008 , and was played on outdoor hardcourts . After a two-year break the tournament returned in 2011 and is held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex . The first tournament

100-510: A snow removal vehicle in Vnukovo International Airport , killing four, including three crew members and CEO of Total S.A. Christophe de Margerie on board. Alcohol presence was confirmed in the blood of the driver of the vehicle on the ground. Patrick Pouyanne , who was Total's Refining Chief at that time, was appointed as CEO, and also as chairman of Total in 2015. In 2015, Total unveiled plans to cut 180 jobs in

150-524: A $ 1.1bn deal, to boost its development in renewable energy and electricity businesses. In 2016, Total agreed to acquire $ 2.2-billion in upstream and downstream assets from Petrobras as part of the firms' strategic alliance announced earlier that year. For Total, these new partnerships with Petrobras reinforce Total's position in Brazil through access to new fields in the Santos Basin while entering

200-558: A 40 percent interest in two licences in the Gainsborough Trough area of northern England for $ 48 million. In July 2014, the company disclosed it was in talks to sell its LPG distribution business in France to Pennsylvania-based UGI Corporation for €450 million ($ 615 million). On 20 October 2014, at 23:57 MST , a Dassault Falcon 50 business jet heading to Paris caught fire and exploded during takeoff after colliding with

250-761: A 50% stake in its joint venture in Malaysia (SapuraOMV) for $ 903 million. The deal includes the repayment of a $ 350 million loan from OMV to the joint venture. On 21 February 2024, TotalEnergies and Airbus entered a strategic partnership to meet emission-reduction goals through the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). TotalEnergies will provide more than 50% of Airbus’ European fuel requirements. Compared to fossil fuels, SAF can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90%. TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy entered an agreement on 6 March 2024 to purchase participating interests in South Africa ’s Orange Basin offshore oil field. Under

300-581: A French colony, began in 1946, with Algeria becoming a leading source of oil in the 1950s. In 1954, CFP introduced its downstream product – Total brand of gasoline in Africa and Europe. Total entered the United States in 1971 by acquiring Leonard Petroleum of Alma, Michigan and several Standard Oil of Indiana stations in Metro Detroit . In 1980, Total Petroleum (North America) Ltd.,

350-479: A company controlled 50% by CFP, bought the American refining and marketing assets of Vickers Petroleum as part of a sell-off by Esmark of its energy holdings. This purchase gave Total refining capacity, transportation, and a network of 350 service stations in 20 states. Total's leadership had been aware of the deleterious effects of global warming since at least 1971; The company nevertheless openly denied

400-472: A consortium led by CNPC (37.5%), which also included TOTAL (18.75%) and Petronas (18.75%) was awarded a production contract for the " Halfaya field " in the south of Iraq, which contains an estimated 4.1 billion barrels (650,000,000 m ) of oil. In 2010 Total and Erg merged their respective subsidiaries Total Italia and Erg Petroli , forming TotalErg , 49% controlled by the French group and 51% by

450-513: A household in the city was $ 36,408; about 24.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.7% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over. The employment rate in the city is 54.2%. As of the census of 2010, there were 9,383 people, 3,468 households, and 2,033 families living in the city. The population density was 1,582.3 inhabitants per square mile (610.9/km ). There were 3,784 housing units at an average density of 638.1 per square mile (246.4/km ). The racial makeup of

500-475: A joint venture called Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP)- in which a 62.5% stake was held by Saudi Aramco and the balance 37.5% held by Total. Total withdrew in 2006 from all Iranian development work because of United Nations concerns that resulted in sanctions over possible weaponization of the Nuclear program of Iran . During the 2009–2010 Iraqi oil services contracts tender ,

550-645: A makeover in 2008. Its prize money as of 2016 was $ 2,517,250 and the tournament director is Saad Al Mohannadi. TotalEnergies TotalEnergies has its head office in the Tour Total in La Défense district in Courbevoie , west of Paris . The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index . In the 2023 Forbes Global 2000 , TotalEnergies was ranked as the 21st largest company in

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600-511: A male householder with no wife present, and 41.4% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age in the city was 30.8 years. 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 21.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.1% were from 25 to 44; 20.7% were from 45 to 64; and 15.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

650-520: A weekend of Highland dancing, bagpipes, kilts, and camaraderie. Alma College , a small liberal-arts institution of approximately 1,300 students, is located in town and focuses on multidisciplinary learning in a residential setting. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 6.09 square miles (15.77 km ), of which 5.93 square miles (15.36 km ) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km )

700-561: Is the biggest discovery of oil reserves since 1968. In 2013, Total increased its stake in Novatek to 16.96%. In 2013, Total and its joint venture partner agreed to buy Chevron Corporation 's retail distribution business in Pakistan for an undisclosed amount. In January 2014, Total became the first major oil and gas firm to acquire exploration rights for shale gas in the UK after it bought

750-592: Is water. Alma was founded in 1853 by Ralph Ely. Perhaps first known for the Alma Springs Sanitarium, built and promoted in the 1880s by millionaire lumberman and capitalist Ammi W. Wright , it achieved its greatest prominence nationally in the 1910s and 1920s as home of the Republic Motor Truck Company , briefly the largest exclusive truck manufacturer in the world. At one point the maker of one out of every nine trucks on

800-563: The Dubai Tennis Championships was downgraded to Premier. Since then, the two tournaments alternated between Premier 5 and Premier (now known as WTA 1000 and WTA 500) status every year, until 2024, when both events were held as WTA 1000 events. The event is held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex which currently has a capacity of 6,911. It was originally much smaller but had

850-482: The Girassol oil field was discovered and operated by TotalEnergies SE. After Total's takeover of Petrofina of Belgium in 1999, it became known as Total Fina. Afterwards, it also acquired Elf Aquitaine . First named TotalFinaElf after the merger in 2000, its name reverted to Total in 2003. During that rebranding, the globe logo was unveiled. In 2003, Total signed for a 30% stake in the gas exploration venture in

900-1071: The Red Line agreement in 1928 rearranged the shareholding of CFP in TPC (later renamed the Iraq Petroleum Company in 1929) to 23.75%. The company from the start was regarded as a private sector company in view of its listing on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1929. During the 1930s, the company was engaged in exploration and production, primarily from the Middle East. Its first refinery began operating in Normandy in 1933. After World War II, CFP engaged in oil exploration in Venezuela, Canada, and Africa while pursuing energy sources within France. Exploration in Algeria , then

950-479: The WTA Tour Championship , thus not being played in 2009 or 2010. The tournament returned in 2011 as a Premier Event with the prize money of $ 721,000 and a 32-competitor singles draw (16-pair doubles draw). The tournament received Premier 5 status from 2012 to 2014, but in the 2015 WTA Season the tournament was back to a Premier event. It then switched back to being a Premier 5 tournament in 2016, when

1000-588: The Alma area as its weekly newspaper. Alma is home to three commercial radio stations. WQBX (104.9 FM) plays satellite-fed hot adult contemporary music, and sister station WFYC (1280 AM) is an ESPN Radio affiliate. Standalone AM WMLM (1520 AM), licensed to nearby St. Louis , plays classic country music, also satellite-fed. The Alma area is located about midway between Saginaw and Grand Rapids, and thus also receives TV and radio signals from both cities, as well as Mt. Pleasant and Lansing. This climatic region

1050-736: The Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP) (in English, the French Petroleum Company). As per the agreement reached during the San Remo conference of 1920, the French state received the 25% share held by Deutsche Bank in the Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) as part of the compensation for war damages caused by Germany during World War I . The French government's stake in TPC was transferred to CFP, and

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1100-582: The European nation’s commitment to fossil fuels beyond 2050. In 2023, Total invested $ 300 million in a renewable energy joint venture with Adani Green Energy . The joint venture's portfolio capacity is 1,050 MW - 300 MW of operating capacity, 500 MW of solar projects under construction and 250 MW of projects under development, as well as solar and wind power projects in India . At the end of January 2024, TotalEnergies reached an agreement with OMV to purchase

1150-659: The Iranian South Pars gas field because of sanctions pressure from the US. In 2019, Total announced the sale of a 30% stake in the Trapil pipeline network to crude oil storage operator Pisto SAS for €260 million. Later that year, Total signed deals to transfer 30% and 28.33% of its assets in Namibia 's Block 2913B and Block 2912 respectively to QatarEnergy . The company will also transfer 40% of its existing 25% interests in

1200-584: The Italian one. As of 2010, Total had over 96,000 employees and operated in more than 130 countries. In 2010, Total announced plans to pull out of the forecourt market in the United Kingdom. In 2012, Total announced it was selling its 20% stake and operating mandate in its Nigerian offshore project to a unit of China Petrochemical Corp for $ 2.5 billion. In 2013, Total started the operation at Kashagan with North Caspian Operating Company . It

1250-600: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) – South Rub' al-Khali joint venture along with Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco . The stake was later bought out by its partners. In 2006, Saudi Aramco and Total signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the Jubail Refinery and Petrochemical project in Saudi Arabia which targeted 400,000 barrels per day (bpd). Two years later, the two companies officially established

1300-604: The Orinduik and Kanuku blocks of Guyana and 25% interest in Blocks L11A, L11B, and L12 of Kenya to QatarEnergy. In July 2020 the company changed its name from Total SA to Total SE as part of registration as a European company. In 2020, the company announced its intention to cut 500 voluntary jobs in France. In 2021, Total left the American Petroleum Institute lobby, due to differences in

1350-581: The SHPGX. In July 2023, Iraq signed a $ 27 billion energy agreement with TotalEnergies to develop the country’s energy sector and boost output of oil, gas and renewables. Additionally, Indian Oil Corp , has signed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import deals with ADNOC LNG and TotalEnergies in the same month. In October 2023, TotalEnergies sold its Canadian operations to Suncor Energy for C$ 1.47 billion($ 1.07 billion). TotalEnergies has agreed to buy liquefied natural gas from Qatar for 27 years, cementing

1400-472: The United Kingdom, reduce refinery capacity and slow spending on North Sea fields after it fell to a $ 5.7bn final-quarter loss. The company said it would also sell off $ 5bn worth of assets worldwide and cut exploration costs by 30%. In 2016, Total signed a $ 224M deal to buy Lampiris, the third-largest Belgian supplier of gas and renewable energy to expand its gas and power distribution activities. In 2016, Total bought French battery maker Saft Groupe S.A. in

1450-545: The agreement, TotalEnergies will have the exclusive right to operate its wells in Block 3B/4B with a 33% interest holding, while QatarEnergy will receive a 24% interest in the same block. In 22 April 2024, OmanLNG and TotalEnergies signed a deal in which OmanLNG will provide 800,000 metric tons of liquified natural gas. On 14 November, 2024, TotalEnergies announced that it will fill all of its upstream assets with real-time methane leak detection equipment by 2025 to help minimize

1500-404: The average family size was 2.98. In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under the age of 18, 20.4% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males. The median income for a household in the city

1550-464: The census[2] of 2020, there were 9,488 people, 3,519 households, and 2,033 families living in the city. The population density was 1,583.4 inhabitants per square mile (611.4 inhabitants/km ). There were 3,784 housing units at an average density of 638.1 per square mile (246.4/km ). The city's racial makeup was 95.0% White, 2.8% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.6% Asian, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.1% of

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1600-572: The city was 46.9% male and 53.1% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 9,275 people, 3,220 households, and 2,022 families living in the city. The population density was 1,729.7 inhabitants per square mile (667.8/km ). There were 3,476 housing units at an average density of 648.2 per square mile (250.3/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 93.75% White , 0.53% African American , 0.52% Native American , 0.75% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 2.57% from other races , and 1.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.21% of

1650-420: The city was 92.8% White , 0.9% African American , 0.6% Native American , 0.8% Asian , 2.8% from other races , and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.1% of the population. There were 3,468 households, of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.0% had

1700-591: The common vision of how to tackle the fight against climate change. In 2021, Total said that it had registered an income of $ 3 billion for the period of January–March, which is close to the levels registered before the pandemic. In 2021, the company announced a name change to TotalEnergies as an intended illustration of its investments in the production of green electricity. At the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting in May of that year, shareholders approved

1750-561: The company's stock but by 1996 had reduced its stake to less than 1 percent. In the period between 1990 and 1994, foreign ownership of the firm increased from 23 percent to 44 percent. Meanwhile, Total continued to expand its retail presence in North America under several brand names. In 1989, Denver, Colorado –based Total Petroleum, Total CFP's North American unit, purchased 125 Road Runner retail locations from Texarkana, Texas –based Truman Arnold Companies. By 1993, Total Petroleum

1800-622: The emissions. This is expected to help the company in its target of slashing methane emissions to nearly zero percent by 2030. Alma, Michigan Alma is the largest city in Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan . The population was 9,488 at the 2020 census . It was incorporated as the Village of Alma in 1872 and became a city in 1905. Alma hosts the annual Highland Festival on Memorial Day weekend. It brings members of Scottish clans and interested onlookers together for

1850-505: The findings of climate science until the 1990s; Total also pursued a number of strategies to cover up the threat and contribution to climate change . The company renamed itself Total CFP in 1985, to build on the popularity of its gasoline brand. Later in 1991, the name was changed to Total, when it became a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange . In 1991, the French government held more than 30 percent of

1900-491: The gas value chain. Between 2013 and 2017, Total organized the ARGOS Challenge , a robotic competition with the aim to develop robots for their oil and gas production sites. It was won by an Austrian-German team using a variant of the taurob tracker robot. In 2017, Total signed a deal for a total amount of $ 4.8b with Iran for the development and production of South Pars , the world's largest gas field. The deal

1950-571: The launch on the French residential market of Total Spring, a natural gas and green power offering that is 10% cheaper than regulated tariffs. Total is thus pursuing its strategy of downstream integration in the gas and power value chain in Europe. On 10 January 2018 TotalErg was acquired by Gruppo API , with the exception of the Special Fluids division, acquired by the newly formed Total Italia . In 2018, Total officially withdrew from

2000-464: The name change to TotalEnergies. In 2022, TotalEnergies announced it would end all operations in Myanmar , citing rampant human rights abuses and deteriorating rule of law since the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état and has also called for international sanctions targeting the oil and gas sector in the country, which is one of the main sources of revenue for Myanmar's government. As of 11 March 2022, Total

2050-409: The population. There were 3,220 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.6% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.2% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and

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2100-450: The population. There were 3,519 households, 33.3% were married couples living together, 37.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 19.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and the average family size was 2.68 The median age in the city was 30.8 years. 18.2% of residents were under the age of 18, and 17.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 52.1% female. The median income for

2150-404: The roads in the United States. It was one of the major suppliers of "Liberty trucks" used by American troops during World War I. Alma was the home of Leonard Refineries which sold gasoline and other petroleum products throughout the lower peninsula of Michigan from its founding in 1936 until about 1966. In 1953 Alma became the first place that high-octane gas, 96 octane, was produced. As of

2200-403: The world. The company was founded after World War I, when petrol was seen as vital in case of a new war with Germany. The then-French President Raymond Poincaré rejected the idea of forming a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell in favour of creating an entirely French oil company. At Poincaré's behest, Col. Ernest Mercier , with the support of 90 banks and companies, founded Total in 1924, as

2250-584: Was $ 33,536, and the median income for a family was $ 44,229. Males had a median income of $ 35,013 versus $ 20,655 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,218. About 8.5% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over. The Morning Sun newspaper, based in Mt. Pleasant , serves the Alma area as its daily newspaper. The Gratiot County Herald , based in Ithaca , serves

2300-414: Was held in 2001 as Qatar Total FinaElf Open for the prize money of $ 170,000, as a Tier III tournament. In 2004, the tournament got Tier II category because of an increase in prize money to $ 585,000, and in 2007 to $ 600,000. For the 2008 season, which was the last season it was held, the tournament became Tier I for the prize money of $ 2,500,000. The event then took a two-year break due to the venue hosting

2350-590: Was one of the only Western oil companies to continue operating in Russia after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine . In June 2022, TotalEnergies signed a partnership with QatarEnergy for the worlds largest LNG expansion project, the North Field East (NFE). Holding the largest stake, 6.25%, TotalEnergies will hold the equivalent of one of the four trains. In September 2022, an additional agreement

2400-521: Was operating 2,600 retail stores under the Vickers, Apco , Road Runner, and Total brands. That year, the company began remodeling and rebranding all of its North American gasoline and convenience stores to use the Total name. Four years later, Total sold its North American refining and retail operations to Ultramar Diamond Shamrock for $ 400 million in stock and $ 414 million in assumed debt. In 1996,

2450-606: Was signed to include the North Field South (NFS) which is the second phase of the NFE. This gave TotalEnergies a stake of 9.375% of the 25% stakes available to international companies. On 30 March 2023, Total sold a shipment of LNG which it sourced from UAE to CNOOC on the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange. It was reportedly the first trade to be settled in the renminbi (Chinese yuan) currency on

2500-704: Was the first foreign investment in Iran since in the 2015 sanctions over Iran's nuclear weaponisation were lifted by the JCPOA . In 2017, Total announced the acquisition of Maersk Oil for $ 7.45 billion in a share and debt transaction. This deal positioned Total as the second operator in the North Sea. In 2017, Total signed an agreement with EREN Renewable energy to acquire an interest of 23% in EREN RE for an amount of €237.5 million. In November 2017, Total announced

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