Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Always with a view to separate its non-strategic activities for its "upstream" Total assigns those of its oil fields Valhall and Hod – whose group owns 15.7% respectively and 25% – located in the North Sea Norwegian. Transaction amount: $ 911 million, or 680 million euros.
"In the coming years, the group intends to maintain its level of investment in order to optimize its Norwegian oil and gas reserves," he said in a statement released Tuesday morning.
Note that Norway is the largest contributor to the production, with nearly 330,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe / d) produced in 2009.This production, which represents about 15% of the total group, from 35 fields on the Norwegian continental shelf in which Total holds a no fax pay day loans.
Began production in 1982, the Valhall oil field production has reached an average share for the group of approximately 8,000 boe / d in 2009. The Hod, in production since 1990, produced in 2009 an average of approximately 1,000 boe / d in proportion to the group.
Total currently holds interests in 77 licenses in Norway, including 15 as an operator.
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
A first for Airbus. Unions have all agreed to call for a freeze on production via a rotating strike that must affect all Airbus sites in turn. Since Monday afternoon, employees stopped work on site in Toulouse Clement Ader who assembles Airbus A 330 and A 340. Tuesday is that of Saint-Martin-du-Touch, head of the A320, which must stop work, then tomorrow the hangar Jean-Luc Lagardere whence come the 380. This weekend, employees of consulting firms and corporate headquarters in Toulouse are expected to stop work. Meanwhile, the hall unloading Beluga cargo planes must be blocked to prevent the delivery of parts and packages pre-assembled from other European plants of Airbus.
At the heart of this sudden clenching of association, wages and employment.The Inter held insufficient a proposal from the Executive Airbus to raise, from 1.5% to 1.9% its offer to general wage increase in 2010. According to the unions, this offer is too far from the 3.5% achieved in 2009. "We advocate the preservation of purchasing power and reward the efforts made to maintain delivery targets record (498 units by 2009) this year and the challenges associated with the A380, the A350 and the A 400M. Engineering the companion, through the course, everyone is under pressure, "said Jean-Francois Knepper, delegate of FP, the majority union."Employees are however not responsible for the strategic mistakes of the managers on programs A380 and A400M," said Pierre-Henri Coat CFDT delegate Central in Nantes, also affected by blockages targeted.
Inventories buffers "
The unions also want to obtain an interest in more "generous": "At Airbus, the participation will be EUR 0 and the incentive of 557 euros, while Astrium participation will be 2700 euro and the incentive of 1000 euro , "argues Jean-Francois Knepper. Another claim, get the hiring of 700-800 people, as in Germany.
Regarding the direction, it said that his proposal is within the upper range of that offer members of the Aerospace Industries Group, Gifas (between 1.5 and 2%)."Between 2005 and 2009, wages increased by 17.9%," said a spokesman for Airbus.
Spoiled the employees of Airbus? While many employees are subject to discipline – not to mention social plans. "Few companies have a backlog of five or six years, making Airbus a comfortable market situation, 'explains Pierre-Henri Coat. On Monday, Airbus is serene wanted: "For now, the final production is not affected. We have buffer stocks which can work normally. "The showdown has begun.
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