TOTAL E&P CEO gives overview of activities at API meeting!

By of Signa Engineering Corp.

December 2004

HOUSTON – TOTAL E&P USA's president and CEO, Rene Chappaz, was the featured speaker at the November luncheon of the Houston Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute.

Dave Roseland, Senior Vice-President of Business Development of Signa Engineering, introduced Chappaz to those in attendance at the Houston Petroleum Club. Chappaz provided an overview of TOTAL's presence and activities worldwide. In 2003, the company produced 2.5 billion boe/day and had proven reserves of 11.4 billion boe.

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TOTAL E&P USA's president and CEO, Rene Chappaz, left, meets with Signa Engineering Senior Vice-President Dave Roseland after speaking at the recent API luncheon in Downtown Houston.
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Roseland, the API Program Chairman, invited Chappaz to speak at the meeting to provide the API group with an overview of TOTAL’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Texas and Mississippi. Chappaz also shared some of TOTAL’s perspective on the global operational environment, stressing the importance for the industry to work collectively to continuously improve its reputation.

Chappaz discussed how rising stakeholder expectations are demanding broader strategies, such as those addressed within TOTAL's sustainable development program.

The presentation also included a review of TOTAL E&P USA's contractor management standards and procedures.

TOTAL is a leading multinational energy company with more than 110,000 employees and operations in more than 130 countries. Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, TOTAL is the fourth largest publicly traded oil and gas integrated company in the world.

Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to the gas downstream (including power generation), transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a world-class chemicals manufacturer.

The API is the primary trade association for the oil and gas industry. For more information on the group’s activities or to join API’s Houston Chapter, call 281-861-7484.

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