The Latest Breaking News from TotalEnergies

Fears French fuel crisis could spread amid plans to order strikers to work

Union vows to fight government in court as workers at ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies demand pay rise and share of profits

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2022

Workers at France’s refineries and fuel depots vote to continue strikes

Striking French oil refinery employees voted Wednesday to maintain blockades now in their third week, despite a government order for some of them to return to work in a bid to get fuel supplies flowing.

France 24 · Oct 12, 2022

France orders fuel depot strikers back to work, union vows to challenge it

France on Wednesday ordered some staff at an Exxon Mobil fuel depot back to work and warned a TotalEnergies depot could be next, risking a wider conflict with trade unions as it battles to secure petrol supplies after weeks of strikes.

Reuters · Oct 12, 2022

No relief in sight for French motorists as strike is extended

As the strike by staff at the fuel distributors TotalEnergies and Esso-ExxonMobil continues, workers have voted to extend their industrial action into Tuesday. Autoroute filling stations which are run by TotalEnergies will close on Monday night.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 10, 2022

France’s oil strikes push on as petrol station queues worsen

The country’s total refinery output has been reduced by more than 60% over the past two weeks

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

TotalEnergies offer pay deal talks with unions to stop fuel depot blockades

Bosses at TotalEnergies said on Sunday they would bring forward annual pay talks with unions if they dropped a blockade of fuel depots and refineries that has led to a shortage of petrol supplies across France.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 9, 2022

TotalEnergies accelerates refinery wage talks as fuel supply shrinks

TotalEnergies on Sunday offered to bring forward wage talks, in response to union demands, as it sought to end a strike that has disrupted supplies to almost a third of French petrol stations and led the government to tap strategic reserves.

Reuters · Oct 9, 2022

France's fuel shortage causes frustration for motorists, anxiety for government

Petrol pumps have been running dry in France as striking energy workers disrupt deliveries. As frustration mounts among motorists, businesses and beyond, President Emmanuel Macron has called for calm.

France 24 · Oct 8, 2022

France struggles with refinery strikes, but not planning petrol rationing

More than a fifth of France's service stations were grappling with supply problems on Saturday, the energy ministry said, as strikes at refineries run by oil majors TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil continued to strain drivers' nerves.

Reuters · Oct 8, 2022

Lebanon Years Away From Gas Riches Despite Israel Deal, Analysts Say

Lebanon is nearing agreement with Israel over a maritime dispute involving offshore gas fields, but the cash-strapped country still faces an uphill struggle towards unlocking potential hydrocarbon riches, analysts said. "A deal would mark one step forward but it does not mean that Lebanon has become a gas- or oil-producing…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 6, 2022