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The deep offshore, an amazing human, technological and industrial adventure
Deepwater oil and gas resources may be equivalent to five years’ worth of global consumption. For more than a decade, Total has been meeting the challenge of producing them sustainably, pursuing a bold industrial adventure in the process.
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Deepwater expertise
Spanning reservoir characterization, production, HSE management and environmental preservation, Total’s know-how is broad-based and diversified.
A broad scope of expertise -
Reliable solutions for all types of reservoir
Isolated reservoirs, great water depths and difficult oils…. Total’s R&D is developing the technologies to meet future deepwater challenges.
Innovating to secure access to all reservoirs -
Total, a world-class player
The Group will be the leading producer of deep offshore reserves in West Africa by 2012, and tomorrow will develop the gas resources of the North Sea.
The pioneer of the deep offshore -
Significant resources, difficult access
The deep offshore is thought to contain 5% of the world’s oil and gas. Estimated to total 200 billion barrels, nearly half of these resources have yet to be discovered.
Developing deepwater resources sustainably
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