Total
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Total (ToT) is a French oil and gas company.
In January 2014 Total announced it would invest in fracking exploration in the UK - first big investment by a major oil company.
- Total's licences are for a 240sq km area around the town of Gainsborough, that has been drilled for oil and gas for decades but has recently been explored for its shale gas potential.
Fracking partnership in the UK
Total has a 40% share in a licence in the Midlands currently operated by US firm eCorp. Chief executive of eCorp International, John Thrash said: "The entry of this highly respected global shale operator into the UK shale gas exploration effort is a watershed event, not only for the UK, but also, we believe, continental Europe."
- The company's partners are a subsidiary of Dart Energy Dart Energy Europe, which has come under attack from environmentalists for applying for coal-bed methane wells in Scotland, plus Egdon Resources UK, eCorp, and IGas, which has been the target of a sustained campaign against by anti-fracking groups at its Barton Moss site in Salford.
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