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PARIS (AP) -- French energy giant Total SA said Tuesday that its net profit slid 20 percent in the first quarter despite a rise in production as slumping oil prices took their toll.
The company said net profit for the quarter was $2.66 billion, down from $3.34 billion a year earlier. That fall came despite a 10 percent rise in hydrocarbon production to 2.4 million barrels a day.
CEO Patrick Pouyanne said Total is "demonstrating its resilience and profiting from its integrated model" in the face of a 50 percent drop in the average Brent crude oil price over the last year.
Total said its Termokarstovoye gas field in Russia's far north will start up during the second quarter. Four other fields are scheduled to start production in the second half.
Total said it is making efforts to cut costs and lower its breakeven levels in response to the lower oil prices. Oil executives admit that the price of a barrel will not return to previous years' average around $90 anytime soon.
Analysts at research firm IHS predict oil to average $60 a barrel this year.
Firms are also slashing exploration budgets, with Total aiming to cut its capital spending by 10 percent this year from $26 billion in 2014.
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TOTAL est une société de production minière et de pétrole basée en France. TOTAL est productrice de gaz au Trinidad. Son principal projet en production est ANGOSTURA GAS au Trinidad. TOTAL est cotée au Royaume-Uni, aux Etats-Unis D'Amerique, en Allemagne et en France. Sa capitalisation boursière aujourd'hui est 96,8 milliards €UR (118,3 milliards US$, 96,9 milliards €). La valeur de son action a atteint son plus bas niveau récent le 04 juin 1993 à 10,01 €UR, et son plus haut niveau récent le 02 juin 2021 à 39,69 €UR. TOTAL possède 2 440 058 000 actions en circulation. |