Thursday, July 19, 2007

Total Declares Force Majeure at Dalia Field in Angola on Generator Fault

(Bloomberg) -- Total SA, Europe's largest oil
refiner, declared ``force majeure'' on exports from its 240,000-
barrel-a-day Dalia field in Angola after a generator fault cut
production by 50 percent.

Force majeure, a clause exempting producers from making
deliveries because of circumstances beyond their control, was
issued yesterday after a problem with two turbo-generators,
Patricia Marie, a company spokeswoman, said by telephone from
Total's Paris headquarters today.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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