EX-99.12 13 y03212exv99w12.htm EX-99.12: RESTRUCTURATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCT LOGISTICS OPERATIONS, FRANCE exv99w12
Exhibit 99.12
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Total Restructures Petroleum Product Logistics Operations in France
Paris, 20 January, 2010 - In response to declining petroleum product demand, Total will be gradually adjusting its logistics network in France. The process entails:
  –   Outsourcing the operations of five depots* to specialized logistics companies.
 
  –   Closing the Pontet depot in the Vaucluse region, southeastern France.
 
  –   Investing in the Port-la-Nouvelle petroleum product depot in the Aude region, south-central France, to double its capacity.
Following the restructuring, Total — No. 1 in France in petroleum product logistics — will still have a nation-wide logistics presence.
The project was presented to the Central Works Committee on January 20, 2010. Layoffs will be avoided through internal placements.
 
*   Hauconcourt depot in the Lorraine region, eastern France Saint-Julien depot in the French Alps region Le Mans depot in the Loire region, western France Ouistreham depot in Lower Normandy Port-la-Nouvelle depot in the Languedoc-Roussillon region, south-central France
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