Total (French Oil) throws gauntlet to U.S. on Iraq deals

Reuters via Yahoo Finance ^ | 2/20/2003 | Emelia Sithole

[sam_paine]

HA! Yeah right, Frenchies..... We'll play "fair and transparent" so you don't have to!!!! We'll see bout that!

[sam_paine]

Ping across the pond. BP should do well, I hope.

[tomahawk]

No, Total will not be in Iraq after the French government did everything it could to keep the despot mass-murdering megalomaniac Hitler-wanna-be Saddam Hussein in power. Not one drop of Iraqi crude will be available for development by French oil companies, including Total.

[way-right-of-center]

Sure thing froggies. Tell ya what. You buy all the Iraqi oil you want. Hope you can sell it to your fellow frogs, because my family just switched to BP.

[Steel Wolf]

Oil giant TotalFinaElf (Paris:TOTF.PA - News) threw down the gauntlet on Thursday to U.S. rivals eyeing Iraq's vast reserves, saying it was confident of winning its share of deals there despite French opposition to a U.S.-led war in Iraq.

France: We're might not be right, but at least we're arrogant.

I've got news for you, ChIraq. You're Iraqi policy has long since lost you any share of the spoils. Pump that into your gas tank.

[sam_paine]

Ah. Chirac's car. Do Lemons, er, Citroens, run on gas? Or is Chirac the gas bag.....too many connections. I R confused.

[geedee]

I'm with you. French and fair don't belong on the same page, much less the same sentence. There's no telling how much money it's costing us because of their stalling. It "might" cost additional lives as well.

If I were GW, I'd let them know that we'll deal with them EXACTLY the same way they tried to deal with us. If they can get a Security Council Resolution approved saying Total -- or any French companies -- will share in the Iraqi booty, then we'll agree to it. Then, what Great Britain doesn't veto, we will.

They respect the UN so damn much, let them try to tame that international brothel of whores.

[Indy Pendance]

France, Germany protect Iraq ties

[Indy Pendance]

One more nail in the coffin....

[Becki]

Oil giant TotalFinaElf (Paris:TOTF.PA - News) threw down the gauntlet on Thursday to U.S. rivals eyeing Iraq's vast reserves, saying it was confident of winning its share of deals there despite French opposition to a U.S.-led war in Iraq.

They won't need it here. No one will buy it. We pass Total to go to BP.

Becki

[Physicist]

By Emelia Sithole

Now, there's an unfortunate name.

[crazykatz]

LOL!!!!

[Reagan is King]

Is this the same Total company that owns the Total (7-11 type) gas stations here in Texas? If so they'll never see my car filling up there again.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[McGavin999]

Of course they can have their fair share of the market. They can just expect the Iraquis to adjust their bids by a fair amount to compensate for the costs of freeing the Iraqui people. That's only fair.

There should be a Rebuild Iraq tax that is only enforced against companies that do business in Iraq that did not participate in the liberation of Iraq. I'd say a fair amount would be. . . .oh. . . .110% of the profit.

[dennisw]

France chose Saddam over the USA. With all the frog sponsored delays and agitation France is already responsible for a more bloody war in Iraq. More American deaths. Their oil companies must pay the price. Play hard ball with these back stabbing bas**rds!

[dennisw]

If we want some "diversity" bring in Dutch Shell. The Froggies must be frozen out!

[Vigilanteman]

". . . but said it was confident of winning some deals if Total were based on an equal footing with its rivals. "

Yep, and if their auntie were plumbed a little differently, she might be their uncle.

[mware]

Someone better tell them to read the childs story,The Little Red Hen. They want some of the bread without helping.

[RightOnline]

"Now, there's an unfortunate name."

Should have seen it before her ancestors changed it..........