Registration document 2007 - Total.com

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R&D organization
TOTAL’s management is considering the Group’s research and
development trends and the optimal organization of the Research
Department to adapt to a new context that requires both a
strong research in all business segments as well as improved
cross-disciplinary cooperation. Within the framework of a change
in the management, this movement led to a reorganization of this
Department which now reports directly to the Group’s
Management. The new Manager will be responsible for leading
R&D activities on these new themes, ensuring a good level of
synergies between R&D entities and providing them with a better
access to universities and academic laboratories in Europe, the
United States, Japan and China.
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Research and development
TOTAL – Registration Document 2006
The Group has 22 major R&D centers worldwide and developed
approximately 500 active partnerships with other industrial
groups, university research or special research institutes. In
addition, TOTAL benefits from a network of academic scientists
worldwide committed to scientific watch and analysts useful to
the Group’s R&D activities.