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...Total of France in May shelved its proposed Joslyn mine development, because of rising costs, and Statoil of Norway said in September it would put its Corner oil sands project on indefinite hold, again...
...Hesme, one of France’s most accomplished young actresses, won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2010 for Angèle et Tony....
...The oil sands industry of western Canada was hit by some bad news at the end of May: Total of France said it was suspending engineering work and postponing a final investment decision on its proposed Joslyn...
...Total of France said late last month it planned to shelve its $10bn Joslyn oil sands mining project in Canada because the costs were too high....
...Total of France is to take a $1.65bn writedown after it was forced to abandon a seven-year-old Canadian project to build an oil sands “upgrade” plant because of the recent flood of cheap crude from the US...
...France’s Total and Canada’s Suncor Energy have formed a partnership to help both groups develop their projects in the Alberta oil sands....
...Total has several oil sands investments, including a 74 per cent stake in the Joslyn project with an estimated production capacity of 200,000 barrels a day, and 50 per cent of Surmont, with a potential output...
...Total has two other projects in the Athabasca oil sands: Northern Lights and Joslyn, whose development plan Total is reassessing. Total shares were up 1.6 per cent on Wednesday....
...It also operates Joslyn and is a partner in Surmont. Total’s other extra heavy oil venture lies in Venezuela’s Orinoco belt....
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