Our People Are Our Primary Wealth

Written by Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO at Total

Over time, I have seen the unexpected challenges and opportunities that arise in the oil and gas industry — and how we can deal with them. They make it unlike any other. We invest billions, we invest for many years and at the same time we are just price takers. Geological, technical, operating, geopolitical and price risks: no industry faces the same combination of risks. And no other industry has such an impressive ability to adapt, because of our capacity to innovate and because of our people.

With willingness, nothing seems impossible, not even facing the most unexpected events. The way in which our teams manage those risks, using their expertise to deliver energy to the world safely and reliably, is remarkable. They are the ones who work relentlessly to explore and produce in a difficult environment, to improve our efficiency and competitiveness, to offer our customers better products and services, to innovate and develop the technologies necessary, and to fulfill our mission to provide more affordable, reliable energy to the world’s growing population, while addressing the climate issue through clean energy...

Read the full post HERE