Total general director Christophe de Marjerie (L), CEO Sonatrach

Total general director Christophe de Marjerie (L), CEO Sonatrach Mohamed Meziane (R), Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (back R) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (back L) attend a commercial agreement signing ceremony, 04 December 2007 in Algiers. French oil giant Total signed a deal to invest 1.5 billion dollars in a new petrochemical plant in Algeria as part of a raft gas, oil and nuclear contracts agreed during the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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