Compagnie française des pétroles

LC control no.	n 81089944
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Compagnie française des pétroles *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Syndicat national d'étude des pétroles C.F.P. CFP Compagnie française des pétroles SA Total Group Groupe TOTAL
See also	Successor: Total compagnie française des pétroles *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1924-03
Ending date	1985
Associated country	France
Located	Paris (France)
Field of activity	Petroleum industry and trade
Found in	Rondot, J. La Compagnie française des pétroles, 1962. Récupération assistée du pétrole, 1982: t.p. (Total - Compagnie française des pétroles) p. v (ARTEP is made up of Total - Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP) ...) Total, 1983: t.p. (Compagnie française des pétroles) p. 5 (groupe TOTAL (C.F.P.)) p. 9 (TOTAL, Compagnie française des pétroles, 39-43 quai André-Citroën, 75539 Paris Cédex; TOTAL appears always in caps) World dir. of multinat. enterprises: p. 254 (Compagnie française des pétroles SA; CFP, also known as Total (referred to throughout in lower-case); is a fully integrated oil co.; Total is a brand name for CFP products) LC data base 5-22-85 (in title: Compagnie française des pétroles and the Total Group) Wikiwant, TotalEnergies, viewed May 2, 2022 (TotalEnergies SE, formerly Total; founded in 1924 by Ernest Mercier under the name "Compagnie française des pétroles"; after the First World War France wanted to establish energy independence from Great Britain and the U.A. by creating a national petroleum company; French interests were represented to the TPC (Turkish Petroleum Company) by the Syndicat français d'études pétrolières in 1923; on 24 March 1924 a constitutive general asembly gave birth to the Compagnie française des pétroles; the CFP was created on 28 March 1924 when it received the actions of the TPC and the "Syndicat" gave way to it; in 1929 the CFP was introduced in the stock market; the CPF distributed petroleum that it refined under the brand "Total" launched 14 juillet 1954, associated with a logo using the three national colors; "Total" was used because it's short, has a meaning and pronunciation the same in many languages, and reflected an international ambition; "Total-Compagnie française de distribution" (Total-CFD, a subsidiary of the CFP) and Desmarais frères merged in 1965; the CFP which absorbed Desmarais held at that time almost 30% of the distribution market of petroleum in France; on 21 June 1985 the name of the company was changed to Total-Compagnie française des pétroles (Total CFP), then changed to Total 5 years later, on 26 June 1991; its headquarters is located since the 1980s in the business district of la Défense (Courbevoie, France))
Not found in	Total compagnie française des pétroles. Total compagnie française des pétroles in ... 1985: p. 7 (In 1985 the company changed its name by adding the prefix "Total")
Invalid LCCN	n 50031286 n 83067275