French oil major Total reported a 10 percent drop in first-quarter net profit to $3.3 billion on Wednesday, dragged down by shrinking margins at its European refineries and a drop in oil and gas output.
Production was hit by the loss of barrels from Libya and Nigeria because of security issues and
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