They plan to be buried together, "in the same hole", with French oil as a daily supply.

Pennwalt worked out a deal to be acquired for almost $1.1 billion by Elf Aquitaine, the French oil and chemicals giant.

The quick hit on the first tanker carrying French crude oil to come out of the Gulf.

But how do we know if a tanker is full of French oil or not?

His company brings in French glass for bottles and French oils for perfumes, then turns around and ships more than half its goods back out.

TotalFinaElf, the French oil major, is one of our top picks, along with Royal Dutch.

One A.D.R. represents half of an ordinary share of the French oil and gas company.

It's French virgin prune-pit oil, cold pressed from the kernels inside prune pits.

Because of this the French oil company Total, who was eventually told to pay damages for the incident, claimed that RINA should be held responsible.

Arkema was created when French oil major Total restructured its chemicals business.