The cost amounted to about 2.7 percent of the economy's annual production.

In 2003 the figure was 214,473 tons, for about 10 percent of the world's production.

About 90 percent of the company's production is now outside its home country.

That is equivalent to 50 percent of Total's current production.

The area has since supplied about 20 percent of America's domestic production, but at considerable environmental cost.

Currently, 62 percent of the region's production is sold in France.

That is an improvement from last week when the storm cut 95 percent of the gulf's production.

Approximately 90 percent of its production is exported, to more than 100 countries.

For the moment, about 98 percent of the zone's production is sold in Brazil.

"But more than 70 percent of our production goes abroad - especially to Asia."