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Total is trying to stem a gas leak at its Elgin platform in the North Sea, where it is losing around $1.5mn a day
Fred Dufour
The French oil major Total has said that its 2012 first quarter net profit had fallen by seven percent to 3.66 billion euros ($4.83 billion), on a tax increase and weaker demand in Europe.