EghtesadOnline: China’s top oil and gas company CNPC is considering taking over Total’s stake in a giant Iranian gas project, if the French company leaves Iran to comply with any new US sanctions, industry sources said.

EghtesadOnline: France’s key energy company Total says it is moving ahead with a plan to develop a major gas project in Iran, but would nonetheless want to know sooner whether the US would re-impose sanctions on Iran or not.

EghtesadOnline: Iran says the French energy giant Total - that has won a deal to develop a key gas project in the country - can quit only if forced to do so as a result of sanctions by the UN Security Council.

EghtesadOnline: France’s oil and gas major Total is withholding decision on a $4.8 billion development plan for the world’s largest gas field in Iran, awaiting clarity from the US.

EghtesadOnline: French oil and gas major Total will try to push ahead with its Iran gas project if the United States decides to impose unilateral sanctions on Tehran after US President Donald Trump said he will not certify the landmark Iran nuclear deal.