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UPDATE 1-Total CEO calls for bigger euro role in oil payments | Reuters
Total CEO de Margerie killed in Moscow as jet hits snow plow | Reuters
UPDATE 1-Total CEO calls for bigger euro role in oil payments | Reuters
"There is no reason to pay for oil in dollars," he said. He said the fact that oil prices are quoted in dollars per barrel did not mean that payments actually had to be made in that currency.
Total CEO de Margerie killed in Moscow as jet hits snow plow | Reuters
(Reuters) - Christophe de Margerie, the charismatic and outspoken chief executive of the French oil company Total, was killed when his private jet hit a snow plow as it was taking off from Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Monday night.
His death leaves a void at the top of one of the world's biggest listed oil firms at a difficult time for the industry as oil prices fall and state-backed competitors keep them out of some of the best oil exploration territory.
De Margerie, 63, was a strong opponent of Western economic sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine, and had been attending a meeting on foreign investment with around 30 other foreign executives at Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's country residence in Gorki near Moscow.