The
French
supermajor
has
also
claimed
it
is
“confident”
that
charges
against
it
relating
to
allegations
of
the
misappropriation
of
funds
during
the
Saddam
Hussein
era
will
be
dropped.
Reports
on
Tuesday
indicate
that
Total’s
chief
executive,
Christophe
de
Margerie,
will
face
trial
along
with
the
company
and
18
other
individuals
next
year
over
allegations
of
complicity
in
the
scandal
which
saw
funds
generated
from
the
sale
of
oil
and
intended
for
use
for
the
purchase
of
food
by
Iraq
go
missing.
In
a
brief
rebuttal
to
Tuesday’s
reports,
Total
wrote:
“There…
