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French Oil Giant Brings in Canadian Firm for Exploration Well in Alaska.

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 22--The U.S. subsidiary of French oil giant Total has brought in a Canadian partner for its exploratory drilling plans in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

Such partnerships are normal in the Alaska oil patch and globally, said Jack Bergeron, Alaska manager for Total E&P USA Inc. of Houston, Texas.

"You share the risk," he said. "We have partnerships with various companies throughout the world. Sometimes you partner to gain expertise, but in this case it's to share risk

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