Total, Patrick Pouyanné, said the company was using all the tools at its disposal to stop funding the

RIO DE JANEIRO: Malaysia's Petronas, France's Total, Royal Dutch Shell, and Qatar Energy on Friday scooped up big offshore oil fields in Brazil together with state-owned Petrobras, paying nearly$ 2 billion to its cash-strapped government. While TotalEnergies( 28%), Qatar Energy( 21%) and Petronas( 21%) made the top offer for Sepia field, Petrobras, formally Petroleo Brasileiro SA, later entered the consortium by exercising preference rights to take a 30% stake. Petrobras( 52.5%), Shell( 25%) and