Total, one of the world’s leading petrochemicals companies, does business in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia. Its main product is polymers, which are used to make a host of plastic products that are indispensable to daily life in today’s world. Total helps to valorise hydrocarbon derivatives – naphtha, butane and distillates – mainly produced by the Group’s refineries. And its activities now include development of polymers derived from other feedstocks, such as ethane, coal and biomass.