The center of gravity of TotalEnergies’ upstream operations have been increasingly shifting to the Mena region through the tenure of CEO Patrick Pouyanné, with the trend continuing to pick up pace. The firm’s oil and gas output from the region rose 12% year-on-year to a record 781,000 boe/d for Q3, despite the tightening of Opec+ production cuts over the period, and is on course to smash 2019’s annual record this year (see charts 1 & 2).