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Elf is to offer voluntary redundancy to up to 300 Aberdeen-based workers, as a result of a deal with Talisman to offload certain North Sea assets. 28-Jan-2000 Elf Exploration UK is said to be planning to dispose of the operatorship of the North Sea's Piper and Claymore fields, the Flotta pipeline system and its terminal in Orkney, in order to shed high-cost operations. 05-May-1999 Elf has announced a significant oil and gas find in the Central North Sea, five miles from the Elgin and Franklin fields. 18-Mar-1999 Somerfield has announced plans to expand its petrol forecourt retailing business in partnership with Elf, as part of a £25m investment programme that will create 1,500 jobs over the next 18 months. 19-Jan-1999 Somerfield has agreed a £25m deal to open up to 50 grocery stores on Elf petrol station forecourts over the next 18 months, creating 1,500 jobs. 19-Nov-1998 Elf has invested £70m at its Milford Haven refinery in order to produce a cleaner form of diesel, and it expects to be selling the new product at all its service stations by September. 06-Jul-1998 British Energy has confirmed plans to buy a 12.5% stake in Humber Power for £28m, with Elf also acquiring a 12.5% stake in the Stallingborough plant. 08-Apr-1997 Laporte has sold its European adhesives operation to Elf of France for about £100m. 27-Dec-1996 Elf Aquitaine, Murco and Gulf are to merge their UK refining and marketing assets in response to the petrol price war, a move which will create a new network of 1,500 service stations but will result in up to 500 job losses. 07-Nov-1996 The government has come out in favour of Shell and Elf's plans to build a gas pipeline from three new North Sea fields to Bacton in Norfolk, a decision which will disappoint ICI who had wanted the gas to land at Teesside. 30-Oct-1996 ICI is trying to block plans by Elf to pipe gas from the Elgin and Franklin North Sea fields to Norfolk, saying that it would be better for national interests if the gas was landed at Teesside instead. 12-Oct-1996 Elf of France is planning to launch a chain of food shops on UK high streets, in support of an expansion of its Le Shop chain on petrol station forecourts. 30-Jul-1996 Appryl, the Elf-BP joint venture, is planning a £100m 300,000 tonnes per year polypropylene plant in Grangemouth, creating up to 200 jobs. 11-Jun-1996 Elf Aquitaine and Enterprise Oil have ended their Elf Enterprise Petroleum joint venture, but say there will be no affect on the three North Sea fields run by EEP. 01-Feb-1996 Clyde Petroleum is buying Elf Enterprise's 18.25% stake in Block 13/28a of the Ross Development, but is passing on 6.3% to Lasmo. 21-Oct-1995
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