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<ul><li>TotalEnergies' 2024 results presentation and 2025 outlook meeting provides critical insights into the company's ongoing operations and future strategy.</li><li>TotalEnergies has continued to execute its dual-pillar strategy focused on oil and gas, particularly LNG, and integrated power.</li><li>The 2024 performance highlights notable achievements and challenges across these areas.</li></ul>

TotalEnergies' 2024 results presentation and 2025 outlook meeting provides critical insights into the company's ongoing operations and future strategy.TotalEnergies has continued to execute its dual-pillar strategy focused on oil and gas, particularly LNG, and integrated power.The 2024 performance highlights notable achievements and challenges across these areas.

TotalEnergies: Can Its LNG Expansion Outpace the Energy Transition?

Oil and Gas, Mint Finance

Suhas Reddy

Oil and Gas

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

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<li>TotalEnergies is to report its Q4 earnings on 05/Feb, with its quarterly and annual revenue and EPS projected to fall on a YoY basis.</li>
<li>As of 03/Feb, TotalEnergies’ implied volatility (IV) stands at 23.20%, with an IV rank of 63.17% and an IV percentile of 84%.</li>
<li>TotalEnergies’ OI by strike for the 21/Feb expiry shows calls concentrated at strikes 57.5, 60, and 62.5, while puts dominate at 50, 52.5, and 55.</li>
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TotalEnergies is to report its Q4 earnings on 05/Feb, with its quarterly and annual revenue and EPS projected to fall on a YoY basis.
As of 03/Feb, TotalEnergies’ implied volatility (IV) stands at 23.20%, with an IV rank of 63.17% and an IV percentile of 84%.
TotalEnergies’ OI by strike for the 21/Feb expiry shows calls concentrated at strikes 57.5, 60, and 62.5, while puts dominate at 50, 52.5, and 55.


[Pre Earnings Options Flash] TotalEnergies Options Signal Neutral Sentiment, Elevated Volatility

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<li>TotalEnergies’ Q4 revenue is expected to drop 22.5% YoY, with EPS down 14.8% YoY. For 2024, revenue and EPS are projected to fall 5.2% and 17.8%, respectively.</li>
<li>TotalEnergies expects lower crude prices to weigh on earnings but anticipates gains from higher LNG output, stronger gas trading, and rising LNG prices, setting it apart from peers.</li>
<li>TotalEnergies expects a slight increase in Q4 oil and gas production, with its Integrated LNG segment benefiting from an output rise and higher realizations.</li>
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TotalEnergies’ Q4 revenue is expected to drop 22.5% YoY, with EPS down 14.8% YoY. For 2024, revenue and EPS are projected to fall 5.2% and 17.8%, respectively.
TotalEnergies expects lower crude prices to weigh on earnings but anticipates gains from higher LNG output, stronger gas trading, and rising LNG prices, setting it apart from peers.
TotalEnergies expects a slight increase in Q4 oil and gas production, with its Integrated LNG segment benefiting from an output rise and higher realizations.


[Earnings Preview] TotalEnergies Banks on LNG Growth to Offset Weak Oil Prices

Global Editor, Base Oil News

Iain Pocock

Global Editor

Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

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Base Oil News focuses on the interplay between fundamentals and prices in the global base oils and lubricants markets.

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The data and analysis provide key tools to understand current market developments and opportunities and to anticipate how the market is likely to behave in the coming months.

Base oils producers, lube blenders and consumers can then better plan accordingly.

Baseoilnews.com analyses and publishes market news and data every day as it breaks.

Commodities

<ul><li>US base oils prices stay relatively firm in narrow range vs vacuum gasoil prices.</li><li>Firm margins in recent weeks coincide with shutdown of key US Group II base oils unit for maintenance work.</li><li>Firm margins in recent months coincide with surge in US domestic base oils output in July-Aug 2025.</li></ul>

US base oils prices stay relatively firm in narrow range vs vacuum gasoil prices.Firm margins in recent weeks coincide with shutdown of key US Group II base oils unit for maintenance work.Firm margins in recent months coincide with surge in US domestic base oils output in July-Aug 2025.

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 10 November

<ul><li>US base oils demand could be more muted amid expectations of rise in domestic supply over coming weeks following completion of plant-maintenance work.</li><li>Sufficient availability of supply in recent weeks, even during plant-shutdown, points to signs of already-slower demand during that period.</li><li>Expected rise in supply would coincide with time of year when domestic consumption typically slows anyway.</li></ul>

US base oils demand could be more muted amid expectations of rise in domestic supply over coming weeks following completion of plant-maintenance work.Sufficient availability of supply in recent weeks, even during plant-shutdown, points to signs of already-slower demand during that period.Expected rise in supply would coincide with time of year when domestic consumption typically slows anyway.

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 10 November

France

TOTAL S.A. explores for, produces, refines, transports, and markets oil and natural gas. The Company also operates a chemical division which produces polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, rubber, paint, ink, adhesives, and resins. TOTAL operates gasoline filling stations in Europe, the United States, and Africa.

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TotalEnergies (TTE FP)

TotalEnergies: Can Its LNG Expansion Outpace the Energy Transition?

TotalEnergies' 2024 results presentation and 2025 outlook meeting provides critical insights into the company's ongoing operations and future...

Baptista Research

[Pre Earnings Options Flash] TotalEnergies Options Signal Neutral Sentiment, Elevated Volatility

TotalEnergies to report Q4 earnings on 05/Feb, revenue and EPS expected to decline YoY. IV at 23.20%, calls concentrated at strikes 57.5, 60,...

Mint Finance

[Earnings Preview] TotalEnergies Banks on LNG Growth to Offset Weak Oil Prices

TotalEnergies anticipates a drop in revenue and EPS for Q4 and 2024 due to lower crude prices, but expects gains from higher LNG output and...

Mint Finance

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 10 November

US base oils prices stay relatively firm in narrow range vs vacuum gasoil prices. Firm margins in recent weeks coincide with shutdown of key US...

Base Oil News

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 10 November

US base oils demand could be more muted amid expectations of rise in domestic supply over coming weeks following completion of plant-maintenance...

Base Oil News

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TotalEnergies: Can Its LNG Expansion Outpace the Energy Transition?

TotalEnergies' 2024 results presentation and 2025 outlook meeting provides critical insights into the company's ongoing operations and future...

Baptista Research

[Pre Earnings Options Flash] TotalEnergies Options Signal Neutral Sentiment, Elevated Volatility

​TotalEnergies to report Q4 earnings on 05/Feb, revenue and EPS expected to decline YoY. IV at 23.20%, calls concentrated at strikes 57.5, 60,...

Mint Finance

[Earnings Preview] TotalEnergies Banks on LNG Growth to Offset Weak Oil Prices

​TotalEnergies anticipates a drop in revenue and EPS for Q4 and 2024 due to lower crude prices, but expects gains from higher LNG output and...

Mint Finance

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 10 November

US base oils prices stay relatively firm in narrow range vs vacuum gasoil prices. Firm margins in recent weeks coincide with shutdown of key US...

Base Oil News

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 10 November

US base oils demand could be more muted amid expectations of rise in domestic supply over coming weeks following completion of plant-maintenance...

Base Oil News

TotalEnergies to report Q4 earnings on 05/Feb, revenue and EPS expected to decline YoY. IV at 23.20%, calls concentrated at strikes 57.5, 60,...

TotalEnergies anticipates a drop in revenue and EPS for Q4 and 2024 due to lower crude prices, but expects gains from higher LNG output and...