TotalEnergies CEO to Argentina’s Javier Milei: “We Want Our Money Back”

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Oct.2024) — TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné told analysts during the company’s third-quarter 2024 (3Q:24) webcast that the French company wants its money in Argentina.

“Argentina is a specific country where you cannot repatriate dividends freely. So as long as it remains the same, as I explained to the Argentinian President [Javier Milei] when I met him last month, we want our money back,” Pouyanné said 31 Oct. 2024 during the company’s webcast with analysts, responding to a question around Argentina.