Total's major oil and gas projects in Africa will not be stopped by the sudden fall in crude oil prices and will help the French company meet its long-term production targets, a top executive said on Tuesday.

Total has bet on a string of African projects such as Egina in Nigeria, Kaombo in Angola and Moho in the Republic of Congo to help it boost production to a target of 2.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2017.

These are west African projects in deep and ultra-deep water -- an area where Total is a self-proclaimed specialist but that require costly technologies.

Selected by SPTEC Advisory from Rigzone, February 3